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  • Stage 2 Students recording data by Wallagoot lake
  • Dune Study
  • challenge game - the A frame
  • Trail rider wheel chair in action
  • Kayaking on the Lagoon
  • Cycling one of the tracks
  • Analysing - Waterbug Survey
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  • starfish on students hand
  • Stage 3 students working on their Nature Journals in the bush
  • students reading maps
  • Local scientists at work
  • Motion Camera work
  • CDAT Kayaking
  • CDAT community members evening
  • CDAT Ropes course
  • Students making damper in a camp oven on a Present and Past Family Life program
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Things have been happening at Bournda EEC – we have new landscaping!
Have a look at the before & after photos. Watch this space for more improvements to come…

Bournda Environmental Education Centre

Student wellbeing comes naturally at Bournda!

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.

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BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TO OUR NEW LEARN-SCAPED GARDEN
In 2018 Bournda EEC coordinated the Sapphire Coast Regional Science Hub Sustainability Education Network (SCRSHSEN) involvement in a AAEE NSW Best Practice Sustainability Education and Engagement project, Birds of a Feather.  The citizen science project involved multiple partners working to enhance the environment of local birds in schools by installing bird baths and monitoring their use with motion sensor cameras.

The project worked so well that we decided that we better practice what we preach and have our own bird bath and camera installation at Bournda Environmental Education Centre in Bournda National Park. The birdbath was heavily used during the drought with an astonishing range of “visitors” and staff were kept busy making sure it was regularly replenished. The site needed some additional habitat and erosion control so Bournda EEC School Administrative Manager, Rose Constable came up with a design that provided lots of microhabitats, improved drainage and minimal water use. The habitat “learn-scape” was approved by NPWS Merimbula and brought to life by Proscape Garden Construction. Grant Brewer, NPWS Bournda Ranger helped us through the approval process and gave advice on suitable plants. A big thank you to Bruce Toomey, from NPWS who assisted with the due diligence requirements for Aboriginal artefacts. There are now three birds baths and we’ve got lots of ideas for sustainability activities in this space for our young visitors!

NSW Department of Education Covid -19 Information Hub

https://education.nsw.gov.au/covid-19

Learning from home Hub on the Department’s website provides information & resources for teachers and parents to support students learning from home P -12.

The Department of Education, Term 3, COVID-19 guidelines for schools highlight that Bournda EEC programs in-school and at Bournda EEC are allowed.

Activities that have recommenced in our schools

  • All curricular and extra-curricular programs or services delivered by NSW Department of Education staff including targeted school support programs delivered by School Services, itinerant support staff and other department employees
  • ….and day field trips to outdoor locations that require minimal physical distancing considerations (e.g. DoE Environmental Education Centres and sport and recreation facilities, trips to local river to collect water samples)

What’s On Term 1

  • starfish on students hand
  • Students at Dolphin Cove
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What’s On Term 2

  • Waterbug Survey 2016
  • Investigating Waterbug Survey 2016
  • Students on the Waterbug Survey 2016
  • Tathra PS Waterbug Survey 2016
  • Waterbug Survey Bemboka 2016
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What’s on Term 3

  • Finished - the Da Vinci Bridge
  • C&T S3 Fun with STEM -2
  • C&T S3 Fun with STEM -1
  • C&T S2 My Treasure 3
  • C&T S2 My Treasure 2
  • C&T S2 My Treasure 1
  • Waterbug Survey Bemboka 2016
  • Image courtesy Taronga Zoomobile
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What’s on Term 4

  • Sea eagle In flight
  • King parrot
  • Image of Hooded Plover on beach courtesy of Dave Gallan
  • Bird in flight
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Resource: Multi-Touch Books

Download these free multi-touch iBooks from the iBooks Store onto your iPhone, iPad or Mac. Exploring and Mapping our Living World and Saving our Shorebirds have been created by Bournda EEC to help students explore the natural world around them, inspiring curiosity and a sense of wonder for all living things. The books are designed for primary students and are full of interactive diagrams, photos and videos. Find out about our local endangered shorebirds and how we can all help them to survive. Discover why biodiversity is so important and how teachers and students can play their role as citizen scientists mapping biodiversity in the schoolyard.

A page from the Exploring and Mapping our living world ibook

What’s been happening?

Students from five local schools have been working with Bournda Environmental Education Centre on a Bega Valley Shire Council funded program called ‘Let’s get it Sorted’. The program helps students to re-think what they call ‘waste’ and empowers them to be the change makers at their school. The aim of the program is to reduce the amount of waste that schools send to landfill and to help educate school communities about the issues surrounding waste and its management. Click here to find out more about this program and here to register your interest for 2020 / 2021.

