Children enjoying science activities and experiments, and watching the fish at an aquarium.

  • When: Saturday 13 March 2027

  • Who: Families

  • Location: National Marine Aquarium, 4 Teats Hill Road, Plymouth, PL4 0LF

  • Cost: £5 per person attending (under 5s go free)

  • Closing date: 12 February 2027

Earn your Young Achievers Science badge at the National Marine Aquarium!

Get ready to dive into the UK’s biggest aquarium with VICTA. The National Marine Aquarium is home to 5,000+ marine animals and contains the UK’s deepest aquarium habitat and largest viewing window.

The day will consist of a guided tour around the aquarium led by an Ocean Discovery Ranger who will teach us all about the marine animals in an accessible and tactile way. Following lunch, we will take part in a ‘Sensory Under the Sea’ workshop. During this workshop we will explore the wonders of the ocean through our senses, and learn how octopuses use their senses to explore the underwater world.

You can bring a packed lunch or there is a café onsite. There will be a designated lunch break and an area in which families can eat together.

For more information about the National Marine Aquarium please visit UK’s Conservation Aquarium | The National Marine Aquarium

As part of the day, primary school aged children with a vision impairment will earn their VICTA Young Achievers Science badge in a day and continue their way to completing their medal at the end of the year. (Siblings will also earn a Super Siblings certificate and pin-badge for being, well… super!) Special personalised Braille certificates for the Young Achievers will follow soon after the activity.

To find out more about the VICTA Young Achievers Award and how you can get started, follow this link – Young Achievers Award – victastudents.org.uk

Please note, VICTA’s Young Achievers Award is aimed at those following a primary school curriculum however if your child is outside of this, we welcome your application to attend the day. Priority will be given to those families with children of a primary school age.

Why apply?

  • A great opportunity to meet other like-minded families
  • Spark an interest in science and animals in your VI child
  • Earn your VICTA Young Achievers Science badge by the end of the activity

Who can apply?

Applicants must be:

  • Registered or registerable blind or partially sighted
  • At least 5 years old on 13 March 2027
  • Aged 17 or under on 13 March 2027

Apply below

Note for applicants completing this form
After completion, if you have successfully submitted the form, you should receive a successful submission message. If you do not it may be because you have not completed a required field. After your form has successfully gone through you will also receive notification via email. If you do not receive an email please contact the office on 01908 240 831 as there may have been a problem with your application.

Applicant details

Confirmation of vision impairment

To qualify for this activity the lead applicant (your VI child) must be either registered or registerable as blind or partially sighted (sight impaired/severely sight impaired). VICTA will ask for supporting evidence post application if we have not previously received it.

Photographs and filming

Declaration, privacy and consent

To be signed by the applicant or a responsible person. This form has been completed accurately and I undertake to update VICTA should any of the information in this form change.
a. I agree to/for my child to take part in VICTA's activity and have read all the information sent to me.
b. I acknowledge the need to/for my child to behave responsibly at all times during the activity.
c. I confirm that this form has been completed accurately and I undertake to update VICTA's organisers should any information contained on the form or personal circumstances change.
d. In the event of an emergency/accident, I consent to emergency medical treatment, which may include the use of anaesthetics.
e. In order to ensure that activities are adequately staffed we need full and accurate information about all participants. Please note we reserve the right to refuse admission to the activity or ask a participant to leave the activity if the information given proves inaccurate or the conduct of the participant reaches an unacceptable level.
f. Whatsapp is a great tool that can be used to communicate activity information and help facilitate social interactions. From time to time, VICTA facilitates Whatsapp groups for 18+ participants who have given consent to do so to get to know one another before an activity. While VICTA facilitates these opportunities, they are not monitored and therefore your behaviour and language used on Whatsapp must match the expectations we have of you when we meet in person – polite, courteous, and inclusive at all times. If you have any questions surrounding this, please contact the Activities Team on [email protected]
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h. I give consent for VICTA to carry out the following in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulations as supplemented by the Data Protection Act 2018 and related laws and to store my personal information on VICTA's database and/or any other suitable system.

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