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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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Massive thank you to Leah Gordon and Lodge Real Estate for helping us get the New Zealand Mountain Film Festival fundraiser over the line at level 2. Its a challenge to run events with Covid but you can do it. Check out some of the ideas we found hellpful.
Carrying on through Covid - Perry Outdoor Education Trust
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How to run a successful event at Covid level 2Thanks to all our awesome event sponsors - Three Peaks Manuka Honey, Raglan Rock, Kiwi Camping, Trek 'n' Travel, Podium Lodge - Cambridge NZ, River Riders, Extreme Edge Rock Climbing Hamilton, Metro by HOYTS Hamilton, RIDE New Zealand's Cycling Festival without your support we couldn't make it happen 👏
Love your work team - adapting, making a plan, and moving on! Loved the evening, and always feel super inspired coming away after those films <3
Paeroa College Year 13s at Raglan this week.
Our first post Covid camp, awesome to be able to enjoy the outdoors with our schools again.
Our Programme Co-ordinators are always on the look out for new experiences to offer our students and teachers - in our latest blog post Brian and Donald visit the Maratoto Valley
Maratoto - Perry Outdoor Education Trust
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In the Maratoto Valley, just north of Paeroa is the location of a campground for two of our school camps and the site for this year’s POET base camp. In the middle of the valley lies the Maratoto Ro...Wow that history is amazing - will have to pay it a visit for sure!
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Carrying on through Covid
To support our work we run an annual fundraiser - the NZ Mountain Film Festival. It's a collection of the best short films from the Wanaka event and this year was our fifth time hosting the event in Hamilton. We were all set for the night of the 12th August; our...
Maratoto
In the Maratoto Valley, just north of Paeroa is the location of a campground for two of our school camps and the site for this year’s POET base camp. In the middle of the valley lies the Maratoto Rock, a towering pinnacle which rises dramatically from the valley...
Back to school just more lockdown?
Written by Gemma Periam With schools being back today, what type of learning will be valued and prioritised? Will it be just another form of lockdown for students in the hope of ‘catching up’ on what has been missed while learning at home? Will schools even consider...
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