Gisborne’s youngest students will be able to learn and play more in the great outdoors, thanks to an expansion of the bush kinder program.
Global Village Learning (formerly Gisborne Montessori School) will receive a $6000 grant to offer a bush kinder program in 2024, which delivers outdoor learning at places including parks, bushland and beaches.
This grant announcement comes amidst the schools redesign to be Montessori inspired, student empowered and future focused.
Executive director Peter Hutton said he is very excited about the possibilities the grant will open up for them.
“We think this grant and the kinder aligns with our Montessori background and what it means for the school, and in terms of our philosophy of getting young people out in the community for their learning” he said.
“One of the things that excites us is that this is going to the purchase of a trailer which means we will have something permanent to take to a site.
“We imagine this trailer will be fitted out with learning equipment, first-aid gear, water and a bush kitchen. We also just recently purchased two new 12 seater minibuses with tow bars.”
Now five weeks into the new school year, Mr Hutton said it’s an exciting time for the whole school, with renovations happening throughout.
“Everything is going really well, we had a lot of work done over the holidays and the young people were excited to come back and see everything.
“We‘ve also done a complete revamp of our senior school and we’ve got some fairly magnificent tech facilities.
“We are also just about to get $125,000 of purpose designed future to support modern ways of learning through collaboration.”
Zoe Moffatt
