The Ocean
Conservation
Trust’s
Learning Team
pictured with their
prestigious award
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Top Headlines This Week
Bus network is driving change with £17m investment (P.8)
Plymouth is set to supercharge its bus network thanks to a £17m Government funding commitment and a high-profile visit from Roads and Buses Minister Simon Lightwood MP.
The Minister met members of the Plymouth Enhanced Bus Partnership to see first-hand how investment is already transforming services – from fare promotions at Coypool Park and Ride to the cutting-edge zero-emission fleet at Milehouse depot.
Rising costs force award-winning school meals company to close (P.14)
An award-winning company that has prided itself on providing high quality school meals to Plymouth schools over the last 10 years, as well as a daily community meals service, is to cease operating services due to the financial pressures of the ongoing cost of living crisis and the shortfall in funding for free school meals.
CATERed’s school meals service – which delivers over 10,000 meals a day to nearly 60 schools in Plymouth – is due to run until the end of the academic year in July 2026 and the community meals service will stop at the end of February 2026.
DINOSAUR WORLD INSPIRES BUDDING YOUNG HISTORIANS (P.14)
Pupils from Marine Academy Primary stepped back in time this term to learn about prehistoric earth.
Everything they had learned in the classroom was brought to life with a trip to Dinosaur World in Torquay. The indoor exhibition gave the Year 1 children the opportunity to explore and interact with lifelike exhibits.
Learning is fun at Drake Primary (P.16)
A group of Plymouth pupils swapped their classroom for the Mount Batten Water Sports and Activities Centre for a morning mixing fun and learning this term.
The Year 4 children from Drake Primary Academy enjoyed a range of archery games followed by a tour of the historic Mount Batten Tower.
The trip was organised as part of Plymouth Sound National Marine Park’s flagship education programme, ‘Sea in Our School.’
Top national award for Aquarium Learning Team (P.14)
The Ocean Conservation Trust (OCT), which is based at the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth is celebrating after its Learning Team was named Education & Learning Team of the Year at the prestigious School Travel Awards 2025.
The Ocean Conservation Trust’s Learning Programme delivers a wide range of curriculum-linked experiences that help teachers embed pro-Ocean education into their classrooms.
