Welcome to 2014!
Last week, Victorian school students returned to school for
2014. The education staff at the La Trobe Wildlife Sanctuary are getting geared
up for upcoming experiences – both excursions to the LTWS and incursions to
schools, including the work we will continue to do at Findon Primary and
Charles La Trobe College (funded through the Victorian Government’s Strategic
Partnerships Program).
2013 was a successful year for LTWS education. We had a
total of 4041 students engaged in our education experiences from 58 schools
across Melbourne and Victoria. As you might expect considering our location in
Bundoora, the majority of these students (and schools) were from the northern
suburbs. Somewhat surprisingly we had more visitors from the north-west than
the north-eastern suburbs. We had more than twice as many visits from
government schools than from Catholic and independent schools combined.
For the education staff, highlights of 2013 included the SPP
funded experiences at Findon and Charles La Trobe College (which you can read
about in previous posts), a Frog Bog habitat creation incursion to a school in
Healesville and the review and improvement of the Discovering Ecology
experience (with great feedback from the schools that participated).
We look forward to 2014 and the adventures to come!
-Juli Atkinson (education staff)
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| LTWS education staff get 'hands on' at a training day in 2013 |
