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School Visits
Karori Sanctuary offers a variety of programmes and supporting resource materials that provide students and teachers with positive and inspiring environmental experiences: in, about and for the environment. We are an LEOTC provider and have qualified, experienced educators to work with your group.
We provide an exciting, integrated learning opportunity
EXPLORE - EXPERIENCE - LEARN
The Karori Sanctuary is an internationally recognised community conservation project. It demonstrates science, technology and the community working together to create a safe haven for native wildlife.
The Karori Sanctuary is a living classroom and our programmes:
- Offer fun hands-on learning experiences both in and out of the classroom.
- Correlate to many of the achievement objectives in the National Curriculum documents.
- Are motivating and innovative.
- Allow students to gain knowledge, understanding and skills about many aspects of our unique natural environment.
- Provide positive environmental experiences for students and teachers alike.
- Use our own curriculum-linked resource material before, during and after a Sanctuary experience.
We also offer:
- Tailor-made experiential programmes to meet your needs.
- A rich history of gold mining and early dam building.
- Stories and evidence of human interaction with the environment since the 1800s and their impacts on today.
- The opportunity to stand on the Wellington Fault line and learn about some of its impacts – past and present.
- Rare native wildlife such as kaka, pateke/brown teal and tieke/saddleback and hihi/stitchbird.
- The opportunity to experience and learn about New Zealand bush including traditional uses of plants and impacts of weeds.
- The chance to get up close and personal with two types of weta – cave weta and the Wellington tree weta.
- Revolutionary technology for wildlife protection.
- Learning about what makes New Zealand wildlife so unique, special and vulnerable.
- Great inspiration for art, language and music.
Take a virtual Sanctuary tour before you visit. To access, simply go to www.learnz.org.nz.
Resource Material
Karori Sanctuary provides free, curriculum-linked resource packs to assist teachers in meeting their achievement objectives across a number of curriculum areas.
Through the hands-on activities and interactive lessons provided in the resource material, students will develop an appreciation and sense of wonder about New Zealand's unique natural environment.
Karori Sanctuary has developed seven Primary School modules and four Secondary School modules.
Valley Diary
The seasonal cycles of the Sanctuary fauna and flora mean our education programme has something different to highlight every month. Use this valley diary to plan your next class visit:
Teacher Information
Planning your visit
The Karori Sanctuary is an extremely popular place for school visits. Please book your visit early to avoid disappointment.
Your Visit Planner contains everything you need to know to plan a successful trip to the Karori Sanctuary, where to park, what to bring, how to get here, etc.
There is easy access and free parking for buses and private vehicles
Times
The duration of all Sanctuary programmes is two hours. However, school groups can stay in the valley longer by arrangement.
Programmes are currently available Monday to Friday at the following times:
9.45am - 11.45am OR 12.30pm - 2.30pm (or at other times by arrangement).
Student / Adult Ratios
We request that all educational groups have an adult / student ratio of 1:5. Please note Sanctuary staff are NOT to be included in this ratio.
Costs
A discounted rate for educational groups is only available by making an educational booking.
- Students: $4.50 each
- Teachers: FREE
- Accompanying adults: $4.50 each
For more information or to book…
If you have any questions about our programmes, making a booking or wish to have a programme adapted to you’re your specific requirements or you would like to come on a free pre-visit or teacher workshop, feel free to call or email us.
You can also request the Sanctuary Educator to come and talk to your staff meeting, school or other relevant gathering (in the Wellington area), to discuss educational opportunities provided at the Sanctuary.
Sanctuary Educator
Karori Sanctuary
31 Waiapu Road
Wellington
PO Box 9267, Wellington
Telephone: (04) 920 9202
Email:
education@sanctuary.org.nz
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