OLLIE OR OLIVIA SITTING COMFORTABLY ON THEIR EGGS. LAST YEAR’S CHICK. SUNDAY 31ST MAY DAY 28! EGG HATCHING POSSIBLE! WHILE STRUGGLING WITH LOCKDOWN YOU MAY WISH TO HEAR AN UNUSUAL TALE THAT MAY BRING YOU SOME CHEER?   LET ME SHARE WITH YOU ALL A DELIGHTFUL SCENE OF MERSEA & HOUSEBOATS & BIRDS THAT PREEN […]

THREE DAYS OF SCIENCE, ART & GEOGRAPHY WITH MERSEA ISLAND SCHOOL. In July 2019, pupils from Year 4 Mersea Island Primary School, conducted a series of River Studies called ‘Boats, Buoys & Pearls’, a cross-curricula three-day event encompassing Science, Art and Geography developing their skills in Mathematics, Citizenship and English. The event was organised by […]

We had an amazing summer down on the waterfront at West Mersea and we hope you enjoyed learning about safe crabbing and keeping plastic out of the sea. Normally when winter approaches we head into deeper water, dig into the mud and do very little until it gets warm again.  Some of us can travel […]

CRABTASTIC! SAY NO TO ONE-USE PLASTIC! is a huge art installation on the waterfront in West Mersea made by the pupils and volunteers of West Mersea School and artist Vinny Stapley funded by Mersea Island Tales Educational Trust. Vinny said ‘The crabs designed by the pupils have been made from plastics found on the beaches […]

R Judging for the Better Energy School Awards 2018 has now been completed. It gives me great pleasure to inform you that Mersea Island School’s entry ‘High Tide, Low Tide, Clean Tide’ was declared the Regional Winner in the Totally Creative for the South/ Central Region.  On behalf of Total and the Young People’s Trust for the Environment […]

Generations of families have enjoyed the timeless pursuit of crabbing on the island. The recent enlargement and improvement to the pontoon reflects its popularity. CRABTASTIC! aims to raise awareness of the need to prevent plastics entering our beautiful island’s environment and how to crab kindly. It will comprise: A school art project and crab installation […]

NOW THAT SAMMY HAS RETIRED TO THE SCHOOL SEA GARDEN FOR THE WINTER … … AND THE KAYAKS AND TRAILER ARE WITH MERSEA ISLAND WATER-SPORTS WHY NOT TAKE A LOOK AT OUR HIGH TIDE, LOW TIDE, CLEAN TIDE REPORT TO SEE EXACTLY HOW THE PUPILS OF MERSEA ISLAND SCHOOL CARRIED OUT THIS FUN AND INFORMATIVE […]