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Enviroschools - Te Upoko o te Ika a Māui

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Enviroschools - Te Upoko o te Ika a Māui

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Te Upoko o te Ika a Māui - Wellington Region The head of the fish of Māui . . . Wairarapa Moana - the freshwater eye; Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington Harbour) - the saltwater eye; Palliser Bay - the mouth of the fish; Remutaka and Tararua ranges -...

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Positive environmental experiences for students and teachers alike.
Outreach programmes to schools.

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Te Papa - National Museum of New Zealand

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, NZ

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Professional development and educator events

Professional development and educator events

Develop your skills and connect with other educators.

Raranga Matihiko | Weaving Digital Futures

Raranga Matihiko | Weaving Digital Futures

Raranga Matihiko are museum-led workshops that weave student and ākonga learning through digital technologies, creative exploration, and collaboration.

Meet the Learning team

Meet the Learning team

Read about the members of the Learning Innovation team who create and deliver our innovative public and school learning programmes.

Learning news and blogs

Learning news and blogs

Read about the most recent happenings in Te Papa's Learning Innovation team.

Hīnātore | Learning Lab

Hīnātore | Learning Lab

Create, innovate and collaborate. Explore Te Papa's collections and exhibitions using cutting-edge technologies. Hīnātore | Learning Lab is where people of all ages can learn together.

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Skip to main content Professional development and educator events Professional development and educator events Develop your skills and connect with other educators. Raranga Matihiko | Weaving Digital Futures Raranga Matihiko | Weaving Digital Futures Raranga Matihiko are museum-led workshops that weave student and ākonga learning through digital technologies, creative exploration, and collaboration.

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School visits - Zoo Sleepovers - Bush Builders

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Wellington Zoo is passionate about learning. We love being able to create those 'wow' moments that help students get up close with some of our amazing animals, gain an understanding of the role of a progressive zoo, and discover what they can do to care for the natural world.

All Zoo staff members who work closely with children in EOTC programmes including LEOTC learning sessions and Zoo Sleepovers are vaccinated against COVID-19.

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Wellington Zoo is passionate about learning. We love being able to create those 'wow' moments that help students get up close with some of our amazing animals, gain an understanding of the role of a progressive zoo, and discover what they can do to care for the natural world.

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Mountains to Sea Wellington delivers inspiring freshwater and marine education programmes for schools and communities across the greater Wellington region. We connect people to nature, building understanding through science and exploration, and fostering kaitiakitanga (guardianship) for the environment.

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Mountains to Sea Wellington delivers inspiring freshwater and marine education programmes for schools and communities across the greater Wellington region. We connect people to nature, building understanding through science and exploration, and fostering kaitiakitanga (guardianship) for the environment.

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Presentations on plastics in the ocean
Beach Clean Ups

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Learn how to assess your home's energy efficiency

Learn about the life cycle of our stuff and our waste

Learn how to be an energy conscious consumer

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Sustainable Solutions For Schools and Teachers - Sustainability Trust Wellington

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Get your students fired up about sustainability with a curriculum-linked workshop, seminar or learning programme from Sustainability Trust.

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Waste Audit and Workshops
Your Sustainable School Waste Programme

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Sustainable Solutions For Schools and Teachers - Sustainability Trust Wellington

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Composting
Recycling
Waste minimisation

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Learn how much waste your business is creating and the financial and environmental costs and savings, that can be made. ​

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We can show you how much of your waste can be reduced or repurposed and provide you with easy steps to help make it happen.

We have proven solutions that will divert this valuable resource into nutrient rich compost. Together we can

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Inspirational Education Workshops can help staff make positive changes.

We Can Co-Develop A Strategic Plan to ensure you reach your waste diversion targets.

Our Save on Waste programme is hands-on action, and our elated clients are achieving outstanding results

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Learn how much waste your business is creating and the financial and environmental costs and savings, that can be made. ​ ​ We can show you how much of your waste can be reduced or repurposed and provide you with easy steps to help make it happen.

