This series spotlights ways that education is contributing to a sustainable future. We will share stories about student-led initiatives, innovative teaching and learning programmes, and pathways to employment and training.
We would love to hear about what you’re doing in your school, kura or early learning centre. Please get in touch with reporter@edgazette.govt.nz.
These Ōtautahi students have all become passionate about the environment in their beautiful backyard in Ōhinetahi Governors Bay.
Students at a small school on the Kāpiti Coast are so passionate about climate action, they took their concerns to their district council to champion change – supported by kaiako who are creating powerful agentic learning experiences.
Te Kura Taumata o Panguru tumuaki Mina Pomare-Peita shares how walking away from the mainstream and using Te Rarawa mātauranga together with science has led to students who are proud kaitiaki of their whenua.
The Government is committed to Aotearoa New Zealand becoming a world leader in climate change action – and education has an important role to play.
A project to transform the garden at Arapohue School allowed ākonga to create, collaborate and connect both with their wider community and with Papatūānuku, to strengthen tūrangawaewae. The mahi has become an exemplar of sustainability in action, a community working together.
The School Coal Boiler Replacement Programme is supporting schools to reduce their emissions by providing more environmentally friendly and cost-effective replacements.
Matariki is one of many manifestations of traditional Indigenous knowledge in Aotearoa, and 2022 marks the first year that Matariki will be recognised with a national public holiday. These two articles discuss the relationship between Matariki and the environment, and how schools and kura might consider this in their celebrations and beyond.
E Mātai Nei I Ngā Whetū – I Gaze Up at the Stars
Replenishing Tāne and connecting with te taiao
Climate change education is firmly on the agenda in Ōtautahi Christchurch. The Christchurch City Council has made it a priority to engage with and empower children, young people and their communities to take action on climate change, especially when it comes to sea level rise and adaptation.
A group of students from a small rural Northland kura used online learning tools to effect real-life change – and it took them all the way to Parliament.
BY Education Gazette editors
Education Gazette | Tukutuku Kōrero, reporter@edgazette.govt.nz
Posted: 8:12 pm, 28 February 2022
13 September 2023
The education of around 2,000 ākonga with high health needs is being provided by around 400 teachers working out of three regional Health Schools.
13 September 2023
Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga | The Ministry of Education has developed a series of storybooks to initiate conversations about mental health.
7 December 2023
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