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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1981

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LEARNING ABOUT LIFE AT OCEAN PARK

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THE ADVISORY INSPECTORATE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IN CO-OPERATION WITH OCEAN PARK IS ORGANISING EDUCATIONAL VISITS TO OCEAN PARK FOR STUDENTS AS AN EXTENSION OF CLASSROOM LEARNING.

+SUCH VISITS ARE AIMED AT WIDENING STUDENTS GENERAL KNOWLEDGE AND TO ENABLE THEM TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND GREATER APPRECIATION OF BOTH LAND AND MARINE LIFE THEY SEE AT THE PARK,+ A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.

SCHOOLS MAY ORGANISE GROUPS OF STUDENTS TO VISIT THE PARK BETWEEN SEPTEMBER AND FEBRUARY OF THE CURRENT ACADEMIC YEAR, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS, AT SPECIALLY-REDUCED ADMISSION PRICES.

PARTICIPATION IN SUCH VISITS IS VOLUNTARY. DEPARTMENT AND OCEAN PARK CANNOT ACCEPT ANY LIABILITY FOR INJURY

THE EDUCATION DURING THE VISITS.

+SCHOOLS ARE THEREFORE ADVISED TO OBTAIN THE WRITTEN CONSENT OF PARENTS AND GUARDIANS, NOTING THAT A RIDE IN THE CABLE CAR IN THE PARK IS NECESSARY TO GET FROM THE LOWLAND TO THE HEADLAND TO SEE THE WAVE COVE, THE ATOLL REEF AND THE OCEAN THEATRE SHOW.

+HEADS OF SCHOOLS SHOULD ENSURE THAT THEIR PUPILS ARE ADEQUATELY SUPERVISED THROUGHOUT THE VISIT, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

IF THE VISIT IS HELD ON A SCHOOL DAY, PUPILS WHO DO NOT TAKE PART ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND SCHOOL AS USUAL.