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Presentations on plastics in the ocean
Beach Cleans

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Recycled paper is rewarded with trees.

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Paper4trees is a waste minimisation and native tree planting programme for New Zealand schools and preschools.

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Nga Manu is the ideal venue for students of all ages to explore and study the natural world. Your group will receive a short introduction about the history and significance of our site. If your group has areas of more specific interest contact us to discuss a presentation for your needs. Robin’s Nest can be hired as a classroom space.

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Nga Manu is the ideal venue for students of all ages to explore and study the natural world. Your group will receive a short introduction about the history and significance of our site. If your group has areas of more specific interest contact us to discuss a presentation for your needs. Robin's Nest can be hired as a classroom space.

Bookings are essential for all educational visits.

Prices:

Pre-schoolers: Free
School children (5-17 years): $6 (normally $8)
SuperGold card holders, Tertiary Students, Community Card holders: $10 (normally $12)
Educators, parent-helpers and adults: $13 (normally $15)

Groups of up to 20 people may attend our public eel feeding talk at 2pm
Private eel feeding talk: $50 for up to 50 children
Pole feed an eel - $2.50 per person
Duck food - $2 per bag

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Pukaha Mt Bruce National Wildlife Centre

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Pukaha Mt Bruce National Wildlife Centre

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Educational resources for parents, teachers, care-givers and wider whānau to explore before and after your visit to Pūkaha.

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Educational resources for parents, teachers, care-givers and wider whānau to explore before and after your visit to Pūkaha.

These resources aim to engage tamariki in key conservation actions and show how we can all take action for nature in our own backyards. Designed to suit a range of age groups and a variety of interests, we hope these activities will inspire young nature lovers.

Te Wiki T iaki Ao Tūroa/Conservation Week, 4th-12th September 2021 encourages everyone to take a moment to celebrate and enjoy nature. Check out fun conservation quizzes, competitions and activities here.

If you want to book an education tour for your school students, or come along on a guided tour with your whānau once we are out of lockdown, check out the tours and talks page here.

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Education | Pūkaha National Wildlife Centre

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Westgold is inspiring confidence and creativity in Garden to Table kitchens

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A charitable trust empowering kids to grow, harvest, prepare, and share great food. Gardening and cooking link to the New Zealand curriculum, and member schools have access to training and hundreds of recipes and resources. The programme teaches tamariki about sustainability and environmentalism alo

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The Discovery Garden - Wellington Botanic Gardens

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The Discovery Garden - Wellington Botanic Gardens

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Wellington City has four gardens free for visitors and locals to enjoy.

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Urban kai
Tiny Homes
Beeple Honey Collective
Sew Good Cooperative
Project Sunshine
Recycled Rides

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Department of Conservation Education Resources

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Exploring your local environment
Visiting reserves

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Teaching resources for learning in nature

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Find resources to support conservation teaching and learning, and DOC supported education programmes you can get involved in.

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Wellington City has four gardens free for visitors and locals to enjoy.

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LEDs and Solar power for Schools

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KCC magazines, activities and competitions for Primary schools

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Free cycle skills training for schools and adults

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Holly - Wairarapa Road Safety
- Wellington City Council
Sherie - Hutt City Council

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Secondary programmes
Predator Free Schools
Save a Species
Wai Restoration

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Porirua - connecting students to nature.

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Nature School NZ | Learning Through the Outdoors

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Porirua Harbour Trust " Porirua Harbour Trust

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Ngatitoa Domain to Pauatahanui The Harbour Entrance Low Tide [...]

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About Teachers in Industry

The Teachers in Industry Programme was a Ministry of Education funded programme designed to link schools/kura with science or technology-intensive businesses in their community. It operated in Franklin, Papakura and Manurewa .

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We support science and technology education in New Zealand by running programmes for students and teachers and by linking science and technology education providers with teachers, students, schools and each other. We also share news and our expertise.

