In this workshop, we will delve into how to make a personalised local curriculum for your school. We will explore how your local area and its resources can be used as a catalyst and inspiration for curriculum development. We will work with you to incorporate your cultural narrative including tangata whenua, European settlement, other cultural stories as well as geographical aspects. This creates a curriculum that is unique to your kura and community and encompasses the amazing opportunities and connections you have locally. You will work with Bianca, an Enviro Science Teacher, who has developed local curriculums in partnership with many schools in Aotearoa.
In this experience, you’ll walk (and swim) through the steps of sharing the wonderful world of the rocky shore with your ākonga.
From marine identification, snorkeling safety and how too, to practice of snorkel surveying in a secure environment. You’ll walk away with the knowledge, skills, experience and a full unit plan with resources to help get you started right away.
Jeff Bezos, Ellon Musk and Mark Zukerberg fight it out each year for the top spot as the wealthiest person in the world. There’s another thing the wealthiest people in the world have in common – they are all diagnosed neurodivergent! Looking further beyond the tech world, many of the world’s most successful people in their fields are neurodiverse. Excelling in sport and in their ADHD, we have Simone Bile, Lewis Hamilton and Micheal Phelps. Greta Thunberg and Chloe Hayden both excel within advocacy spaces, and they both are autistic. Thomas Edison and Stephen Hawking are both dyslexic. Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo, recipients of The Grammys Best New Artist Award, both have synaesthesia. There are so many more examples of this, which raises the question – does their neurodiversity play a significant role in their ability to excel? Neurodiverse people have a number of barriers to overcome in their lives. These examples of people performing top of their field, highlights the conditions where these barriers subside, and their unique abilities are captured. If we take superhero Spiderman as an example, when first learning about his unique abilities there was a mismatch between these abilities and his environment (he accidentally kept breaking stuff with his web shooters). But with education and understanding, Peter Parker was able to use his unique abilities to accomplish his goal of saving lives. In this workshop Kiera Jones (educational psychologist) will take you through a thorough look into the minds of neurodiverse people. With the goal to explore what actions we can take to coordinate our society in ways that cultivate the uniqueness of neurodiverse minds.
You will cover things like: Using the learning cycle. Create a big driving question, with success criteria based on the NZC outcomes. Use learning outcomes from various strands of the curriculum. gathering knowledge (GK): From the field based or other activity and other knowledge needed. Apply the GK to answer the Big Question (this is where thinking skills comes in (Biggs Solo Taxonomy) Take action: Present in any way the students want to use. What will you get to use: You will walk away with ready to use resources for any adventures your students may want to experience. More examples my YouTube channel: Handle @problit
An engaging workshop, run by Apiculture extraordinaire Sarah C, where we dive deep into the fascinating lives of honeybees and their crucial role in pollination. Participants will learn about the biology of honeybees, their impact on our ecosystems, and the challenges they face today. Through interactive discussions, hands-on activities, and expert insights, you’ll discover how you can contribute to bee conservation efforts and promote biodiversity in your community. Whether you’re a beginner or a bee enthusiast, this workshop will inspire you to appreciate these vital pollinators and take action to protect them.
The United Nations has declared 2025 as the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation.
Understand the global and local significance of glaciers through this interactive workshop. Our glaciers are disappearing due to climate change and receding glaciers are a major cause of sea level rise. Loss of glacial ice also threatens our water supplies and local communities. Discover what’s unique about New Zealand’s glaciers and the landscapes they shape. Model glacial recession and uncover the importance of these giant rivers of ice.
