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Seashore
November 22, 2025
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Waitohi Teachers Dive Into Seashore Learning With Marine Metre Squared

Waitohi Primary and Kindergarten teachers recently gathered for a hands-on workshop exploring how their local seashore and estuary could become a place of learning for their tamariki. Angela and Annie invited Glenis Paul from the NZ Marine Studies Centre to guide the session and introduce the Marine Metre Squared (Mm²) citizen-science programme. A great poster to understand the lifecycle of a shore crab. Mm² fits perfectly within the Nature of Science strand of the curriculum. No matter the shoreline  - muddy, sandy, a river mouth or an estuary - there are endless links to the living, material, and physical world. And because these environments are always changing, there’s always something new...

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Enviroschools
April 5, 2024
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Enviroschools 101 Workshop

An Enviroschool is full of active learners developing skills, understanding, knowledge  confidence and working together to plan, design and create a sustainable place … but how do we get to that point? This term Angela and Annie ran an Enviroschools 101 workshop. This was for those new to Enviroschools or wanting to know a bit more before stepping into a lead role for Enviroschools at their school. Where was the best place to start? Out in the environment! Fairhall School was the background for our activities, noticing and observing te taiao in a slower more deliberate way. A place to map what we found to build a puna mātauranga, pool of knowledge.  Creating a map is...

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Rongoā
April 3, 2024
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Rongoā Workshop – Monkey Bay/Rarangi

Marlborough teachers from early childhood, primary and secondary schools gathered at Monkey Bay, Rarangi for our second Rongoā workshop this month. As they arrived they were greeted by the glassy rolling swell of Tangaroa, the warmth of Tamanuiterā and the cool, refreshing presence of Tānemahuta. After a busy day in the classroom this warm welcome  was the medicine needed to nurture a busy mind.   Hosted by the Marlborough District Council Environmental Education team as part of their PLACE focus this year, they invited Ripeka, Whaea Tricia and Koka Lovey from Manaaki Ngahere Trust to share their knowledge on Rongoā plant identification.

  This introductory workshop took kaiako on a guided walk into the...

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Nature Connection
April 3, 2024
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Nature Connection Workshop

How often do you take the time to slow down and experience the environment with all your senses? At the beginning of March Marlborough Early Childhood teachers left feeling inspired and excited to plan their next excursion after attending this term's Nature Connection workshop.    Following on from the Nature Connection pilot programme last year where our Environmental Education team supported Spring Creek School and Springlands Kindergarten to set up their own Nature Connection programmes, they hosted an introductory workshop.    Gathered at Sheps Park, Springlands Kindergarten teachers guided the group through the experience that they offer tamariki when they have their fortnightly visits there. Opening with a karakia, they then followed their process of a “safety check”...

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Nature Connection
July 14, 2023
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Nature Connection Workshops

Did you know that spending time in nature can support multiple developmental domains including intellectual, emotional, social, spiritual and physical? There has been a growing interest and awareness of nature connection benefits amongst kaiako/ teachers. In support of this Enviroschools and REAP Marlborough hosted Celia Hogan from Little Kiwis Nature Play to come and share her knowledge and expertise with kaiako this term. Across two workshops, Celia unpacked the benefits of nature connection. How tamariki/ children play and what they require to do so. As well as ideas on how to enhance the outdoor environment.   She facilitated discussions around the barriers and opportunities that nature connection offer from a diverse and cultural perspective.  This covered opportunities such...

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Sustainable Actions
May 4, 2023
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Sustainable Action Ideas | Term Two 2023

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....

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Term 1
February 7, 2023
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Sustainable Action Ideas | Term One 2023

Our term one Sustainable Action Ideas newsletter explores the Enviroschools Guiding Principle of Respect for the Diversity of People and Cultures. It highlights some of the changes we have made to the delivery of the programme as well as some ideas for taking action. On page four you will also find this terms PLD opportunities and awareness dates. Click here to access our online Padlets to view this newsletter and previous ones....

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teachers
February 7, 2023
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Building a Sustainable Community through Kids Edible Gardens

Initially organised for the beginning of the year to kick start our focus on Sustainable Communities, it was great to finally see this workshop take place in term 4.  Tamanuitera shone, though Tawhirimatea made his presence known, and we were able to start in the Kids Edible Gardens of Blenheim School talking about some of the companion plants we could see growing and nibbling on the new leaves of the prolific broad beans. Identify Getting down to the nitty gritty we identified what a Sustainable Community could look like.  We found that in building a Sustainable Community we are also building our hauora as we connect with nature and foster relationships with people around us.   Explore Kids...

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by Enviroschools Marlborough