SAUNDERSFOOT School pupils have helped Pembrokeshire Coastal Forum pilot new creative Climate Adaptation Toolkit activities.

The Year 3 and 4 pupils had the opportunity to ‘road test’ elements of the forum’s new Pembrokeshire Climate Adaptation Toolkit in Saundersfoot mapping their village, imagining future scenarios, and learning how communities can prepare for coastal change.

The children learned how sea levels have shifted dramatically across geological time, discovering that woolly mammoths once roamed the Saundersfoot and Cleddau valleys.

Professional storyteller Phil Okwedy brought the science to life through the tale of Llinos, a young girl who travels back in time and witnesses Saundersfoot’s landscape transform, encountering the petrified forest still visible today at low tide at Lydstep as a living breathing forest it once was along with other adventures.

The story sparked empathy, creativity and wonder, while opening up conversations about resilience and change.

You can read in full about their experiences on the Pembrokeshire Coastal Forum website.

The Pembrokeshire Climate Adaptation Toolkit can be used flexibly in schools, community groups, and with local decision-makers to ensure that climate plans are genuinely co-created.

This work will feed directly into Saundersfoot’s community led place-based adaptation planning, being developed with Pembrokeshire County Council, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority, Natural Resources Wales, and emergency services. By testing engagement tools in real settings, the forum is learning how to best involve all voices in shaping resilient futures.