Enviro-Readers is a competition based education program for Primary Schools based on the pedagogy of Kids Teaching Kids. The competition fits within the Cotton CRC’s Education and Training program and aims to undertake activities that will promote science and agriculture in primary schools.
This program engages teachers, students and their parents. Students get the opportunity to learn about their local environment, write a story about it, then get their story published to help inform other students about their environment.
These readers provide an educational experience that creates readers, written about local issues, by local kids, for local kids.
The Cotton Catchment Communities CRC, in conjunction with the Central West Catchment Management Authority, is providing you with the opportunity to join in on this exciting and innovative competition using the expertise of PeeKdesigns’ environmental and educational consultants.
Together we can enhance our children’s learning so that they can teach others about our local environment.
Register your school/group with Trudy Staines on 02 6799 2478 or trudy.staines@csiro.au.
| Competition theme |
• Creepy Crawlies- Life underground
• Soils
• Science and ecology focus
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| Geographic range |
All Cotton Catchment areas from Fitzroy basin in north to Murrumbidgee in the south. Nine catchments in total. |
| Targeted age group |
Mid to Upper Primary – Grades 3-7 in NSW and QLD to produce a reader targeted at Grade 2 reading level. |
| Outcomes of project |
9 new books written by students about local biodiversity published and distributed free to schools and libraries. 1,500 copies of each book produced. |
| Time frame |
Early promotion in schools – early term 2
Teaching packs developed and launched – late term 2
Teleconference with relevant staff – late term 2
Competition closes – end term 2 July 10 2009
Judging to occur straight after competition closes
Design and Printing - October
Presentations and distribution - November
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Distribution
(recommended) |
Winning schools to receive 10 copies of each reader (90 books in total).
All schools in each catchment to receive 1 copy of each book (9 books in total).
Winning school prizes to be presented to each school.
Sets of 9 readers to be posted to schools in catchment areas. |
This project is an integral component of the Education and Training sub-programme as it aims to encourage primary and secondary students into science and agriculture based fields of study. Following completion of the project it is expected that participating school children and their teachers will have a greater knowledge and understanding of the:
For further information please contact Trudy Staines Ph 02 6799 1500 or email: trudy.staines@csiro.au
