NEWS AND EVENTS
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The Story Behind Our Trees conference showcasing forestry in the classroom
10 December 2019
Teachers from around Tasmania have recently explored ways to bring the forest into their classroom at a conference linking schools with the forestry industry. The Forest Education Foundation conference was held from 31 October - 1 November in Launceston, and hosted 55 delegates and aimed to...
VIEWTeachers’ forest tour takes a fresh look at industry
10 December 2019
A staff development day has given teachers fresh ideas about making forestry a part of classroom lessons. Parkfield Primary School in Australind, Western Australia, sent 39 teachers on a learning tour of the forestry industry at the start of Term 4 2019. Their visit to a forest plantation,...
VIEWCareer pathway program for forestry industry launched
10 December 2019
A secondary school training program addressing a skills shortage in the forestry industry has been launched recently in Mount Gambier, South Australia. The Ultimate Renewable ForestLearning Pathway Program gives Year 10 students in the Green Triangle forestry region the chance to gain the skills...
VIEWEndangered Bandicoot Monitoring Partnership between ForestrySA and Tatachilla Lutheran College
10 December 2019
This year, an exciting new partnership has emerged between ForestrySA and Tatachilla Lutheran College seeing students contributing to the monitoring of the endangered Southern Brown Bandicoot (Isoodon obseulus) within Kuitpo Forest Reserve. The monitoring has been...
VIEWForestVR Launches into Australian Schools
04 December 2019
ForestLearning's much anticipated virtual reality tool kit - ForestVRTM Learn through immersion - is already giving students a first hand look at the forestry industry! ForestVRTM has been officially launched at a number of leading Australian teacher and industry...
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