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

Kids in nature Bruny Island

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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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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Forty Spotted Closeup Kim Murray

Bruny Youth Story Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry- Forty Spotted Pardalote written by Astrid Birley, 14 
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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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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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Bruny Youth Stories Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry -Pengy, The Fairy Penguin, written by Ollie Pursell, aged 10.
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Creating critter card games to learn about Swift Parrots

Creating critter card games to learn about Swift Parrots.The birds of Bruny Island have long been a relevant launching pad for teaching the young chil...
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Pink robbin Kim Murray

Bruny Youth Story Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry-The thing about birds written by Lilly Wise Aged 10
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Bruny Youth Stories Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry -Little Blue of Lunawanna-alonnah written by Ava McMillan, aged 21
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Bruny Youth Stories Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry - The Cost Of Friendship written by Anna Pishchugina, 15 years old
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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 kids hunting for treasure

Natures Treasures

Early learners at Bruny Island District School spent a lovely Autumn morning in Pardalote Patch searching for seeds, interestingly shaped leaves, anim...
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