Children who attended a Campus Events Experience run by Te M膩t膩puna M膩t膩tahi | Children's University had the opportunity to participate in a range of activities, including making a glider.
Te M膩t膩puna M膩t膩tahi | Children's University, jointly run by Te Whare W膩nanga o Waitaha | University of mini传媒 (UC) and Te Whare W膩naka o Aoraki | Lincoln University hosted a Campus Events Experience from 28 June to 1 July, with 400 children taking part on each campus.
The programme encourages children to engage in exciting and innovative learning activities and experiences outside of the classroom, and the event offered the pupils the opportunity to explore new ideas and concepts to develop their self-efficacy, confidence, and aspirations.
Children and young people join the Te M膩t膩puna M膩t膩tahi | Children's University programme through their school or r奴nanga and are issued a Passport to Learning. They fill the passport with hours of learning outside the school classroom.
At both campuses, university academics ran hands-on sessions and facilitators from Learning Destinations also came along to offer even more opportunities.
At UC Te Waka P膩k膩kano | Office of the Assistant Vice-Chancellor M膩ori, Pacific and Equity teams also led a range of sessions for the students. The children had a taste of maths, crafts, chemistry, business, and engineering, with activities such as making a glider they could take home.
They also had an opportunity to visit the University鈥檚 cold room at its Gateway Antarctica centre.听 Christchurch Libraries, the YMCA, the Christchurch Art Gallery, and Eco Educate, offered sessions as well.
At Lincoln, topics included 3D food printing, ecology, insects, spider webs and soil science. They had their flexibility and fitness tested in the Sports Lab, heard about life at university, as well as learning about sheep and farming.
Selwyn libraries, the YMCA, the Antarctic Centre, the Airforce Museum, Pohatu Penguins in Akaroa, and Blue Cradle also provided fun and educational activities.
鈥淲e want to foster a love of learning and hope the children leave with a new appreciation, not just for tertiary education but for the many pathways to learning that exist in the world,鈥 says Juanita Hepi, Programme Manager Te M膩t膩puna M膩t膩tahi | Children's University.
