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 and artist. 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

Dan Broun Gannet

To Gannet by Harriet Boyle (Bruny Youth Stories Winner)

Bruny Youth Stories Prize winner in the Youth category. 
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Supergroms learning to surf

Cloudy Bay Supergroms-sharing a love of oceans

Watching a child play in the waves is a window into their world of unbridled joy.  Time stops as we see them marvel at this most elemental of things. ...
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Teacher Claire: Speech for Bruny Kids' film Premiere

Bruny Island school teacher Claire Boost's beautiful speech at the Bruny Kids & Nature projects' very special film premiere at the school assembly...
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Pardalote Day Dan Broun

Bruny Kids - Nature webpage project

The Bruny Kids webpage is an exciting new project that aims to provide a platform for younger writers to be showcased, and to support children’s conne...
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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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Cloudy Bay Supergroms surf

Claire Gorman captures the essence of summer holiday fun with a short video about the Cloudy Bay Supergroms enjoying their school holidays in the surf...
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Kids nature books

Open a book, step into nature

From picture books to hands-on resources, inspire children to learn, explore, and fall in love with nature with this collection of resources
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Bruny Youth Stories Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry- Currawong, written by Macy Magus, aged 15
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Mabel Cunningham aged 9 drawing

Bruny Youth Story Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry- Silver Gull Story by Mabel Cunningham, aged 9.
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Wonderful photo of Forty Spotted Pardalote Kim Murray

Bruny Youth Stories Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry- Little Bird's Big Journey, written by Amara aged 8
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Bruny Youth Story Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry - Turbo by Ella Martin Howard, age 15
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Bruny Youth Story Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry-Evermore, Be the Black Currawong, written by Mailea Leary. age 20
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