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Perry Outdoor Education Trust equips schools in low socio-economic communities to develop young people using outdoor education experiences.
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Perry Outdoor Education Trust delivers training to provide teachers with the skills to deliver quality outdoor education programmes.
For many of my students, the opportunities that are provided are a first and encourage them to continue to strive to expand their horizons.
-Principal, Ngaruawahia High School
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Bush Navigation PD today. Awesome to see our teachers out today improving their navigation skills and making great connections with other outdoor teachers.
😢😢 Really gutted to discover we've had gear stolen. Thieves have taken some of our tents, all of our back packs, 58 cookers, compasses and other gear that's all vital to our programmes and getting our rangatahi and tamariki outdoors.
Unfortunately this gear is not covered by our insurance so we're appealing to our community to help us track it down. Its all marked up with POET so if you are out and about can you keep your eyes peeled!
We really need to get our gear back or replaced because now more than ever we need to get our young people engaged in education.
Awful news, and so heartbreaking for all your team and those whom you support in our community.
Set up give a little page 🙂
That is so disappointing and devastating 😢 I hope your gears found quickly or able to be replaced 😔
So sorry to hear this news team 😢
Oh how horrible can some people be 😣
This country has a dishonesty offending crisis.
Will share this around lovely POET people, sorry to hear this.
What brand bags and cookers,so we know what to lookout for?
Tautoko week with Matamata College, supporting their Year 11’s kayaking at Karapiro and their Year 12’s Journey , biking the Timber Trail.
What a great experience for these students!
Awesome seeing you out there doing it.
Julie Bain cool
Fantastic..... this is an amazing part of NZ to explore 😍
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Doing The Hard Mahi: Our School Coordinators
Ngā mihi nui ki a koe to our amazing School Coordinators. To honour their hard mahi as part of our POET whanau, we are including a blurb of each of our School Coordinators on our website. Check them out here. Our School Coordinators are dedicated educators with a...
Covid & POET Camps
During this time, where lockdowns and uncertainty around COVID-19 can have a negative impact on mental health, wellbeing is essential. For youth, getting outdoors, exercising, and engaging in fun, meaningful activities with their peers is more important than ever. The...
Covid & The Outdoors
In today’s world, not only is the outdoors better for your mental health, but it’s safer too. According to a recent study, only one in every thousand cases of COVID-19 are transmitted outside. Fresh air allows the virus to disperse, rather than build up in an enclosed...
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Perry Outdoor Education Trust recognises that the Treaty of Waitangi/Te Tiriti o Waitangi is a founding document of New Zealand.
We thank POET for enabling us to invest in our students. Building their confidence, social and emotional capital will ensure that they will be better citizens of tomorrow
-Principal, Melville High School
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