Service Learning: Diving into CAS

As part of the CAS provision, Year 12 students kick off some of their service projects and experiences with Mermaids Dive School Reef Clean.

Over the weekend over 150 snorkelers and divers from St Andrews International School Bangkok, Regents International School Pattaya, Garden International School Bangkok and Tara Pattana International School came together for this extremely worthwhile CAS collaboration. We managed to pick up an estimated 500kg's of trash on the day. Students were taught about the damaging effect of litter in the sea and the detrimental impact it is having on ecosystems within our local  reefs. Many of our STA Community was collecting heavy rubbish that had sank to the sea bed whilst the rest of the team were combing the shallow waters and beach for washed up junk. A huge thanks to all the Mermaids Team, Dr Siona, Dr Paul, Miss Lisa and of course all out volunteers for making this day possible with their hard work, dedication and passion for our ocean.