Cláudia Sampaio
My Kids Dive experience…
I have 24 years of service as a Natural Science teacher, and I can say without any hesitation that the participation of my students in the Kids Dive programme was the highlight of my career. Everything was exceptional, the students’ involvement, their learning, their growth within the objectives related to Ocean Literacy. The activities promoted the transmission of knowledge, civic and ecological values and practical lessons in the field. All this due to the excellence of the team of professionals that integrate this programme, which captivated them from the first moment of presentation of Kids Dive. It couldn’t be any better. I wish all my students could take part in Kids Dive.
I was also lucky to participate in the project EEA Grants – Kids Dive International Portugal/Norway, in which there was an exchange of students between two schools, one from each country. A 9th grade class received four Norwegian students to participate in the Kids Dive activities and five students from this same class were selected, according to their educational merit, to go and participate in the same way in the Kids Dive activities in Norway. There are no words to describe the evolution and dynamics of this class, not only in terms of Ocean Literacy, but also in terms of English fluency. I dare to say that it has become a bilingual class and some of these students will give their contribution in this great global goal that is the Ocean Protection. Thank you to all the Kids Dive team.