Reef Action Team 2017 Archives - British West Indies Collegiate - Private International Secondary School British West Indies Collegiate

A dedication to Rob Stewart

A dedication to Rob Stewart In March 2015 the Turks and Caicos Islands had the honour of hosting Rob Stewart, world renowned shark conservationist and film maker. While on his visit here, he impacted the lives of a number of students, in particular students from the BritishContinue Reading →

RATs – Week 12 – Cleaning Up the Mangroves

laura On April 10, 2017 / After School, Reef Action Team 2017

RATs - Week 12 - Cleaning Up the Mangroves On Friday 7th of April the RATs group headed over to Big Blue Unlimited where we kayaked over to the mangroves with our big black baggies to clean up all the garbage that is killing our wild life.Continue Reading →

RATs – Week 11 – Search and Recovery Dive

laura On April 3, 2017 / After School, Reef Action Team 2017

Search and Recovery Dive Last week during our RATs session we all went to Big Blue and took part in the Search and Recovery Dive, which is part of the Advanced Open Water course. It was my last RATs dive for this year and involved new skills,Continue Reading →

RATs – Week 10 – Loggerhead Turtle

laura On March 29, 2017 / After School, Reef Action Team 2017

RATs week 10: At the Amanyara Cinema On March 24th the RATs team took a break from all the diving and the clean ups and went to watch Turtle: The Incredible Journey in the Amanyara’s movie cinema. This cinema is in fact the only one on theContinue Reading →

RATs – Week 9 – Fish Identification in Turks & Caicos Islands

laura On March 17, 2017 / After School, Reef Action Team 2017

Fish Identification in Turks and Caicos Islands Sadly the weather, this Friday, was not on our side. Plans had to be changed and so instead of doing our Search and Rescue dive training, we took the opportunity to broaden our knowledge of reef fish in the TurksContinue Reading →

RATS – Week 8 – Advanced Open Water Deep Dive

laura On March 12, 2017 / After School, Reef Action Team 2017

RATs week 8 - Advanced Open Water Course Deep Dive Last Friday, the RATS team went on a deep dive, a compulsory part of the training for those on the Advanced Open Water Course (a chance for the rest of us to play with eggs underwater!). We splitContinue Reading →

RATS – Week 7 – Buoyancy Dive

laura On March 5, 2017 / After School, Reef Action Team 2017

Peak Performance Buoyancy Dive, Oliver Downes (Yr9) During last week’s dive, we did the peak performance buoyancy section of the AOW diving course. Some people on the RATS team have already completed their Advanced course but joined in with those being assessed anyway. The people that didContinue Reading →

RATS – Week 6 – Knot Tying

laura On February 24, 2017 / After School, Reef Action Team 2017

Tied up in knots! By Jessica Saunders (Yr 9) On Friday the 24th of February, BWIC 'Reef Action Team' (RAT's) with Miss Rankin (head of RAT's) headed over to Big Blue Unlimited where we had a lesson in seamanship, more specifically, learning some very useful knots! TheContinue Reading →

RATs – Week 5 – Night Diving

laura On February 11, 2017 / After School, Reef Action Team 2017, Students

RATs Week Five: Night diving Naryan Kalliecharan , Year 9 The RATs team from the British West Indies Collegiate, along with Miss Rankin, Marcia Gutierrez from Big Blue, Jackie Walker from Amanyara, and Don Stark from the Turks and Caicos Reef Fund, were fortunate enough to goContinue Reading →

RATs – Week 4 – Mangrove Mania !

laura On February 5, 2017 / After School, Reef Action Team 2017, Students

BWIC Reef Action Team (RATs!) 2017 Week Four: Mangrove mania! Mangrove education in Turks and Caicos Islands On Friday the 3rd of February, the Reef Action Team and members of the Turks and Caicos Islands Department of Environment and Coastal Resources, Amanyara, and Big Blue Unlimited plantedContinue Reading →

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