A key aspect to the Enviroschools journey is reflection. “Reflection is an integral part of the learning cycle, helping us to make sense of our experiences, deepen our learning, and gain direction for the journey ahead”.
Renwick Kindergarten have been a Green Gold Enviroschols since 2019. Earlier this year they decided to reflect on their journey. They had completed all their “next steps” from their Green Gold reflection and felt it was time to identify some new ones. Renwick Kindergarten tamariki, John Leggett and Anne Best test out the new water access at Rousehill Reserve As their team reflected on the last four years it quickly became apparent the Enviroschools kauapapa is no...
Read More Our term two Sustainable Action Ideas newsletter explores the Enviroschools Guiding Principle of Respect for the Diversity of People and Cultures.
It highlights some up coming awareness dates that support this guiding principle as well as shares ideas to celebrate other cultures in your school or centre. There are also a number of workshops happening this term. Click here to access our online Padlets to view this newsletter and previous ones....
Read More 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 zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcqduuorTgoEtIz4bM4fsoESrguiI0ZRcKd After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. *As each region facilitates the reflection process slightly differently please check with your Enviroschools facilitator if attending this zoom is applicable to you before registering....
Read More Take a look at our list of ways that your students could take action towards sustainability this term.
Click here to link through to the list in our Enviroschools Marlborough google drive....
Read More We know that being outside connecting to nature in a green space is good for us: we feel refreshed and energised, but relaxed.
Is the same true for children when participating in the Kids’ Edible Gardens (KEGs) programme? Absolutely!
This is why, in a time when our children’s hauora (wellbeing) and mental health is so important, KEGs is a great resource for schools to have available for their students to participate in. Te Whare Tapa Whā model
Te Whare Tapa Whā is a wonderful model that many of you will know of and have perhaps used in your classroom as a way of explaining what hauora means. Each part of a person’s hauora - their emotional, mental,...
Read More Springlands Kindergarten successfully reflected at Enviroschools Silver this term, the day before the national lockdown in August!
It was fantastic to see all the great work that kaiako and tamariki have been doing at Springlands Kindergarten, especially linking to the Enviroschools guiding principle of Sustainable Communities.
They are a green-fingered group and have been growing and making lots of things to share. We especially loved the relationship they have formed with a local rest home. They collected and made plum jam and then shared it with the residents at the rest home. How cool is that?
There were some other clever sustainable ideas like homemade natural glitter, hand-dyed shirts using natural plant dyes and some special activities...
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