ZEALANDIA Education E-News November 2018

Photo Credit: Judi Lapsley Miller

Kia ora koutou,
In this Education E-news, we bring you updates on the relaunch of the ZEALANDIA ECE and schools programme, ZEALANDIA's exciting collaboration with Predator Free Wellington, news on the senior biology 'Where have all the takahē gone?' resource and associated PD and the ZEALANDIA Trading Card Game.

STOP PRESS!
Exciting news! We are happy to announce that our takahē pair, Nio and Orbell, are nesting! We are doing all we can to support the prospective parents and will keep you updated on progress!

Bookings are now open for Term 1, 2019: If you would like to make a booking for next year please get in touch with us via email. Please note that all booking requests now go to education@visitzealandia.com

Thank you for your support this year. We have loved working with your students and wish you all a very restful and relaxing holiday period.

Please feel free to contact us with any questions or enquiries
education@visitzealandia.com

Ngā mihi nui
ZEALANDIA Education & Youth Team

Photo Credit: ZEALANDIA

ZEALANDIA School Programme Relaunch

As the year winds down for teachers and students, the Education & Youth team at ZEALANDIA is working hard on the exciting relaunch of our ECE and schools programme.
Online bookings are coming soon, along with an increased web presence and new resources for teachers and students.
As part of this process we would really appreciate a tiny bit of your time and help
by filling out two very quick surveys to give your views on programme content and booking.
We know you get asked to help quite a bit, so we have PRIZES as a way of saying thanks. Family passes are up for grabs along with a goodie bag of ‘merch’ from the ZEALANDIA Store.

Survey 1: Programme content here

Survey 2: Booking here

Thank you for your help!

By adding your email address you are in the draw for some fabulous prizes!

If you complete both questionnaires you double your chances of winning! Please share this with your colleagues as well.

Predator Free Wellington Schools

Predator free programmes are not just about tracking and trapping!
Monitoring biodiversity, restoring the environment and providing safe habitats are all part of the predator free picture.
The ZEALANDIA Education & Youth team is working with Predator Free Wellington and schools on the Miramar peninsular to make Wellington the world's first pest-free capital in the world - a natural city that flourishes with native wildlife.

Students at Miramar Central checking their wētā hotel Photo Credit: Ed Trotter

Attention: Senior Biology Teachers!

'Where have all the takahē gone?'

We are delighted to announce that the ZEALANDIA takahē assessment task for Achievement Standard 91158 has been to NZQA and received
its Quality Assured Assessment Materials (QAAM) trademark. This community study task is now held securely with BEANZ, where it can be accessed by teachers.

A suite of resources associated with the takahē community study has been developed by ZEALANDIA in collaboration with the Department
of Conservation Takahē Recovery Programme. The resources are currently with Science Learning Hub, being prepared for the national launch
in February.

If you are interested in discussing how your school could use this resource or would like an advance sample of these resources, please contact
Sue at sue.lum@visitzealandia.com

ZEALANDIA offers a 'takahē study' visit, which is run as a whole day programme. The day is broken into three sessions; the first session focusses on adaptations of and interrelationships between takahē and introduced mammals, the second is in the valley observing the takahē (and maybe their new chick!) followed by a final session unpacking the standard.

We will be running a PD session and field trip for teachers in February at ZEALANDIA. This will focus on the takahē study (Bio 2.6) and our stream study (Bio 2.1 and 3.1).

If you are interested in the PD session please email Sue at sue.lum@visitzealandia.com to register or for more information.

If you would like to book a 'takahē study ' or stream study for your class, we are taking bookings now for term one next year on education@visitzealandia.com

The ZEALANDIA Trading Card Game

Many of you will have seen or heard about the amazing ZEALANDIA Trading Card Game.
We have had a number of requests for class sets so we are in the process of organising a new print run to make these available. At present we are looking at printing the Forest, Coastal, Wetland and Alpine sets, along with the new bilingual Freshwater set.

(There will be a small charge to cover printing and postage costs.)

If you are interested in purchasing one or more of these sets, please indicate on the doodle poll here