Mary Colwell MBE, author and writer, former BBC natural history unit producer, director of Curlew Action and the woman who campaigned and succeeded in getting the Natural History GCSE onto the national curriculum comes to Naturezones to launch the Island’s Nature and Ecology Science HUB (NESH).
The aim of NESH is to bring High School science teachers and Primary School Science leads together to network and benefit from the support Naturezones’ experts can provide.
Colwell: A source of fascination and inspiration
Mary Colwell said,
“I loved my time at Naturezones, what inspiring people. Naturezones is a microcosm of love and dedication to the natural world.
“It shows that this planet is not just a problem to be solved but a source of fascination and inspiration.
“It was an honour to spend time with everyone to explore how teaching about nature instils hope for the future.”
About Naturezones
Naturezones Wildlife Education Trust is the only organisation on the Isle of Wight that provides exceptional, dedicated natural history education. With 20 years’ experience, their expertise is a worthy claim.
Headed by Director Angela Hewitt who was awarded the British Empire Medal in the King’s first Birthday Honours list in 2023 for her services to education and conservation. What makes Naturezones exceptional is its commitment to a specific subject.
Bringing lessons to life
Angela said,
“Everything we do is curriculum based and we work with teachers helping them to deliver their lessons. Bringing classroom lessons to life at our 10 acre Living Natural History Museum.”
Angela added,
“We have an exceptional team of dedicated Natural History teachers fully committed to the education of natural history, we are like no other.
“We couldn’t have wished for a better person to launch this special initiative to support Island primary and high school teachers.
“Mary is a truly inspirational person, she has dedicated her life to bringing the undeniably important natural history to our doors. We have to connect with nature not just walk through it.”
Reliant on grants and donations
Naturezones is a charitable organisation fully reliant upon grants, donations and benefactors. It believes that education and knowledge is the only way to protect the wellbeing of the planet and all that live on it.
It is hard to believe that we only exist because of the rules of nature.
News shared by Angela on behalf of Naturezones. Ed
