Canterbury

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47 ECE centres

88 Schools

30,300 Tamariki & students

11% of early childhood

35% of primary & intermediate

15% of secondary

11% of composite & other

11 Regional Partners

8 Collaborators

Tai Tapu School celebrates a decade of planting along their awa

For 10 years the Tai Tapu School community has been engaged in a special restoration project close to their school. Each year students gather enthusiasm and equipment to continue increasing the biodiversity of the river corridor by planting and caring for native seedlings. This has helped foster a connection with nature and grown knowledge of restoring local ecosystems.

Secondary students embrace in-the-field learning

Developed in partnership with Enviroschools, a stream monitoring programme is piloting experiential ways to engage year 13 students in relevant fieldwork during typically content-heavy NCEA assessments. It is hoped the pilot will eventually be adopted as a means of formal assessment as part of the school’s localised curriculum.

Leaving a living legacy at Lincoln High School

This outdoor space or Eco-Area is a testament to the perseverance and tenacity shown by a group of secondary students in Canterbury. Multiple challenges did not dampen their enthusiasm for this project. Read more about the process that the Lincoln students followed here.

Students’ Powerful Waste Submissions Impressed Christchurch City Councillors.

In this story from Canterbury, students from 2 schools reflect on their experiences with preparing and submitting to the Christchurch City Council's Draft Waste Management and Minimisation Plan and speaking to this at a council hearing.

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