Bruny Kids & Nature

Bruny Kids & Nature

About Bruny Kids & Nature

The Bruny Kids & Nature page is a home for articles, stories and events about, by and for kids who connect with Nature on Bruny Island

Background

Childhood connection with Nature is critically important for health, development, happiness and the pure joy of understanding, seeing and experiencing the wonders of the world around us.

The Bruny kids and Nature page is a home for stories, events, things to do and articles about kids connecting with, learning about and experiencing the joy of Nature on Bruny Island.

This page includes articles and stories written by a range of writers and authors, and includes articles written by kids themselves (with parental permission). The page is managed by educators, writers and parents of kids who have a connection to Bruny Island.

The Bruny Kids webpage project is being coordinated by Bruny Island teacher, Claire Boost. Claire runs Bush Lil (a Launching into Learning Program for children aged 0-4), and is helping to establish an Outdoor Classroom at Bruny Island District School. 

If you or your kid would like an article or story published on this page, just send it through to Bruny Island teacher Claire Boost at: claire@kuno.earth

The Bruny Kids webpage project is proudly supported by the Kuno Foundation and Tasmanian Community Fund. 


Community by Bruny Kids & Nature

Claire Boost

Claire is a Bruny Island teacher who has been educating in, about and for the environment for over 20 years. Claire currently runs Bush LIL, is helping establish an outdoor classroom, and coordinates the Bruny kids webpage project.
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Jess Ewing

Jess is a nature lover, artist and activist. She enjoys spending time outdoors bushwalking and gardening. 
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Phill Pullinger

Phill is a GP, conservationist, author of Tarkine Trails, and co-founder of Kuno. Phill has broad expertise and a long held passionate commitment to the natural world.
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Articles by Bruny Kids & Nature

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Bruny Youth Story Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry - Stuck adventures on Bruny Island, by Addison King
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Swift Parrots on Branch Rob Blakers

Bruny Youth Stories Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry -Love Birds, written Charlotte Murphy aged 15
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Bruny Youth Story Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry - The Bird War by Evelyn De Jong, age 10
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Bruny Youth Stories Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry- Currawong, written by Macy Magus, aged 15
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The story of the ocean: a young ceramicists perspective

For Hannah, year 12 student and a regular visitor to Bruny Island, a childhood spent in and around the ocean has left a big impression. This connectio...
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Alba Beaton age 8

Bruny Youth Stories Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry - The Albatross Library, by Alba Beaton, age 8
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Adventures at "Chock Rock"

Bruny Island off the South-East Coast of Tasmania holds an exquisitely intact marine ecosystem. This short film supported by the Bruny Kids and Nature...
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Bruny Youth Stories Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry -Tula and the Big Bad Creature, by Daisy Walter, 8yrs old
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Connecting with Nature happens early on Bruny Island

When asked what is so special about living on Bruny it is no surprise that many of the Prep/1 class refer to some aspect of nature as being the reason...
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Front on view Forty Spotted Pardalote Kim Murray

Bruny Youth Story Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry - Forty Spotted Pardalotes by Lottie Morgan, age 10
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Adventure Bay - Hewn Stone Head Landscape

Bruny Youth Stories Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry -The last egg written by Izzy Borzak-Bell, aged 16
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Bruny Youth Story Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry - The Kingfisher Lord by Hunter van Tuil, age 13
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