Links to other stories:
- E4E - School Enterprise Programme
- Exciting youth about the working world
- E4E Projects
- What skills do you need?
- Project Organic - Visit to Mojo Coffee
Links to other Education stories:
- Business Awards
- Porirua Youth Awards
- Drive for Life
- Careers in Health
- Partners Porirua celebrates its tenth Anniversary
Brandon Intermediate students with ESR
Students from Plimmerton School
The students thoroughly enjoyed working alongside the scientists and seeing first hand the reality of the scientist's profession."
Students from Rangikura School
with GNS
Recent Primary School Partnerships 2010
Brandon Intermediate and ESR
ESR worked with Year 7 & 8 students from Brandon Intermediate School, introducing them to the world of forensic science. ESR scientists visit the school for an interactive session to provide the students with an opportunity to see first hand how forensic science works.
Bishop Viard College and PCC
A group of students passionate about their environment work together to improve their environment and to implement the three R’s – reduce, re-use, recycle. These students work in partnership with Charles Barrie (PCC) to implement a plan to continually improve the environment in and around Bishop Viard College.
Paremata School, PCC, and Mana Coach Services
The students in the year 8 elective group took on the task of collecting old cooking oil and having it reconstituted into a bio fuel – the aim being to collect enough fuel to run a bus into Wellington for a field trip. A fantastic science experiment with an environmentally friendly outcome!
Natone Park School and Kiwi Ingenuity
The year 6 students from Natone Park School stretched their imaginations and creativity with this project. The students had to develop a design brief for an invention that could be made from recycled glass. John Poppleton from Kiwi Ingenuity supported the students with their designs.
Recent Partnerships
The Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR)
worked with Year 7 & 8 students from Plimmerton School, introducing them to the world of forensic science. ESR scientists visit the school for several sessions and provided the students with an opportunity to see first hand how forensic science works.
Bishop Viard and Porirua City Council
Bishop Viard College Year 8 students looked at waste management with a trip to the landfill and to Trash Palace. From here the students continued to plant an area of Kenepuru stream that had an extreme makeover in 2006 and also to look at ways waste can be managed and minimised in their own school.
Paremata School and Porirua City Library
In another continued relationship the students looked at digital reviews. Students would visit the library on Friday mornings during the project and on completion they presented their digital book promotions to their peers and had a power point display in the library.
Rangikura School and Geological and Nuclear Science Project
An extension activity investigating global warming and climate change.
