You can contact LEARNZ, part of CORE Education, at:
Postal Address:
PO Box 13 678,
Christchurch 8141,
New Zealand
Testimonials
Whats the Plan Stan?
Learnz virtual field trips are an integral part of our programme - students look forward to each one. What's the Plan, Stan? led to research around a range of topics - particularly in response to Web Conferences. Special needs students can access ALL aspects of the tour. Maori students are able to add context and their own ideas and understanding, from talks by representatives of local iwi.
Christine Hailes from North Street School
Complemented the Key Competencies like self-management and organisation in terms of thinking about your own situation, talking to family about advanced planning etc.
Mark Scully from St Joseph's School Fairlie
LEARNZ supports all areas of NZC - a wonderful resource!
Natasha Greatorex from Whakamarama School
The trip encouraged a great deal of thinking, with students participating in discussions where they could develop empathy for others in disaster situations. They were able to do lots of reading and writing in a meaningful context.
Caroline Arnold from Lepperton School
Tied the emergency drills that we practice in the school into a wide context. It supported the learning we were doing in class.
Aaron Frost from Whitiora School
I always enjoy the LEARNZ Field Trips. They enhance my teaching.
Karen Blue from Roxburgh Area School
I used it as part of my independent learning and group reading sessions. This field trip showed the children how they can be managing their own safety.
Kim-Sherree Dalton from Kaharoa School
Linked to emergency procedures practised during the year. Online, current, and relevant to curriculum.
Helen Gibson from Hilltop School
All of my students, including Maori Pasifika and ESOL, have good understandings as a result of the LEARNZ What's the plan, Stan field trip. It was helpful having experts answer inquiry questions my student had, and videos helped certain students gain a deeper understanding.
Mary Herlihy from Royal Road School
The background material was appropriate for my class and we asked a question in the live web conference, which was well answered.
Karen Blue from Roxburgh Area School
This trip was extremely uselful as our inquiry in Term Four is "Keeping Ourselves Safe". Insights from the experts were particularly effective for my class.
Lynda Lamb from Bell Block School
Children engaged with this resource and were excited to learn about disasters in this way. Background pages were a great support to the children's learning as they were easy to use as an independent or group or whole class activity, especially with two reading levels and with the read-aloud option.
Karen Buchanan from Whakamarama School
Engagement levels were very high, and they were keen to know more following the video conferences, even though we were watching them after they were recorded. The field trip enabled me to support learners with barriers to their learning, e.g. reading, and enabled the class to continue to develop their self-directed/guided learning style.
Anne Rodgers from Hanmer Springs School
Most children went home and planned emergency supplies and procedures. We integrated reading, mapping, videos, discussing, writing, maths, presenting ideas, as well as health and safety procedures. We had a lot of fun.
Joanne Phillips from Te Mata School Havelock North
A LEARNZ field trip is such a great motivator. The visuals meant that all students could participate in this field trip during ShakeOut.
Jacqueline van Der Beek from Omanu School
This field trip linked in really well with our Science Inquiry and the real world nature of the field trip, which the children felt connected to and motivated them to self-direct their learning and go further. I have had excellent learning from my children from the LEARNZ Virtual Field Trips. I think they are fantastic.
Kelly Parker from Papakowhai School
Very effective, especially for those students who had the ability to engage in the audio conferences and ask their own questions. This was a great way to immerse my class in lots of information and to initiate lots of discussion. Thank you!
Rachel Hall from Paremata School
Fitted with our science unit, values of looking after others, and furthered competencies such as speaking and listening and communicating using written language.
Rhonda Beet from Orewa North School
Kereru Count
It supported teaching about the principles and values of the NZC for this group of 5-10 year old students, who are a part of the school's environmental team. It has been a driver for these students to form connections with those experts in our community who can support their projects, such as biosecurity officers at the regional council and local iwi.
Carol Tyson from Hurupaki School
For my NZ students currently living overseas, it was most effective in raising their awareness of fauna back home and actions some people have taken to help kerer.
Robina Smythe from Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu
Great. We used it to plan our own Kereru Count field trip.
Ryan Fraser from Maheno School
The students love the fact that the website format doesn't change from field trip to field trip. When you have chosen the 'right' field trip, there is an increase in student agency. As we live in an area where there are plenty of Kereru, this field trip was very appropriate in the leadup to the Great Kereru Count.
Marcia Karaitiana from St Peter's College Gore
My students were very engaged in the kererū topic and enjoyed learning about something they could see in their own environment. It aligned with our theme/values this term of tangata whenua - kaitiakitanga. The web site encouraged independent learning and I was also able to use it to enhance our reading and writing programme.
Janice Porter from Kingsway School
As I am retiring, I want to thank you for providing this service which I have used for the last 6 years at two different schools.
Barbara Hore from Waikaia School
This trip was real science in action and my students had buy-in from the start. The videos and real life experiences are very beneficial to the children's learning, opening their eyes to the wider world and I love the way the field trips incorporate aspects of Maori culture and beliefs.
Louise Parker from Twyford School