We want to express a huge thank you to the Fiona Foundation for choosing to support the KATS project and enable us to extent our outreach to a new school in the area – Benton Park Primary.
The KATS team delivered the programme to students at Benton Park Primary throughout June 2023. The project focussed on exploring all things marine biodiversity and the threats that climate change and plastic pollution poses to life below water. One of the teachers from the school involved in the project said:
“It really educated our young people to think about what action they can take to fight climate change and realise the current situation the Earth is in.
“The VR headsets and the day at Tynemouth Aquarium and the Boiler House were real highlights for our children. It gave some of them opportunities they would never otherwise have and they are still talking about it now!”
On the 26th June 2023, Martin Karran, from the Fiona Foundation, visited the campus to meet children from Benton Park and award prizes to them for completing the KATS project. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to the Fiona Foundation, its supporters and Fiona’s family for their ongoing generosity and support of the KATS project at Newcastle University.
You can find out more about the Fiona Foundation by visiting their website.