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Pataka Art+Museum

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From Friday 3 December, Porirua City is at the orange setting of the traffic lights protection framework. This means some changes to the way we work and live, protections are in place to help minimise the spread of Covid-19 in the community. Find out more

For up to date information about alert levels, community cases, and getting tested visit covid19.govt.nz and health.govt.nz.

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Welcome to Porirua City. We have information and services for residents and visitors about the services and facilities operated by Porirua City Council, located 25 kilometres north of Wellington City, New Zealand. Contact us on (04) 237 5089 or 0800 237 150, 24 hours a day.

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The Mayor's Pick of the Week: Meri Kirihimete Pōneke!

What a year 2021 has been. We hope you have a safe and happy holiday break, a very Merry Christmas, and a wonderful New Year. Holiday hours for all our services and facilities can be found here on our website. Check out what else is happening in this week's newsletter.
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What a year 2021 has been. We hope you have a safe and happy holiday break, a very Merry Christmas, and a wonderful New Year. Holiday hours for all our services and facilities can be found here on our website. Check out what else is happening in this week's newsletter.

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Travel planner
Enviroschools
Science kits
Biketech
Water means life

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Whole School sustainability programme for Kura

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Nau mai ki te paetukutuku o Te Aho Tū Roa. He kaupapa Māori e tautoko ana i ngā kōhanga, i ngā kura, i ngā marae me ngā hapori huri noa i Aotearoa.

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Victoria University of Wellington - Science Outreach for Schools

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Victoria University of Wellington - Science Outreach for Schools

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The Wellington Faculty of Science supports science education in schools throughout the country.

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School Travel Plans
Safe cycling and walking

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road safety events in Wairarapa and the surrounding Greater Wellington region.

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Space Place
Museum of City and Sea

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Cloak of Protection
Flight of Pollen

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Playing our way

Kia Ora. Here we are, on islands like no others. Tips of the (mostly) submerged continent of Zealandia, in the landscape of Aotearoa / New Zealand.

From here, come my environmental games. Where we're sometimes co-operating, sometimes competing, yet always in good heart.

I hope you'll enjoy being gameful in our rich natural world too. Being kakariki / green, and playing our way!

Ngā mihi. JiL Hemming. Game Designer

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To save our birds, you need to trade, draw & play to create a feather cloak of 15 cards, in one bird realm: forest, settlement, sea, or extinct.

But BEWARE! Each card sports some predators - will they threaten your realm?

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Provides catering from their urban gardens and workshops.

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Services for the community and schools.

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Learn more about Upper Hutt City Council services, information about Council amenities, facilities, support services and the associated fees and charges.

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Carterton District Council is White Ribbon accredited and fully supports the White Ribbon initiative to stop violence against women.

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Masterton District Council | NZ's Best Little City

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Aquarius
Water saver
Turning on the Tap
Learnz Field Trip

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Education - Wellington Water

Can you imagine a world without water? Water is essential for every aspect of life on earth.Could trees grow without water? What about you, could you live without water?. Read more

People and Water - looking at our water networks. Read more

*Collect your copy of the &quot;Love Every Drop&quot; education resource today! *. Read more

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Can you imagine a world without water? Water is essential for every aspect of life on earth.Could trees grow without water? What about you, could you live without water?. Read more

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Greater Wellington Regional Council - Biodiversity

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Greater Wellington Regional Council - Biodiversity

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Take action for Water - Take Action for Water is an innovative and exciting environmental education programme to help primary and intermediate school students (year 5-8) investigate and explore their local environment.

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11 December 2012 9:40am

Take Action for Water is an innovative and exciting environmental education programme to help primary and intermediate school students (year 5-8) investigate and explore their local environment.

Resources were developed by Greater Wellington Regional Council to help teachers educate young people about the importance of the environment. The Take Action for Water programme aims to provide students with the knowledge and skills to make informed environmental decisions in daily life. Students not only learn about environmental issues, they do something about them. Take Action empowers young people to become environmental role models by making a real difference in their schools, families and communities.

