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SCHOOL SUPPORT SERVICES for the Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Coromandel, Gisborne and Taupo regions -
Ratonga Tautoko, for Education Advice
WHAT DO WE DO?
• provide support for you when incorporating EFS
Lyn Rogers
or EE ideas or contexts into curriculum,
lynr@waikato.ac.nz co-curricular activities or projects
ph: 027 278 1124 • put you in touch with others
• hunt out resources for you
• help with planning for learning
taniam@waikato.ac.nz
027 252 7162
Lyn Rogers and Lynette Brown, Education for Sustainability Advisers (Secondary)
School Support Service, The University of Waikato
lynr@waikato.ac.nz and lynette.brown@clear.net.nz
Environmental education got a huge What Are Schools Doing In EfS?
boost in 2006 Some of the most common themes teachers are
A big increase in environmental education spending is using in their planning for EFS are:
happening over the next four years. This funding Water;
comes as a result of the agreement negotiated after
the 2005 election between the Green Party and the Coasts;
Labour Party. It is being used to support Biodiversity;
Enviroschools, a new advisory team for Kura:
“Matauranga Taiao”, to fund more advisors to Ecology;
schools and to provide some teacher release funding Climate Change;
for professional development in EFS.
We welcome back Lynette Brown Resources (eg. Mining; Land Conservation);
Waste or Recycling;
NZ Curriculum Marautanga Project Sustainable Agriculture;
Our national team has been exploring the important
Energy;
aspects of learning in EFS and they match very well
with the Key Competencies, Values and Principles Tourism;
underpinning the new curriculum. This is still in draft
Marketing;
form, with the revised version due in schools later this
year. EFS can provide meaningful contexts for Sustainable Business.
satisfying new curriculum requirements.
Teachers are incorporating EFS in a variety of ways
For more information and updates on the draft such as individual units; whole courses (ranging from
curriculum visit: www.tki.org.nz/r/nzcurriculum/index Year 9 to Year 12, including NCEA); modules; option
or www.marautangaaotearoa.ac.nz bands; cross-curricular or thematic units
We have resources to support teaching and learning
SOME USEFUL WEBSITES in all these areas, and have helped teachers plan and
implement programmes, units or courses that map
www.esf.co.nz is a BLOG site for educators desired EFS outcomes both for their students and the
which is being used for all sorts of information environment.
sharing, comment and as a source of resources
Some of the desired learning outcomes are very
Regional council websites closely aligned with the new curriculum, and involve
o www.ew.govt aspects such as values exploration; decision making,
o www.envbop.govt.nz critical thinking, problem solving etc. all within an EFS
o www.arc.govt.nz context.
www.unesco.org.nz We also work directly with Envirogroups, and with
www.waikatobiodiversity.org.nz community groups interacting with students.
www.opendemocracy.net/climate_change/
www.britishcouncil.org/zerocarbonicity.htm SOME NEW RESOURCES
www.earthyouth.net
“Exploring our Built Environment” activity pack
www.enviroschools.org.nz available at www.ybe.org.nz (Aimed at year 7-8)
www.emap.rsnz.org
“Water for Life” poster from
www.nzaee.org.nz www.morphological.co.nz
www.worldvision.org.nz/catalogue
Stream study resources and ideas including NCEA
units, assessment tasks and year 9/10 units from
LEOTC www.emap.rsnz.org
• Education, restoration project, camps with NCEA resource package from the Tongariro
educators available at Te Kauri Park. National Trout Centre www.taupofortomorrow.co.nz
www.tekauri.org.nz
• Virtual field trips every term offered on
www.learnz.org.nz
Lyn Rogers and Lynette Brown, Education for Sustainability Advisers (Secondary)
School Support Service, The University of Waikato
lynr@waikato.ac.nz and lynette.brown@clear.net.nz