Porthcurno’s beauty makes it one of the most popular beaches for visitors in Cornwall, unfortunately, it can also be one of the worst affected by littering, particularly after busy bank holiday weekends!
Planet PK Pop-up Mini PK Tours
Make an origami bat and learn how bats find their wayHow far can you jump whilst learning about the animals in Porthcurno Valley?
Planet PK Pop-up Footprints in the sand & Animal long jump
Make an origami bat and learn how bats find their wayHow far can you jump whilst learning about the animals in Porthcurno Valley?
Planet PK Champions: Echoing Bats 🦇
Make an origami bat and learn how bats find their way around using sound waves. During the activity, you will have a chance to visit our Bat exhibition in the Bunker.
Planet PK Pop-Up Animal Printing
Get messy while learning different types of printing, from colourful ink, 3D stamps, handprints, and lino prints.
Planet PK Champions: Eco Printing & Silly Putty
Make a vibrant leaf print while learning about the environmental impact of the material used to insulate telegraph cables under the sea. Discover how this material led to mass deforestation and cable faults while making Silly Putty.
Planet PK: Pop-Up Playful Messages
Explore visual and noisy forms of sending messages, making giant bubbles that remind us of smoke signals to the tones of Morse code.
Million Mile May
Young Curator, Maeve shares how Planet PK took part in SAS’s Million Mile May and the mess left at Porthcurno car park over the May half-term
Planet PK Champions: Take a Bee for a walk
Planet PK Champions is our environmental sessions for children. Create a bee hotel to hang in your garden and more…
Pop-Up PK: Secret Squid Messages
Inspired by the interactive giant squid by artists Morodavaga, join us to make a vibrant squid windsock out of coloured paper, card and streamers. Learn Morse Code and write a secret message on your squid’s tentacles.
Mindfulness in Porthcurno
For Mental Health Awareness Week we are happy to share this guest blog and beautiful mindfulness video by filmmaker Alban Roinard.
Planet PK Champions: Sunny Solar Power
Introducing Planet PK Champions – our new environmental sessions for children. Join us to learn about the future of solar energy by building a solar-powered electronic circuit.