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Australia Forest Educators Alliance Workshop
08 October 2015
Members of the Australian Educators Alliance met in September at the Woori Yallock offices of VicForests to discuss and plan what’s in store for ForestLearning for the next 12 months. The day entailed updates from state members including VicForests, Forest Corporation NSW, Primary Industries and...
VIEWIt’s all about the Woodchop for VicForests
08 October 2015
Every year VicForests sponsors the very popular woodchop competitions at the Royal Melbourne Show and 2015 was no different. The crowds were as big as ever and many people visited Liz and the team at the VicForests display. This year the display also featured the ForestLearning bookmarks for teachers...
VIEWMelbourne University Students Gain Firsthand Forest Knowledge
08 October 2015
VicForests doesn’t only provide forest visits for thousands of Victorian school students. University students also visit VicForests to see the range of forests and to better understand the operations. Students from the University of Melbourne recently visited, as part of the ‘Forests in a...
VIEWWA Students Experience Forestry Careers
08 October 2015
Forest Products Commission (FPC) WA hosted to a Careers in Agriculture and Forestry program for sixty Year 9 students along with a number of staff, from high schools surrounding and feeding into Manjimup Senior High (included Boyup Brook, Northcliffe, Pemberton, Nannup and Manjimup itself) in the...
VIEWCelebrate National Tree Day 2015
17 July 2015
This year National Tree Day celebrates its 20th birthday with National Schools Tree Day on Friday the 24th of July 2015 and with the community at large on the 26th of July. Incorporating a 'celebrating trees' activity with your class is a great way of connecting your students to their natural...
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