Take action for water is a teacher guided programme which consists of comprehensive teaching and learning resources. The programme is hands on, is based on the Guidelines for Environmental Education for New Zealand Schools and is integrated with the curriculum.

Take Action for Water focuses on water catchments and the ecosystems they contain especially freshwater stream ecosystems and water pollution. It investigates the relationships between the living parts of the ecosystem and the impact we have on it. It shows how we can act to reduce our impacts and help to restore the processes and functions of these ecosystems.

Programme overview

Take Action for Water is an in-depth unit of teaching and learning for Year 5 - 8 students. It is an integrated programme of work that is intended to be completed over the course of a term. Take Action for Water reflects both the 'New Zealand Curriculum' and the 'Environmental Education Guidelines for New Zealand Schools'.

The programme structure scaffolds new learning for students. They begin by learning about Native Ecosystems before moving on to understand how Human Impacts have negatively impacted on these ecosystems. The Explore Day then gives students the opportunity to experience first hand both pristine and degraded stream environments. Using their new knowledge and understanding students are then able to Take Action for local biodiversity in meaningful ways.

The different sections of the programme are outlined below:

Teacher Planning

Planning the delivery of the programme is essential. Here is a guide to assist with incorporating Take Action into your term plan. The reading resource list outlines readily accessible texts and reading ages. This will assist with integrating Take Action into your class programme.

The activities build up the knowledge for the next activity so it is best to follow the sequence in the resource book. The posters and photocards that are used in the programme are included in relative sections below.
Planning Resources Reading Resources
Native Ecosystems

This first section of Take Action for Water introduces students to the water cycle and the catchment concept, before investigating the native animals that live there. MÄori perspectives of water are also discussed through the sharing of stories and concepts such as 'mauri' and 'kaitiaki'. It is important for students to have a sound understanding of how native ecosystems operate before investigating how human activities impact on them.

Click on the links below to access the resources for this section.
Native ecosystems overview Native ecosystems section Posters Water in the Catchment Pool, Riffle, Run Animals in the Catchment Photocards Insect features
Human Impacts

This section of Take Action for Water introduces students to the ways in which human activities impact on the health of our catchments. Throughout this section, students are encouraged to consider how they, as 'kaitiaki', might enhance the 'mauri' of the environment.

Students participate in a scenario which gives them the opportunity to apply their knowledge and understanding to solve environmental issues around catchment health and management.

Click on the links below to access resources for this section
Human impacts overview Human impacts section Poster Clearwater Catchment Photocards Animal Waste
Explore Day

The Take Action for Water Explore Day enables students to see first hand the issues that have been presented and discussed in both the Native Ecosystems and Human Impacts sections of the programme. Classes travel to a native bush site where they explore both the stream and catchment through a series of tests and observations. After lunch students then travel to a second site that may be quite degraded by human activity where they once again test and observe. The contrast between both sites enables students to identify and discuss possible causes and solutions to the issues they have identified.

Click on the links below to access resources for this section
Explore Day Overview Explore Day section
Take Action

Now that your class has investigated and explored its stream, it's time to take action!

This is the most important part of the programme. It's the opportunity for students to put in to practice all that they have learned by doing something to help local environmental issue.

Students lead a Take Action project which targets environmental issue. After investigating and exploring the issue, students plan and take action to help the catchment and environment. Through evaluation and reflection the students monitor the success and ongoing requirements of their project.

The teacher's role is to encourage and support student ownership of the project.

Take Action for Water uses the inquiry learning approach to facilitate the Take Action process. There are many different inquiry learning models being followed in schools and many schools are defining their own school model. It is intended that schools will incorporate their own variant of inquiry learning into the take action process.

Click on the links below to access the resources for this section.
Take Action section overview
Take Action section.
Poster The Take Action Cycle

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11 December 2012 9:40am Take Action for Water is an innovative and exciting environmental education programme to help primary and intermediate school students (year 5-8) investigate and explore their local environment. Resources were developed by Greater Wellington Regional Council to help teachers educate young people about the importance of the environment.