Notices

New Zealand Youth Tobacco Monitor 2019

Listed by: Health Promotion Agency

Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) and the Health Promotion Agency (HPA) will soon be inviting schools to participate in the 2019 New Zealand Youth Tobacco Monitor (NZYTM) involving the ASH Y10 Snapshot survey. The survey will be conducted in term 2.

Your school’s participation is important for ensuring the data and trends give an accurate reflection of what is happening in youth smoking across New Zealand. Participating schools will receive their school’s smoking figures, including a comparison with national trends in New Zealand.

For more information, visit www.hpa.org.nz/what-we-do/nzytm, or contact Niveditha Gurram; ph (04) 917 0060 or email N.gurram@hpa.org.nz.

BioBlitz – What`s Living in Your Backyard?

Listed by: CORE Education

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During this BioBlitz with LEARNZ, you will catch up with teacher Maureen Keen and students from Mount Somers Springburn School who have already organised their own bioblitz and reflected on their findings so they can take action.

Learn how to undertake your own bioblitz.

Get to know people who are most involved with Living World science on a day-to-day basis and grow your knowledge and interest.

For further information: www.learnz.org.nz.

New Zealand (nationwide)

02 April 2019 – 04 April 2019

Educational Tours of Matiu/Somes Island (Wellington Harbour)

Listed by: Eastbourne Forest Rangers Incorporated

Volunteer-guide led educational tours are available for school groups visiting Matiu/Somes Island. These half-day morning or afternoon tours cover the island's unique cultural and natural history. They fit well with the New Zealand Curriculum and with NCEA programmes.

The tour cost is $2 per student (plus $13 per student for the return ferry fare).

Please note that as the  term 4 demand for tours can exceed guiding capacity, bookings for November and December should be made by the end of term 3.

For further information contact: efrtours@gmail.com.

We Bring the Zoo to You – Live Learning at Your School!

Listed by: ZooVentures

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ZooVentures brings interactive workshops to your Auckland school with an amazing range of exotic creatures and pets, covering many of the 'living world' curriculum topics, as well as providing inspiration for art and creative writing. 

One teacher describes it as 'like a zoo trip, but more hands on and no travel to organise".

There is a high level of interaction in our sessions, students have huge lizards on their laps, see chinchillas rolling in a dustbath, hold rare tortoises, build leopard gecko habitats and many more exciting and engaging experiences.

Structured interactive learning with a high educational value.

Information: www.zooventures.co.nz.

VLN Primary School – Online Programmes 2019

Listed by: VLN Primary School

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2019 Youth Week Grant Application Process Now Open!

Listed by: Ara Taiohi

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Youth Week is a nationwide festival of events to celebrate and amplify the talents, passion, contributions and achievements of the young people of Aotearoa.

Schools can apply for grants of $350–$1,000 to run events related to the theme during Youth Week (18-26 May 2019).

Find out more at www.youthweek.org.nz.

New Zealand (nationwide)

24 January 2019 – 22 February 2019

Hamilton Zoo Education Programme

Listed by: Hamilton Zoo Education

Exciting Innovative Global STEAM Programme

Listed by: A&E International

We are interested in working with your schools to facilitate a cross-school STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, mathematics) programme with schools in China.

The goal is to establish an innovative online forum where NZ and Chinese teachers and learners can connect and work on collaborative STEAM online projects.

You will be part of an innovative STEAMprogramme, fostering students with problem-solving tasks, improving their critical thinking, creative thinking and cultural understanding through the online collaborative STEAM programme.

PhD students will assist and support teachers in STEAM programme development and improvement.

We look forward to working with you on this prospective programme.

Water – A Balancing Act

Listed by: CORE Education

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New Zealand is a food producing nation and water is at the heart of every part of the food production cycle. This field trip is a water journey exploring how we manage water sustainably for farming, food and our future: finding the balance between using and conserving.
You will follow the journey of water starting where it falls on our mountains: you will see water trapped and conveyed to farmers who apply it to their crops, where it is absorbed into plant material, processed into food and transported to you, the consumer.

More details and enrol at www.learnz.org.nz

New Zealand (nationwide)

19 March 2019 – 21 March 2019

Science Roadshow

Listed by: The National Science-Technology Roadshow Trust

The Science Roadshow will be back on tour in 2019 refreshed with new exhibits, shows and classroom ready resources – all designed to support and augment the delivery of curricula as well as enthusing and stimulating teachers and students.

The programme lasts for 80 minutes and includes:

Two exciting new shows...
On The Move - Principles of Force and Movement 
Elemental Chemistry - Building Blocks of Reactions

New exhibit themes to explore...
Forces
Comparisons
Observations using measurements
Patterns, grouping, classification
Materials
Models

Admission is $8 per student; supervising teachers/adults free.

Online bookings are now open – www.roadshow.org.

Sustainable Seas – Essential for New Zealand's Health and Wealth

Listed by: CORE Education

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LEARNZ and Sustainable Seas ran a successful field trip in Seaweek 2018 in Tasman Bay. We are revisiting this field trip for Seaweek 2019. It will follow the same format but will include new experiments and research from the Sustainable Seas research programme.

On this field trip during Seaweek 2019, your students will tackle a major New Zealand problem: the conflict between the many uses of our marine environment.

You will travel to Tasman Bay at the top of the South Island and join researchers who are developing new tools to help everyone manage the marine environment.

Enrol now. http://www.mylearnz.org.nz/login.

New Zealand (nationwide)

05 March 2019 – 07 March 2019

Marine Reserves

Listed by: CORE Education

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Marine reserves, just like National Parks, are protected areas along our coastline. They have lots of benefits including keeping the marine ecosystem strong, protecting cultural values, and much more. With 44 Marine Reserves in NZ there will be one not far from where you live!

The Kapiti Marine Reserve is famous for its blue moki, kingfish, seals, penguins and dolphins. It was one of New Zealand's first, established in 1992.

This trip is an ideal lead-up to Seaweek and will let you see first hand how 25 years of protection have allowed the undersea world to flourish.

Enrol now: www.mylearnz.org.nz/login.

New Zealand (nationwide)

19 February 2019 – 21 February 2019

Kiki Kiwi and Friends: Litter Less Programme

Listed by: Keep New Zealand Beautiful

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In 2018, Keep New Zealand Beautiful (KNZB) launched Kiki Kiwi and friends, as part of the 'Litter Less; programme for students aged 5–11 years old. These litter centric educational resources are based on the adventures of Kiki the Kiwi and his endeavour to stop litterers! They’ve been developed to help 5–11 year olds understand and respond to litter and littering issues.

Your school should have a resource pack and we'd love to see these in use in 2019!

Any questions, feel free to get in touch; email education@knzb.org.nz.