Education Ranger, Lucy, took a couple of trips up to St Canice’s School in Westport this term, to join them as they started their penguin project. A visit from penguin detection dog Mena started their journey off and then a classroom session from Education Ranger, Lucy, to learn more about blue penguins and their threats. […]
After our very successful trip to the beach a few weeks ago, where the students trained their Penguin Ranger skills, to be able to “Stop, Look, Listen, Freeze” when searching for penguins, Hokitika Primary’s Rūma Piwakawaka, year 2 class played a session of What’s in the box with Education Ranger, Lucy Waller, last week, to […]
Education Ranger, Lucy Waller, joined Hokitika Primary School Ruma (room) Piwakawaka with teachers Maria and Caitlin for a field trip to the beach last week. We explored all the tracks and things to see at the beach and were lucky enough to find fresh penguin tracks leading right into their class planting site! The students […]
Rūma Piwakawaka year 2 class create their very own classroom penguin habitat. Having spent the year learning about penguins using the Penguins and Other Seabirds resource book, they were ready for their own colony! We will all meet in Term 4 for a planting day at the beach to help create more habitat for […]
Penguin Ranger, Luisa, shows us how tricky burrow scoping can be and the little nooks and tight squeezes blue penguins will find fir their safe burrows. There are certain things Luisa will look for, when searching for penguin nests. Can you see the debris on the ground? The flies buzzing around? This is often a […]
A dream for years, the seed of the idea germinated 30 months ago and today we launched the magnificent “Blue Penguins and Other Seabirds” education resource. […]
