January 29, 2023
Waitangi Day
New Zealand's national day. Every year on 6 February. Commemorates the first signing of New Zealand’s founding document: Te Tiriti o Waitangi, The Treaty of Waitangi, on 6 February 1840....
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January 29, 2023
Earth Day 2023 Picnic in the Park – Marlborough
Celebrate Earth Day with a FREE family fun day at Pollard Park. - Live music - Bring your own picnic or purchase from our food vendors - Learn about the environmental projects of Marlborough - Shop in the craft market - Entertain the children at the kids zone - Discover ways to be more sustainable at home...
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November 1, 2022
Sustainable Action Ideas | Term Four 2022
This term our Sustainable Action Ideas newsletter explores ways to get outdoors and ideas for a sustainable Christmas. Click here to access our online Padlets to view this newsletter and previous ones....
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World Kindness Day
The purpose of World Kindness Day is to highlight and encourage good deeds in your community. It also serves as a reminder to all that simple acts of kindness have power and that together, we can all work to create a kinder world....
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October 6, 2022
Renwick Kindergarten Enviroschools journey with Rousehill Reserve
When we started out on our Enviroschool journey in 2013, it started out with wanting tamariki | children and whānau | families to have a sense of belonging here at Renwick Kindergarten. We never envisioned what we would learn, create and change along the way. Our decision to weave the Enviroschools guiding principles into the fabric of our Kindergarten saw us gain Bronze in June 2014; Silver in December 2016 and GreenGold in February 2019. Bringing in water to water the trees Identifying the current situation: As part of our mission towards Silver, our practice and thinking evolved. From promoting sustainability within our own Kindergarten, our eyes looked towards the horizon to...
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Kids Edible Gardens Teacher workshop
Join Angela and Annie to explore what a Sustainable Community is and how Kids Edible Gardens can be used to build and support a Sustainable Community within your school and outside of your school gates. We will take a look at the resources within the Kids Edible Gardens Teacher Padlet and have fun taking part in a few of the classroom lesson plans. All teachers with classes participating in Kids Edible Gardens are welcome to join us whether they have worked with the KEG’s programme for a number of years or are new to it this year (or perhaps next year if planning is that far ahead). We know Term 4 gets hectic so we have...
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August 19, 2022
Sustainable Action Ideas | Term Three 2022
Our Sustainable Action Ideas newsletter is filled with exciting upcoming events and dates as well as ideas to connect with your environment and community. Click here to access our online Padlets to view this newsletter and previous ones....
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April 5, 2022
Sustainable Action Ideas / Term one 2022
Take a look at our list of ways that your students could take action towards sustainability this term. Click here to view on our Padlet...
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December 13, 2021
Kaitiaki at Fairhall School
Te Rūma Rātā and te Rūma Pōhutukawa - kaitiaki of birds and habitats at Fairhall School Whare wētā At the beginning of the year te Rūma Rātā and te Rūma Pohutukawa made a kaitiaki pledge to be guardians of birds and habitats at Fairhall School. We first set out to learn in particular about New Zealand birds, lizards and wētā so this could help inform how we could make a difference to their habitats around our school and local community. We also worked with local environmental educators and our Enviroschools facilitator to deepen our understanding of the native bush that is in our ngahere and what plantings might encourage more wildlife to...
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