Projects & Challenges
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Current Campaigns
National Water Week, 16 - 22 October 2023
National Water Week makes a splash across Australia each October, reminding us all to use water wisely and make every drop count. The Australian Water Association are providing a fantastic, free, curriculum-aligned toolkit for schools along with a range of other resources. Claim your free toolkit on the official National Water Week website.
National Recycling Week, 13 - 19 November 2023
Join us as we support our community to ‘Recycle Right’ and send less to landfill this National Recycling Week. There are many ways you can get involved!
- Book a Facility tour (Stage 3+) or Recycling talk with our Education team
- Jump into our free Waste Warrior online module, ‘Which Bin Wise’
- Participate in Planet Ark’s Schools Recycle Right Challenge
- Check out a range of localised resources, videos and activities on our Recycle Right page
Past Projects & Challenges
'Rethink Waste' Upcycling Challenge
Taking inspiration from National Recycling Week 2022 theme, “Waste Isn’t Waste Until It’s Wasted”, we’re encouraging our young creative minds to “rethink waste” with a fun upcycling challenge!
Our Place, My Story - A Bicentenary Year Storytelling Project
Suggested Grades: All ages Dates: Semester 2, 2021
As a part of Port Macquarie’s Bicentenary year, we invited our children and youth to share stories about what they think makes our region a special place to live. These stories were captured to form part of our future history; a time capsule portfolio of works publication of our young people’s connection to our place in Port Macquarie’s Bicentenary Year. Moving beyond the Bicentenary year, the Teacher Resource Pack remains a wonderful resource to explore past and present and place with your students. You can also view the digital Portfolio of Works on our Library website (click link below, then navigate to ‘Bicentenary’ tab on the page) or borrow a hardcover copy of the book through the Port Macquarie library branch.
Big Battery Blitz Schools Challenge
Suggested Grades: All ages Dates: February – March 2021
Think2050 FutureThink Youth Summits
Suggested Grades: Upper Primary and Secondary Schools Dates: 7-8th October, 2020
Think2050 Minecraft Competion
Suggested Grades: Upper Primary and Secondary Schools Dates: 7-8th October, 2020
The Think2050 Minecraft Competition, open to all schools in the Port Macquarie-Hastings region, saw groups of students from Stage 3 and Stage 4 creating their ideal town of the future using design thinking processes, under the driving question, “How are towns planned and designed in a sustainable and liveable way?”. The winning submission from each Stage received $1,000 to go towards technology or STEM resources for their school.
This competition was supported by Charles Sturt University, and with quality teaching and learning resources and expert teacher support by the stem.T4L project of the NSW Department of Education.
Youth Week 2020 Local Legends Series
Suggested Grades: Upper Primary and Secondary Schools Dates: April, 2020
With COVID-19 lockdowns putting a halt on face-to-face Youth Week events, we released a video mini series and accompanying learning resources, celebrating unstoppable dreams, hopes and visions for youth. The 5 part series features stories from local legends about how they weaved their way through life, uncovered their purpose and created their impact in our community and beyond. This is a fantastic resource that can be used in your classroom at any time of year to promote wellbeing, optimism, future skills and personal development.
