Kia ora!

We have one final video for your class to watch! 🎉🎉

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Remember that we also have our final Inspiration and Hope webinar to tune into on Thurs 24th September - keep an eye on the 'webinars page' for the link and details!

‍Congratulations to our final winners for the 2020 programme! Thank you to all that classrooms that sent in videos of your amazing environmental actions!
Year 1-2

• Sarah Thompson - Saint Leonards - Rata
• Vicki Bingham - Knighton Normal School - Room 9

Year 3-5

• Carole Pearce - Owhata School - Room 6
• Sandra Bluess - St Francis De Sales - Harakeke

Year 6+

• Ra-Tane Edelsten - Colville School - Kahu Class
• Missf Holdsworth - Marotiri School - Senior studio
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Missed Thursday's Webinar? Check it out below!

Webinar

Another squawktastic week of Call-to-Action videos - thanks again for submitting your videos you will still be able to send in videos post the programme to the ‘Submit your environmental action’ form.

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Kia hiwa rā tauira students rangers! The International Antarctic Centre, Marsden Fund & Royal Society Te Apārangi, are running a film competition to see your put together 3-minute videos illustrating Antarctica from a new perspective. Showing why the frozen continent is special to you!

To find out more and send in your entries head on over to the link below!

Film Competition Information

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Tune into this weeks webinar on Thurs 17 September: https://zoom.us/j/92604907634

This week we'll be:

• Annoucing the the winners of the week (This week's prizes are some goodies from Pic's Peanut Butter and also a Squawk Squad pack!)
• Introduce you and your class to Matua x Man from Para Kore!
• Connect with hosts of the programme Siobhan and Owain from Squawk Squad, coming to you live from a classroom in Wellington!
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‍Congratulations to:
Year 1-2

• Sarah Thompson - St Leonard's School, Rata

Year 3-5

• Dave Waddell - Balaclava School, Room 4
• Chani Caulfield - St Francis de Sales, Pohutakawa/10

‍Year 6+

• Ra-Tane Edelsten - Colville School, Kahu Class
• Sarah Franklin-Browne - Cockle Bay School, Room 14

Missed Thursday's Webinar? Check it out below!

Webinar

Another squawktastic week of Call-to-Action videos - thanks again for submitting your videos via the ‘Submit your environmental action’ form.

Remember, we don’t expect you to submit your video half-way through the week you’re teaching the topic. Rather, we recommend you submit anytime before 9am Wednesday the following week of competition!

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‍Congratulations to:
Year 1-2

• Donna Hosack - Homeschool
• Vicki Bingham - Knighton Normal School - Room 9

Year 3-5

• Rosi Coyle - St Teresa's - Room 2
• Hannah Bibby - Waimea Intermediate - Room 12

‍Year 6+

• Lynda Anderson - Takaka Primary School - Te Whanau Kahikatea
• Janet Valentine - St Brigids School - Room 13

Missed Thursday's Webinar? Check it out below!

Webinar

Another squawktastic week of Call-to-Action videos - thanks again for submitting your videos via the ‘Submit your environmental action’ form.

Remember, we don’t expect you to submit your video half-way through the week you’re teaching the topic. Rather, we recommend you submit anytime before 9am Wednesday the following week of competition!

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Make sure to submit your videos for this week by 9:00am tomorrow to be in the draw for your class to win some rare Kākābeak Saplings! (only 150 left in the wild) These saplings have been kindly donated by our partners at the Endangered Species Foundation of New Zealand

Tune into this weeks webinar on Thurs 10 September to find out who's won!‍

‍Congratulations to:
Year 1-2

• Vicki Bigham - Knighton Normal School, Room 9
• Karena Hart- Te Rangi Āniwaniwa, He Kākano

Year 3-5

• Hilton Chan - Korokoro School, Room 5
• Chani Caulfield - St Francis De Sales, Pohutukawa/ Room 10

‍Year 6+

• Denise Lee - Waimea Intermediate, Room 21
• Kayleigh Maclean - Maungaraki School, Room 11

Missed Thursday's Webinar with Geoff Reid? Check out below!

Webinar

Another squawktastic week of Call-to-Action videos - thanks again for submitting your videos via the ‘Submit your environmental action’ form.

