Enviro-schools Guiding Principles

Enviroschools kaupapa is based on five guiding principles. Schools are encouraged to integrate these five principles in all the learning and action they undertake. Our senior enviro-leaders studied these Guiding Principles and thought about what this means for us at Pukerua Bay School.


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Sustainable Communities

At Pukerua Bay School we try to live in a sustainable way. We think about ourselves and others and how our actions can affect our planet and living things. We are role models to others, our community and people we meet by making good decisions to protect our planet from extinction. We keep making changes and improvements in what we do. For example, we pick up rubbish everyday but we are looking at other long term solutions.

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Empowered Students

At Pukerua Bay School we can make choices about our learning and how we can keep our community sustainable. We think ahead about solutions and we try different things. We make mistakes but we learn from them.

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Learning for Sustainability

At Pukerua Bay School we learn about our environment and we use our learning to take action. We are upstanders not bystanders.

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Maori Perspectives

At Pukerua Bay School we are learning about our local stories. We have a whanau group and we learn our haka. We say waiata and karakia each morning. We learn about tikanga through Kapa Haka.

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Respect for Diversity of People and Cultures

We need to respect other people and their cultures so they will help us protect the environment. An example of showing respect for diversity is when we use sign language in our morning karakia. We respect people with different abilities and make changes in our school and our classroom to help them. We enjoy learning about other people and cultures.