A forest’s bushfire recovery

Life in a Southern Forest https://southernforestlife.net/ is an extraordinary resource for any teachers that are looking to explore the recovery of our forests after the recent bushfires. Follow biologists Kerri-Lee and Paul as they report on observations, sightings and discoveries on their 5 ha property at Wonboyn, both before and after the January 5 fires. The photographs and detailed reporting are an extremely valuable resource and their work is an inspiration to follow.

Life in a Southern Forest webpage

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Uncle Ossie Cruse gave me a few tips on posing for a photo at NAIDOC for Schools at Monaroo Bobberrer Gudu (Jigamy), getting me to uncross my arms to be more “open”! You always learn something from Uncle and you always feel good for having been in his company. The NAIDOC for Schools Week marked its 13th year and Covid and other factors didn’t stop everyone from having a fabulous time!#getupstandupshowup ... See MoreSee Less

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Thanks to all the schools who attended NAIDOC at Monaroo Bobberrer Gudu this week. Your students were so respectful, so interested and so enthusiastic!! A fantastic effort by the Eden Local Aboriginal Land Council and presenters delivering on the #NAIDOC2022 theme, #getupstandupshowupBega Valley Public SchoolTathra Public SchoolEden Public SchoolPambula Public School Bemboka Public SchoolTanja Public SchoolWyndham Public SchoolMumbulla School for Rudolf Steiner Education ... See MoreSee Less
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SCHOOLS’ NAIDOC WEEKThe fabulous Eden Public School dancers at NAIDOC Schools Week at Monaroo Bobberrer Gudu (Jigamy Farm)Tathra Public SchoolEden Local Aboriginal Land CouncilTwofold Aboriginal CorporationSapphire Coast Learning Community of Public SchoolsNSW Department of EducationABC South East NSWEden MagnetEnvironmental and Zoo Education Centres NSW ... See MoreSee Less

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VALE AUNTY COLLEENBournda EEC wishes to acknowledge the sad news of the passing of Aunty Colleen Dixon, proud Djiringanj Elder, artist, educator and leader.Aunty Colleen had a deep understanding of how precious Nature is and taught that we must all look after the planet and care for all living creatures. Aunty was a committed advocate for First Nations Peoples and promoted the importance of education.Her artworks are widely admired.Her kindness and dignity are fondly remembered and respected.As we celebrate NAIDOC Schools Week at Jigamy we will remember Aunty and will be thinking of her grieving family and friends. #getupstandupshowupBega Valley Public School ... See MoreSee Less

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MOVING PICTURES…🎥🎞🏃🌏📽🍿Dane Waites and Perth2Pambula joined Woolworths Woolworthsand Woolworths staff to shoot some scenes for our entry in the Focus on Ability Short Film FestivalThe film title is #givedaneacleanrun and we all know the BIG STAR ⭐️ is our COMMUNITY, led by our Keep Australia Beautiful NSW #TidyTown Community Champion Dane, helping keep our beautiful home clean!Big thanks to Dane and Junee, Lisa and Hamish and the Woolworths team! In November last year we picked up a ute load of rubbish here and yesterday, just a couple of bags worth! People who care, make a difference.Can we win at the film festival?As Junee said, after the event, “With our community we are already “winners “ 🌻😍Bega District NewsABC South East NSWEast Coast Radio 2EC & Power FMSapphire FM Community RadioSapphire Coast Learning Community of Public SchoolsSustainable Schools NSWAustralian Association for Environmental Education, NSW ChapterEnvironmental and Zoo Education Centres NSWBega Valley Waste & RecyclingBega Valley Shire CouncilKristy McBainBVSC Mayor Russell FitzpatrickDr Michael Holland MP - Member for BegaBega Cheese ... See MoreSee Less

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Pambula Public School students and staff are wonderful to work with and the students demonstrated exceptional focus when navigating and sketching. It was lovely to have Ms Brown help out on the two days. Joan reckons her first excursion to Bournda was in 1987 and she is a wonderful enthusiast for Bournda and it’s programs.Acknowledgements also to Longneck Lagoon EEC for sharing their field sketch criteria and rubric. We’ve been working on sharing quality teaching resources and explicit quality criteria make a difference regardless of where the “classroom” is, in this case in the National Park. Thanks Vicky and team!NSW Department of Education 🦘🌳Environmental and Zoo Education Centres NSW 🌳🦘QT Academy 🌳🦘Sapphire Coast Learning Community of Public Schools 🦘🌳NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service 🌳🦘Sustainable Schools NSW 🦘🌳GTA NSW - Geography Teacher's Association of NSW & ACT. 🌳🦘 ... See MoreSee Less

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