CARING FOR NATURE

Granite Belt Biodiversity & Endangered Species

These education resources were developed by the Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery for grades Prep-Year 6.

They have been mapped to the curriculum with assessments and activities.

Team:

  • Mary Findlay

  • Lesley Grant

  • Robyn Coates

  • Michelle Conkas

Thanks to sponsorship from:

  • Crisps Coaches

  • Granite Belt Sustainable Action Network

  • Stanthorpe RSL

  • Stanthorpe Bendigo Bank

  • Birdlife Southern Queensland

The project consists of:

  • Education unit for primary school ages, developed by Lesley Grant, Bachelor of Education & Master of Educational Leadership.

  • Expo held on 7 & 8 August 2023 for all primary school-aged children in the region.

  • Crisps Youth Art Prize Exhibition - 13 September - 15 October 2023, with the Caring for Nature theme. Open to all children and youth in the district aged 18 and under. See the winners.

 

Wildlife ambassadors

Many thanks to Ann Jensen who crocheted these wonderful Wildlife Ambassadors that will be visiting local schools during the project. Here are some of them on an excursion to Girraween National Park.

Caring for Nature Expo

The Caring for Nature project was officially launched on Sunday 6 March 2023, and the expo was held on Monday 7 & Tuesday 8 August.

The expo was attended by over 700 students from all primary schools in the district. Each child received a Boomerang Bag made of recycled fabric as a show bag, with resources from the presenters included.

Presenters were from the Quoll Society of Australia, Girraween National Park Rangers, Granite Belt Sustainable Action Network, Birdlife Southern Queensland, Stanthorpe Rare Wildflower Consortium, Containers for Change, and Boomerang Bags. Groups of children rotated around the seven “stations” in a “speed dating” model.

The goals of the expo were to facilitate an accessible event that supports the learning involved in the Education Unit in a dynamic, exciting way, and to introduce students to the amazing community groups in the region doing work in this area. We hope the students participating can share their knowledge with friends and family and that our community will learn how to Care for Nature. We also hope the expo serves as inspiration for the students to use in their Crisps Youth Art Prize entry.

We thank the many volunteers for helping facilitate this event, as well as the speakers and sponsors, and Crisps Coaches for transporting the schools from the district.

Education Unit

Download all units below via Dropbox or scroll down to see individual resources and links and videos for each grade.

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