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Honorary Life Membership

Please join us in celebrating Jenny Pollock, who was made an Honorary Life Member of Earth & Space Science Educators of New Zealand at our recent AGM.

Jenny — a founding member of ESSENZ and a much-loved former teacher at Nelson Girls' — has given decades of service to Earth and space science education across Aotearoa. A nominated Companion of the Royal Society Te Aparangi, she continues to support our community with tireless generosity, still serving as treasurer, secretary and our general font of all knowledge for ESSENZ.

Thank you, Jenny, for your wisdom, mentorship and unwavering commitment. We are so grateful to have you with us — congratulations!

ESSENZ Exec Committee

Important notices for Earth and Space Science educators:

Safety and Science

Safety and Science/Pūtaiao: Guidance for New Zealand Schools and Kura provides a good resource for keeping kaiako, ākonga and others healthy and safe when using hazardous substances in teaching science. Teaching science can be a way of developing a culture of safety in kura. This will help ensure that, in their daily lives and when they enter the workforce, ākonga will carry with them an awareness of the importance of taking care for their own health and safety and the health and safety of other people.

The refreshed manual is available at: Planning for science programmes / Science equipment / Teaching science / Home - Science Online (tki.org.nz) under Safety.

Many thanks to the NZASE executive committee, members and STANZ who raised issues when the Safety and Science/Pūtaiao: Guidance for New Zealand Schools and Kura was first published, and have been involved in its revision. This manual will provide school boards, kaiako, laboratory managers, laboratory technicians and others a valuable tool in managing the risks associated with the use of hazardous substances in kura laboratories.

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