The Howie Watkins Website
I took over as Education Officer at Penscynor Wildlife Park in November 1990. My first act was to beg my good friend Bernie Ryan to come down to Wales and help me out as a volunteer. Thankfully, he came. We were now, a ‘department’. I set about the important job of thinking up a name, ‘The Education and Bright Ideas Department’ seemed to be a good fit, so we went with that.
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A range of teacher’s guides was produced that addressed the KS2/3 curriculum to the animals in the zoo. These allowed teachers to prepare in advance for their visit and ensure that the day at Penscynor linked in with their topic or follow-up lessons.
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The first Penscynor fact pack ‘Monkey matters‘, produced in the mid-eighties, was followed, towards the end of the decade, by seven more.
The seven new, beautifully illustrated, packs were written and drawn by Education Officer Denise Cox. They were popular with children, families, and teachers and were constantly being reprinted.