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

Pink Robin Tasmania

Bruny Youth Story Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry-The first Pink Robin to set sail written by Floyd Valentyne-McGough aged 8
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Pink Robin Tasmania

Bruny Youth Story Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry-The first Pink Robin to set sail written by Floyd Valentyne-McGough aged 8
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Antipodean Albatross 10260

Bruny Youth Stories Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry - The Albatross, Tommy Roser age 7
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Dusky robin Dial Range 0075 by Tilde Bergstrom

Bruny Youth Story Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry - by Tinaya Thilakasiri, age 10
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Australasian Gannet 20596

Bruny Youth Stories Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry -To Gannet written by Harriet Boyle, aged 15
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Swift Parrot 66543

Bruny Youth Story Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry-  Martha’s bird story, Martha Cunningham, aged 7.
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Bees T Illy aged 7

World Bee Day: Science and outdoor learning go together like bees and honey

Young minds are innately curious about the world around them. So much is new, exciting, miraculous! And so it proved at World Bee Day on Bruny Island
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Short tailed Shearwater 40950

Bruny Youth Stories Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry -  The Shearwater Goes, written by Rui Walter aged 6.
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Black Currawong

Bruny Youth Story Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry - Holly a black currawong, by Chloe Large, age 10
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Bioluminescence by James 14

A summer to remember

Recently, a visitor to Bruny asked the question, "What do kids here do in their free time?"  I had to conceal my disbelief, remembering that so many p...
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Underwater adventures Bruny

Exploring Freedom- Supergroms go snorkelling

“It feels like to be free. Like freedom under the water. Like exploring freedom!” Franziska vividly sums up the way many of us feel when we go snorkel...
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The Neck view by Tilde Bergstrom

Winners of the Bruny Youth Stories Prize!

The first ever Bruny Youth Stories Prize received several dozen of entries from kids and youth all across Tasmania. Here are the winners and finalists...
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