Linkwater School wins regional Lions award
Linkwater School is celebrating winning this year’s Lions Youth Environment Award for the upper South Island and West Coast region.
Linkwater School is a small rural Green-Gold Enviroschool in the Marlborough region, so named because it sits between Tōtaranui/Queen Charlotte Sound and Keneperu Sound.
Students and teachers at the school are passionate about their environment. Much of their curriculum is based on students’ learning about and taking action for sustainability, supported by their wider community. Linkwater School is also part of the Marlborough District Council’s “Kids’ Edible Gardens” programme.
Earlier this term Linkwater submitted their Sustainable Outdoor Classroom development to the Lions Youth Award for District 202E (upper South Island and West Coast) supported by the Havelock Lions and they won! Congratulations Linkwater School! The Lions Youth Chair noted in her letter to the school how high the level of input from the students was in the design/inquiry process and how the gardens were developed with the children and community in mind.
Check out their application for details and photos of their prize-winning work! https://padlet.com/EnviroschoolsMarlborough/linkwatersustainableclassroom
