Bournda EEC is operated by the Department of Education and is located in Bournda National Park on the Far South Coast of NSW; an ideal setting for the delivery of environmental education programs.
The staff at Bournda EEC assist teachers to plan and conduct field trips for students from Kindergarten – Year 12, which are designed to specifically target KLA outcomes.
‘Exploring and Mapping our Living World’ and ‘Saving our Shorebirds’ are multi-touch books created by BEEC that are designed for students. These books are available for free from the iBooks Store and can be downloaded onto an iPhone, iPad or Mac. The books are designed for primary students and are full of interactive diagrams, photos and videos. Each book allows students to explore and play, inspiring curiosity and a sense of wonder for our living world.
Stage 3 students with a flair for writing and creating interesting stories about animals had the opportunity to combine their writing talents and drama expertise at the Literacy and Puppets Workshop. Using puppets as the means to tell the story, the drama created was performed and filmed – Tanja PS film is shown here.
Students from Bega Valley, Bemboka and Cobargo Public Schools, participating in the Leadership, Fitness and Fun program at Bournda EEC, rescued a Feathertail Glider trapped in a fire place. Bournda teacher Luke Brown helped the students to give the glider a much needed drink before releasing it. To find out more about these special animals visit the Australian Museum website
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY
1. Look at the picture from the Flight Radar app
2. Read the linked article from the NY times
3. Is this something that relates to you? What is your response to these stimuli?
www.nytimes.com/2019/09/19/climate/air-travel-emissions.html
The beauty of inclusivity in Australia
After a local couple flew a Nazi flag, this Victorian town came together to say, 'that's not us'
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Dozens of people in Beulah have gathered in a symbol of peace and inclusivity, after a local couple raised a Nazi flag above their property.www.abc.net.au/news/science/2019-05-18/food-storange-how-to-store-fresh-fruit-and-vegetables/1111...
Bega Valley Waste & Recycling
The rules for keeping fruit and vegies fresh
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Is your fridge full of slimy fruit and vegies? We look at ways to store your food to keep it fresher for longer.Around the world, educators are taking up the challenge of preparing students to successfully mitigate, adapt and survive climate change
What are we doing now and what CAN we do?
Australian Association for Environmental Education, NSW Chapter 🌳 Environmental and Zoo Education Centres NSW 🌳 NSW Department of Education 🌳
Lost Country: Aboriginal Flags Have Begun Flying At Half Mast Around Australia - New Matilda
Lost Country: Aboriginal Flags Have Begun Flying At Half Mast Around Australia - New Matilda
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An Aboriginal woman from Victoria is hoping that First Nations people and organisations around the nation will join her university in flying Indigenous flags at half mast, to acknowledge the grief Aboriginal people are feeling at the destruction of Country from Australia’s ongoing bushfire crisis....#LeaveNatureAlone
Have you used this Instagram hashtag? You could cop an $8,000 fine
www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-17/instagram-rock-stacking-trend-putting-endangered-species-at-risk/1...
Have you used this Instagram hashtag? You could cop an $8,000 fine
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Instagram is flooded with #rockstacking posts, where people go to rivers and beaches and collect rocks to make sculptures. But one expert says the trend is putting endangered species at risk.Be there for your friendsIt occurred to Pooh and Piglet that they hadn't heard from Eeyore for several days, so they put on their hats and coats and trotted across the Hundred Acre Wood to Eeyore's stick house. Inside the house was Eeyore.
"Hello Eeyore," said Pooh.
"Hello Pooh. Hello Piglet," said Eeyore, in a Glum Sounding Voice.
"We just thought we'd check in on you," said Piglet, "because we hadn't heard from you, and so we wanted to know if you were okay."
Eeyore was silent for a moment. "Am I okay?" he asked, eventually. "Well, I don't know, to be honest. Are any of us really okay? That's what I ask myself. All I can tell you, Pooh and Piglet, is that right now I feel really rather Sad, and Alone, and Not Much Fun To Be Around At All. Which is why I haven't bothered you. Because you wouldn't want to waste your time hanging out with someone who is Sad, and Alone, and Not Much Fun To Be Around At All, would you now."
Pooh looked at Piglet, and Piglet looked at Pooh, and they both sat down, one on either side of Eeyore in his stick house.
Eeyore looked at them in surprise. "What are you doing?"
"We're sitting here with you," said Pooh, "because we are your friends. And true friends don't care if someone is feeling Sad, or Alone, or Not Much Fun To Be Around At All. True friends are there for you anyway. And so here we are."
"Oh," said Eeyore. "Oh." And the three of them sat there in silence, and while Pooh and Piglet said nothing at all; somehow, almost imperceptibly, Eeyore started to feel a very tiny little bit better.
Because Pooh and Piglet were There.
No more; no less.
(A.A. Milne, E.H. Shepard)
This is National Suicide Prevention Week.
#mentalhealth #Friends #Friendship