Remember, we don’t expect you to submit your video half-way through the week you’re teaching the topic. Rather, we recommend you submit anytime before 9am Wednesday the following week of competition!

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Tune into this weeks webinar on Thurs 03 September: https://zoom.us/j/92604907634

This week we'll be:

• Annoucing the the winners of the week (remember, there are prizes up for grabs for submitting videos of your call to actions!)
• Introduce you and your class to Geoff Reid!
• Connect with hosts of the programme Siobhan and Owain from Squawk Squad

A sneak peak to Geoff!

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A massive thanks to one of our biggest Kickstarter supporters "North Canterbury X-ray" who came in at $3000 to support our future educational vision! This Antarctic swim is for you  https://northcanterburyxray.co.nz

The water was around 2 degrees but totally worth it...!

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Jump on to any of the topic pages to check out some of the fantastic 360/VR footage that Owain captured on trip down to Antartica!

You can find it up in top right of each topic page

‍Congratulations to:
Year 1-2

• Vicki Bigham, Knighton Normal School, Room 9
• Donna Hossack, Homeschool

Year 3-5

• Megan Gill, St Francis De Sales, Room 8
• Lindy Haliburton, St Mary's School, Room 8

‍Year 6+

• Ra-Tane Edelsten, Colville School, Kahu Class
• Janet Valentine, St Bridges School, Room 13

Another squawktastic week of Call-to-Action videos - thanks again for submitting your videos via the ‘Submit your environmental action’ form.

Remember, we don’t expect you to submit your video half-way through the week you’re teaching the topic. Rather, we recommend you submit anytime before 9am Wednesday the following week of competition!

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‍Congratulations to:
Year 1-2

• He Kākano - Karena Hart, Te Rangi Āniwaniwa
• Room 2 - Dianne Gilroy, St. Theresa's School Bluff

Year 3-5

• Pohutakawa/10 - Chani Caulfield, St Francis de Sales
• Room 16 - Melanie Matthews, Taupo School

‍Year 6+

• Senior studio - Missf Holdsworth, Marotiri School
• L1 - Quest - Debbie Thompson, Whangaparaoa School

Another squawktastic week of Call-to-Action videos - thanks again for submitting your videos via the ‘Submit your environmental action’ form.

Remember, we don’t expect you to submit your video half-way through the week you’re teaching the topic. Rather, we recommend you submit anytime before 9am Wednesday the following week of competition!

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Tune into our third webinar on Thurs 20th August: https://zoom.us/j/92604907634

This week we'll be:

• Annoucing the the winners of the week (remember, there are prizes up for grabs for submitting videos of your call to actions!)
• Introduce you and your class to awesome experts at Whale Watch Kaikōura!
• Connect with hosts of the programme Siobhan and Ryan from Squawk Squad

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‍Congratulations to:
Year 1-2

• Homeschool - Donna Hossack
• Room 9 - Vicki Bingham, Knighton Normal School

‍Year 3-5

• ‍‍Titoki D - Amber Dale, Waipukurau School
• Mahoe - Aimee Nortje, Hunua School

‍Year 6+

• Room 5 - Darren Robinson, Mahora School
• Te Whanau Kahikatea - Lynda Anderson, Takaka Primary School

Another squawktastic week of Call-to-Action videos -thanks again for submitting your videos via the ‘Submit your environmental action’ form. We picked our favourites to receive this week’s prizes (Antarctic Heritage Trust Explorer Diaries and other cool official Antarctica merchandise!!!). These will be sent out to your school, so keep an eye out and ENJOY - you’ve earned them!

Remember, we don’t expect you to submit your video half-way through the week you’re teaching the topic. Rather, we recommend you submit anytime before 9am Wednesday the following week of competition!

‍Congratulations to:
Year 1-2

• ‍‍Sarah Thompson, St Leonard’s School, Rata Classroom
• Nic Webb, Redwood School, Room 2

‍Year 3-5

• ‍‍Arani Abbott, Balaclava School, Room 6
• Jemma Brown, St Francis De Sales, Te Kouka

‍Year 6+

• ‍‍Tracey Mudd, Nelson Park School, Room 13
• Janet Valentine, St Bridges School, Room 13

Such exciting videos once again - we were so impressed!! Thanks to everyone who submitted a video via the ‘Submit your environmental action’ form. We watched all of them and picked our favourites to receive this week’s prizes (delicious Wellington Chocolate Factory chocolate and special Squawk Squad stickers!!!). These will be sent out to your school, so keep an eye out and ENJOY - you’ve earned them!

