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Pak n Go
Camps take a lot of planning and organisation to be well run and for students to gain as much as they can from their experiences. Together with schools we make sure students get transported, accommodated and fed (along with a whole heap of other things). We're always...
#ThankATeacher
At POET, maximising teacher facilitation of our outdoor education programmes is a fundamental principle. Teachers know their students best. They know the culture of the school learning environment and know how their students might respond to the real experiences with...
Highs & Lows
One of the activities supported on POET camps are high and low ropes. So why do we use high ropes in programs? Our programs use adventurous activities to create a progression of challenges that ask students to both push themselves personally and work together as a...
Play Outdoors
Hi, we're Dan and Nicky from Playcreative. We’ve both grown up in nature, just slightly different forms of nature, due to our super active and adventurous families; Dan grew up riding mountain bike trails almost before he could walk, and Nicky grew up on and around...
Our People: Emma
Hi I’m Emma and I am a POET board member. I was born and raised in the UK, spending most of my time in east Lincolnshire. I was very fortunate to learn how to ride horses when I was 4 years old and looked after my own pony by the time I was 5. This took a huge...
Camp Wrap Up #1
So what happened to February being the hottest, driest month?! It is about the mid-point in term one, and time is flying by. We have had camps out in Raglan, Mangakino, Karapiro, Karangahake, Pauanui, Ohope and everywhere in between. Lots of events were planned...