A full-day workshop exploring how children play outdoors and in nature, what environments support a variety of learning needs, and how we can teach in an outdoor environment with respect for various cultures and diversity of learners through meeting the child where they are. Limited...
This zoom is specifically for ECE centres who are intending on undertaking an Enviroschools holistic reflection (Bronze, Silver or Green-Gold). We will be running these each term so this is for any teaching team who are looking at reflecting soon. Register in advance for this...
Global Wind Day is a worldwide event that occurs annually on 15 June. It is a day for discovering wind energy, its power and the possibilities it holds to reshape our energy systems, decarbonise our economies and boost jobs and growth. https://globalwindday.org
Healthy bird populations can indicate that the environment is healthy. We know lots about endangered native birds in the bush, but we don’t always know what’s happening in the populations of all the birds around us, particularly in urban and garden environments. That’s why we...
Starting in January of 2023, Conservation Kids NZ will be hosting one major event a month, focussing on a particular species or habitat. Events will be held at various locations around Marlborough and through a variety of methods in an effort to make the events...
This zoom will share and explore the range of resources new to the Ministry of Education TKI site that have recently been contributed by Toimata Foundation Enviroschools national team. The resource aims to support the ECE sector In taking action in a climate changing world....
Plastic Free July® is a global movement that helps millions of people be part of the solution to plastic pollution – so we can have cleaner streets, oceans, and beautiful communities. Will you be part of Plastic Free July by choosing to refuse single-use plastics?...
Matariki is the Māori name for a group of stars also known as the Pleiadea star cluster, or The Seven Sisters, Te Iwi o Matariki (the nine stars of Matariki) are referred to as the traditional Māori New Year. The Matariki holiday for 2023 is...
Cook Islands Language Week celebrates the identity, languages, and culture of students from the Cook Islands and helps all New Zealanders journey towards shared cultural understandings. https://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/Curriculum-resources/National-events-and-the-NZC/Cook-Islands-Language-Week
Join us for coffee and cake as we unpack our Enviroschools kits and get hands on with some practical activities that you can take back to your classroom. We have several kits available to borrow that have all the resources you need to explore the...
This year for Conservation Week we are asking Aotearoa to take action for nature. Whether it is by picking up rubbish, donating time or money to a local community group, there is always something you can do to help our environment and the native species...
Mālō e lelei! Tonga Language Week / Uike Kātoanga’i ‘o e Lea Faka-Tonga is being held from Sunday 3 September to Saturday 9 September 2023. Tonga Language Week / Uike Kātoanga’i ‘o e Lea Faka-Tonga gives students of all ethnicities the chance to learn some...