KIDS from across the central west have come together in Dubbo this week to teach each other about environmental challenges and how to solve them. Dubbo South Public school hosted primary students from eight different schools on Thursday as part of 2015 Kids Teaching Kids week. Each school group presented a workshop on a different environmental topic - from habitat loss and recycling to threats to native wildlife - and Dubbo South acting principal Lincoln McBroom said the focus of the day was "flipping the classroom" to let "the kids drive the learning". "It's great because it's project-based learning. Kids take control of their learning, they're in the driving seat and they get supported by community experts such as the Central West Local Land Services, the Office of Environment and Heritage and NSW Fisheries," Mr McBroom said. "They investigate environmental issues and come up with workshops for other kids to learn about them. It's great because the kids engage more when they're being taught by their peers." He said it was vital to engage students in environmental issues while they were young. "Today's learners are tomorrow's leaders, so our kids will be making decisions about their communities and how the environment is looked after and managed and sustained," Mr McBroom said. "The kids are much more empowered to make simple, positive, peer-based and group-based choices that will impact upon others around them: in their schools, in their homes and communities."
KIDS from across the central west have come together in Dubbo this week to teach each other about environmental challenges and how to solve them.
Dubbo South Public school hosted primary students from eight different schools on Thursday as part of 2015 Kids Teaching Kids week.
Each school group presented a workshop on a different environmental topic - from habitat loss and recycling to threats to native wildlife - and Dubbo South acting principal Lincoln McBroom said the focus of the day was "flipping the classroom" to let "the kids drive the learning".
"It's great because it's project-based learning. Kids take control of their learning, they're in the driving seat and they get supported by community experts such as the Central West Local Land Services, the Office of Environment and Heritage and NSW Fisheries," Mr McBroom said.
"They investigate environmental issues and come up with workshops for other kids to learn about them. It's great because the kids engage more when they're being taught by their peers."
He said it was vital to engage students in environmental issues while they were young.
"Today's learners are tomorrow's leaders, so our kids will be making decisions about their communities and how the environment is looked after and managed and sustained," Mr McBroom said. "The kids are much more empowered to make simple, positive, peer-based and group-based choices that will impact upon others around them: in their schools, in their homes and communities."
