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

Wonderful photo of Forty Spotted Pardalote Kim Murray

Bruny Youth Stories Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry - written by Martha Cunningham age 7
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Bruny kids film premiere

Bruny Kids & Nature film: Pardalote Patch

A beautiful film by Claire Gorman: Bruny kids talk of their work restoring habitat for the endangered 40 Spotted Pardalote.  
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My Little Pardalote by Maya Archer

Bruny Youth Stories Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry - My Little Pardalote by Maya Archer, age 7
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Simplybirding Pink Robin

Bruny Youth Story Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry - The Little Pink Robin by Lottie Wells, age 9
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Bruny Youth Stories Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry -  The Shearwater Goes, written by Rui Walter aged 6.
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Swift parrot Sculptures making on Bruny

Slowing down for the Swifties

After learning about the plight of the critically endangered Swift Parrot through classroom research and an excursion to Inala, the children of Bruny ...
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Inala and Bruny kids 2025

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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Bruny Youth Stories Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry- Currawong, written by Macy Magus, aged 15
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Bruny Youth Stories Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry -To Gannet written by Harriet Boyle, aged 15
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Swift Parrots on Bruny Ben C

Bruny Youth Stories Prize

Bruny Youth Story Prize entry - One Day, written by Frankie Gurr, aged 6. 
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Wombats in woolly jumpers by Grade 2 and 3 Bruny Island kids

Do wombats wear woolly jumpers in winter?

A group of Bruny Island District School kids recently imagined Winter Wombats Wearing Woolly Jumpers and came up with some stunning artworks.  As wint...
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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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