Remember, we don’t expect you to submit your video half-way through the week you’re teaching the topic. Rather, we recommend you submit anytime before 9am Wednesday the following week of competition!

Your class’s chance to chat to real life 'Inspiring Explorers' who were selected to join Owain on his Antarctic Heritage Trust trip to the Antarctic Peninsula in March 2020. Hear directly from this group of young New Zealander’s as to why the ‘spirit of exploration’ is important to them and inspire your students to complete their own nature-based adventures. There’ll be lots of time to ask your own questions to the panellists!

(NB - this webinar will be hosted as a ‘Zoom meeting’ which means that the tech issues we had last week should be avoided!)

Format:

11.30-11.35am Squawk Squad announce winners from previous week's video submissions!

11.35- ~12.00pm Kōrero with some of AHT’s Inspiring Explorers (Jaylee, Ai’fou, Sadra, Anzac)

You'll be able to:

• Tune in directly from your classroom via this Zoom link
• Ask questions to the experts (Squawk Squad hosts will select the best questions and ask on classroom's behalf)
• Be inspired by real experts!

We will record the session if you can't make it, but doing things in real time is waaay better right? Plus you’ll have the chance to ask questions live to the panellists!

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Didn’t tune into our first webinar with Antarctica NZ and Scott Base? We’ve uploaded it for you!!

Check it out here

Antarctic Heritage Trust invites you to explore Sir Edmund Hillary’s Antarctic hut through a new, ground-breaking virtual reality experience.

In partnership with Auckland University of Technology (AUT) the Trust has developed this virtual reality experience to celebrate New Zealand’s first presence in Antarctica.

Find out more.

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‍Congratulations to:

‍(Year 1-2)
Room 10 from Balaclava School
Room 5 from Te Rerenga School

(Year 3-5)
Kahikatea from Hunua School
Room 4 from Bailey Road School

(Year 6+)
Kahu Class from Colville School
Te Wai Onepu from Te Rangi Aniwaniwa

We were BLOWN AWAY by the level of excitement and engagement from classrooms. Thanks to everyone who submitted a video via the 'Submit your environmental action' form. We watched all of them and picked our favourites to receive this week’s prizes. These will be sent out to your school, so keep an eye out and ENJOY - you’ve earned them!

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Our first expert webinar for "Topic 1: Intro to Antarctica" will be connecting live with Scott Base down in Antarctica! (how cool!)


Join here: https://zoom.us/j/96381412166
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Format:

• 11.30-11.35am Squawk Squad announce winners from previous week's video submissions!
• 11.35-12pm Kōrero with 2x Antarctic experts - one calling in directly from Antarctica, one Antarctic expert tuning in from Antarctica NZ (based in Ōtautahi-Christchurch).
  
  (NB the direct Antarctic connection may be shakey, so we'll be playing this by ear - likely that they'll only be able to join us for 5-10mins max due to technical requirements. We'll have the other Ōtautahi-based Antarctic expert the whole webinar)

You'll be able to:

• Tune in directly from your classroom via the Zoom webinar link
• Ask questions to the experts (Squawk Squad hosts will select the best questions and ask on classroom's behalf)
• Be inspired by real experts!

We will record the session if you can't make it, but doing things in real time is waaay better, we encourage you to join! (We'll also be live streaming this on Facebook/Youtube)

We highly recommend you join us for our final pre-programme webinar this Thursday 16 July, 3:30pm - 4:30pm - Click here to register!

The exciting agenda...

Climate Change Basics: Renown climate scientist and Professor James Renwick will run us through the climate change basics from both a global and New Zealand perspective, followed by a short Q+A to answer your questions

Virtual tour of new education platform: Our web development guru Ryan will then give a tour of the platform along with some handy hints to make sure you get the most out of the specially-designed site

Content discussion: Our education lead Anya will talk about some of the awesome content we've already shared with you and let you know what exciting things are yet to come!

Q+A: We'll then run a Q+A session to make sure we answer your questions and leave you feeling excited and confident for the Term 3 programme.