Celebrating Student voice for 2021 Wairararapa Conservation week
Call to Action - capturing student voices for Conservation Week 4-12 September 2021
Take a moment to celebrate and nurture nature this Conservation Week.
When Papatūānuku thrives, we all thrive. This can be felt when we take time for ourselves in the outdoors - we give our minds a break and feel connected to nature. It can be as simple as stopping to listen to birdsong or taking a walk with the whānau. You could even plant a native tree in your backyard or join a community event. (DOC website)
Let’s spend August working on creating artworks, poetry, drawings, paintings, infographics, stories, one minute videos and celebrating student voices. This work will be displayed and celebrated during Conservation Week at three main regional events Carterton events centre, ConArt in Masterton and the Waihinga centre in Martinborough, displays will also be in all the Wairarapa Librairies and student voices will be showcased on the MORE FM breakfast show with Brent Gare.
Take a moment to celebrate nature
self directed creativity. Use these poems and artworks as inspiration to make your own art and poetry celebrating Papatūānuku.
Inspriration:
Papa is breathing: https://youtu.be/YKyekQ1njNQ
Manawatu love poem to a river from Karlo Mila as an inspiration https://youtu.be/q3TRyItYYi8
Art and poetry can be submitted to be displayed during conservation week in your regional hub
Write a poem celebrating nature. Design a new conservation poster that shows how to protect your favourite species or habitat. Create artwork that celebrates our beautiful natural world.
Conservation is about preserving and protecting natural environment, native wildlife and their habitats including marine reserves
Take a moment to notice nature
Kelly from Pukaha and Emilie from Te Kura o Papatūānuku are available to do a conservation ecology workshop with senior students (yr5-8) and enable creative flow. Please email wairarapaearthschool@gmail.com or call Emilie 021963929 if you would like to book a workshop.
Workshop Focus: What is conservation? How are our forests, ecological cycles and soil linked?
Session Breakdown:
Introduction session on the concepts of conservation, regeneration and restoration.
Practical session looking at the biodiversity present on school grounds and leaf litter experiments.
Reflection session linking the wider concepts with the experiences of the students with conservation in Aotearoa, student action and representing student voice in creative ways.
Share your story how you connect with nature
or nurture nature
Akonga create their own 1 minute fims using imovie that share their stories. They can show and tell us what they do - why they do it - what concerns them - what they imagine a better future looks like. If you want to create a poster instead of a video or a sound clip … let your creativity flow
Use these videos in Conservation Week in your own school and wider community to celebrate their nurturing and connecting with nature to inspire us all - young and old.
Upload videos to your own sharing platforms and share the link with us by 18th August.
From these videos we will gather quotes from akonga to share with the wider Wairarapa community via live radio and sound bytes. We may share at the events and in libraries after gathering permissions from akonga whānau.
Any questions or support for akonga please email gill.enviroschools@gmail.com
Or call Emilie 021963929 wairarapaearthschool@gmail.com
Key Dates:
27th of August (Friday)
25th July: First week of Term 3
11th, 16th and 18th of August - Kelly and Emile workshop days
18th August: Videos due
30th August: First event for Conservation Week
Students work on public display:
Carterton Events centre: 30th August - 4th Sept
ConArt container in Masterton next to Aratoi: 4th - 12th Sept
Town Hall Martinborough: Saturday 12th - 16th Sept
Greytown Library event: 16th Sept
We are at our best when we work together this work is a collaboration of Enviroschools, Pukaha, our local councils and DOC