It was a day packed full of energetic fun and hands-on learning for more than 200 primary school students who joined the Moturoa Mission at Moturoa / Rabbit Island late last month.
The Mission is a competitive annual challenge for groups of students from 7 – 12 years old engaged in the Enviroschools programme in the region.
Community agencies, organisations, enthusiastic locals, and secondary school enviro leaders hosted 24 activity stations for the teams of four or five students to visit. At each station, they completed a task, solved a problem, or created something in about 15 minutes, before racing off to another station.
The team that completed more challenges and got higher scores at each station was the overall winner. It was a full-on day with each team accompanied by a teacher or parent who had to try to keep up too!
The concept is to build connections between environmental groups and students who get to meet many others from different schools who care about the environment and sustainability. Teachers also got the benefit of connecting with agencies and groups offering invaluable learning opportunities.
All in all, it was a high-energy day where fun and learning came together perfectly with TPS Recylantors from Tākaka Primary School (above) taking out top spot.
Clifton Terrace School’s Nature Navigators came in second, with Mana Mokaroa from Nelson Intermediate third.