Catch anything that’s flying
Category: Sanctuary at Roche Caiman | Date: Jul 05 2009 | By: savingparadise
Tuesday 24 June 2009. It’s a lazy sunny afternoon.
But its also another day of learning at the Sanctuary at Roche Caiman, the only urban wetland reserve in Seychelles. In 2002, the Government of Seychelles handed over the management of the sanctuary to Nature Seychelles and the Wildlife Clubs of Seychelles.
The International School of Seychelles’ A level class is here for a science class. At the Sanctuary, you can learn and teach anything. Brenda Adnimignon, a Lecturer at the National Institute of Education explained it to me in this way when she brought out a class of trainee English teachers: Take a pond, imagine a teacher reading a story about a pond to her class. It’s all on paper. Then imagine her showing them pond life. The lesson comes alive. And when the children go back and write about it, they improve both their knowledge and English. (And they get an afternoon out of class).
The Sanctuary has become very popular for this type of learning. And Terence, our Education Coordinator loves to host these classes. But, apart from learning, the students are also helping us assemble data on the Sanctuary, always useful for monitoring.
Oh. “Catch anything that’s flying” is the instruction the science students got from their teacher. Maybe if school had been this interesting….
Read more about the Sanctuary at Roche Caiman here
Tags: coral bleaching, plants, science, wetlands
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