CHEN is working closely with Hawkesbury Nepean Landcare to encourage our local schools to get involved with caring for our local waterways. Here is the HNL 2025HNL 2025 Wetland ChallengeV2 for any school to join the 2025 Schools Wetland Challenge.
Monique our local Landcare coordinator has lots of ideas for schools to explore.
- Knowing your wetland: Research, connecting with local groups
(including activities of your choice such as, but not limited too: online research, looking at wetlands history, visiting a wetland, reaching out to local community or landcare groups, brainstorming what do we know about our local wetland, doing artwork representative of your current understanding of a wetland, watch wetland videos, trip to the library to see what resources you have about wetlands to support your investigations.)
- Supporting your Wetland: Citizen science, Landcare activities, Education
(including activities of your choice such as, but not limited to: Go to a wetland or dam to observe, participating in insect or bird counting to survey what animals and plants are present, reach out to your Local Landcare Coordinator to conduct a basic water test or participate in water bug identification using dip nets and magnifying glasses, etc)
- Sharing your story: within your school and wider community
(including activities of your choice such as, but not limited to: artwork that depicts what you have learnt since your wetland investigations, draw posters or write a short story of what you learnt and present at school assembly, make a short video about what you’ve been doing to investigate the wetland, do a collaborative painting where each student paints one animal or plant to add to the wetland painting, use clay to create wetland bird sculptures, prepare to present your wetland story on June 5th, etc).
