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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...
Staying In & Getting Out
Our Chair, Marlene Julian has written from her bubble to let us know how she is getting her daily dose of the outdoors during the New Zealand Covid-19 Alert Level 4: From my bubble to yours….what a glorious autumn day it is...
Making Bush Soap
With hand sanitiser having long disappeared from our supermarket shelves, our Programme Coordinator Brian has been using his time at home to experiment with making bush soap and shared the process with us: Step 1 – Make a fire to create charcoal (charcoal and water...
Term 1 Wrap Up
Our Programme Coordinator, Donald is on the blog today to fill us in on all the happenings during the first term of 2020... Term 1 is always a whirlwind of an experience. But this year the winds had some extra umph! In our first week alone, we had five schools running...
Hitting The Ground Running
Our new Programme Coordinator, Brian Connelly joined the POET team earlier this year and by day 20 had already attended 5 camps, phew! Brian checked in to let us know how his first month went: Its been an exciting start to the year for me as a fresh, brand-new POET...
Five Things
The weekend is here! If you're in need of some inspiration or extra knowledge, take a few moments to browse the five links we have found from around the web: Australian Outdoor Educator Beau Miles created a beautiful wooden canoe paddle from scrap junk wood he found...