Different species of fishes, crustaceans, shells from sea to plate

Training objectives :

. To discover the oysterfarmer or fisherman profession and their skills of working

. To understand how to succeed managing eco-responsible ports

. To be aware of the measures plans to take in ports in order to fight the marine pollution

. Outing duration: 2 Hours

. Spots : The oysterfarming port at Le Château d’Oléron and the fishing port at La Cotinière

. School standards :

Appropriate teaching within primary-school to A-level.

Flower of salt, coarse salt, salt bearing plants, you are to break all the mysteries of sea salt

Training objectives :

. To learn how a salt marsh works and its wild plants which are growing in the moist areas

. To discover the major utilities of salt

. To be aware of the appropriate behaviours to environment

. Outing duration: 2 Hours

. Spot : Grand Village salt marshes Port. From april to october, better to visit on wednesday so as to take the opportunity of entering the salt loft.

. School standards : Appropriate teaching within primary-school to A-level.

Enjoy completing one’s natural everyday consuming products

Training objectives :

. To train up technical skills in order to complete by oneself one’s own cosmetic or either natural products. Each trainee leaves with his/her own preparation.

. To become aware of using safe natural products instead of petrochemistry ones as most as possible in order to  keep healthy.

. To learn how to retrain and at the same time less to waste ( the main objective equals nothing to waste)

. Outing duration: 1 hour to 1 hour 1/2

. Spot : Areas to be chosen

. School standards : Appropriate teaching within primary-school to A-level ( 15 trainees group, eventually divising the class up in 2 sessions 1 hour each).

Sea must not be used for a dustbin, 75% of the waste being cast to sea are issued inland

Training objectives :

. To be aware of the marine pollution bound to the human activities and also its harmfulness for marine species.

. To become aware of the solutions and action plans to remedy for the oceans pollution.

. To learn how to apply the appropriate behaviours to preserve the earth safeness.

. Outing duration: 2 Hours

. Spot : Either in classroom or outside picking up the waste in a beach before making a Land’Art creation thanks to the low tidemarks which are found there.

. School standards : Appropriate teaching within primary-school to A-level.

Taking time to listen to, smell, touch, examine a genuine forest and dune landscape

Training objectives :

. To discover both eco-system and birth of forest and dune:  trees species,  very useful plants,  strange animals and their  tracks

. To understand how the dunes work shaping the landscape

. To be aware of the climatic change and its consequences.

. Outing duration: 2 Hours – 2 hours 1/2

. Spot : Several areas to be chosen.

. School standards : Appropriate teaching within nursery-school to A-level. Pedagogical equipments are supplied during the outing.

Feet and handed into seawater for discovering an exceptional marine universe

Training objectives :

. To discover and identify the various animals and plants species at low tide.

. To understand how this eco-system works .

. To be aware of the appropriate behaviours to Environment.

Equipment : buckets lending. Compulsory wearing sensible closed waterproof boots or shoes.

. School standards : Appropriate teaching within nursery-school to A-level.

. Spot : According to the low tides

. Outing duration: 2 hours

A pedagogical and enjoying outing looking for a treasure among remarkable natural beauty spots

Training objectives :

. To discover the profuseness of biodiversity by an enjoying and modern way  thanks to a missions-booklet and a  particular tools filled detective-bag.

. To learn how the natural spots take a major part in the stakes of environment protection.

. To find one’s bearings by seeking GPS-waymarks .

. Outing duration: 2 Hours – 2 hours 1/2

. Spots : The citadel of Le Château d’Oléron, as well as the pine-forest in Boyardville

. School standards : Appropriate teaching within primary-school to A-level. For nursery-school pupils educational appropriate games are supplied.

Field study and geocaching yourselves game  upon Environment and Oysters farming at Le Château d’Oléron seaport.

The game kit up to 4/5 persons includes the carrying out notebook and the helpful tools such as a shellgathering short ruler, a seed box, a specific card game, a degradation duration of the waste into the nature booklet, a three-dimensional pair of glasses.

The game kit can be charged at the Tourism Offices of Le Château d’Oléron or Dolus d’Oléron as it could be reserved by phoning for 06.98.47.69.43 ( 25 € each).

Duration : 1 hour and a half

Seaweed as a wealth of the sea do protect a large marine biodiversity, and furthermore they provide mankind with so many activities.

Training objectives :

. To discover the profuseness of the foreshore biodiversity at low tide and learn how the marine species grow among seaweed

. To study seaweed by a scientific approach

. To learn how seaweed take a major part in the marine life and also their industrial, alimentary, cosmetic ,… uses.

. Outing duration: 2 hours 1/2

. Spot : Either in classroom or in a rocky foreshore outing

. School standards : Appropriate teaching within primary-school to A-level