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Energy Workshop

MKA Energy Workshop

Teachers from the Marlborough Kindergarten Association immersed themselves into the topic of "energy" at their teacher only day at the beginning of the year.   Ramona and Annie from the MDC Environmental Education team were invited to the MKA teacher only day in January. This was an opportunity to share their new Energy kit available for teachers to borrow and use with students. This kit explores the key concepts of energy - its different forms and how we use it, that it is everywhere and that it is continuously changing. Mostly based on Enviroschools activities the kit involves all the resources needs to get hands on and explore energy in its many different forms. The workshop gave teachers an...

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Nature Connection

Tai Tōrua workshop – Nature Connection

On a clear crisp Marlborough Autumn morning Ramona and Angela invited a group of ECE and Primary teachers to join them outside for an introduction to Nature Connection. The Marlborough District Council Environmental Education team had been invited to present at the Tai Tōrua workshop. The focus for this workshop was to "support teachers to move from traditional views and practices in Health & PE to more inclusive, culturally responsive and innovative initiatives within the curriculum and its delivery". Nature Connection was the perfect fit to this brief. With substantial research highlighting the benefits that nature has on our Hauora, Ramona and Angela were able to introduce a variety of activities and ideas under the...

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