Transcript
[Music plays and an image appears of a Prime Minister’s Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching in Primary Schools medallion above text: Judith Stutchbury]
[Image changes to show Judith Stutchbury talking to the camera]
Judith Stutchbury: Science has always been around me.
[Image changes to show a close view of Judith talking to the camera, and then the image changes to show Judith working with her students]
My father was a veterinary surgeon and my mother loved botany.
[Images move through to show a close view of a student looking into a microscope, and then Judith working with the students]
Science has been a very big passion.
[Image changes to show Judith talking to the camera, and a medallion and text appears: Judith Stutchbury]
I am Judith Stutchbury, I’m a teacher at Kalkie State School in Bundaberg in Queensland.
[Images move through to show photos of the Kalkie State School, the entrance sign to the school, a ‘Reef Guardian School’ sign on the fence, Judith talking to the camera, and Judith teaching]
Kalkie State School is a small school of about 300 children, and we are very passionate about the environment.
[Images move through to show students listening and Judith teaching, and then the image changes to show Judith talking to the camera]
I am a fulltime classroom teacher and I also manage the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Reef Guardian Program for our school.
[Images move through to shows views of the Mon Repos Turtle Centre, Judith and students looking at a stuffed turtle, Judith talking to the camera, and Judith working with students]
The Reef Guardian Program encourages schools to become involved in marine science and environmental science.
[Images move through to show a student measuring a turtle, students looking at the stuffed turtle, and then Judith talking to the camera]
Successful breeding of the loggerhead turtle is critical for their survival.
[Images move through to show students looking at turtle displays in the centre, students watching a turtle video in the centre, Judith talking to the camera, and students interacting with displays]
Some of the issues that the children have been studying are artificial light which impacts the nesting and hatching turtles and plastic pollution and coral bleaching.
[Images move through to show a close view of students looking at a turtle video on a device, Judith talking to the camera, and Judith and students looking at the Hatch Saves The Reef book]
They have been studying that, so much so that they inspired me to write a film script to try to communicate the issues for a wider audience and then we’ve converted that to a children’s chapter book.
[Image changes to show close views of a child reading the book]
The book is called Hatch Saves the Reef.
[Image changes to show medium and then close view of Judith talking to the camera, a view looking down on a pristine stretch of coastline, and Judith reading to the students]
It is to communicate to a wider audience that we all have a part to play in protecting the environment and the world’s oceans.
[Images move through to show a close view of the book, Judith talking to the camera, an aerial view of a pristine stretch of coastline, and a rocky beach]
I often get photos from parents about their children collecting rubbish at the beach and that’s really beautiful.
[Images move through to show students walking down to the beach, Judith talking to the camera, and Judith and students walking down to the beach]
There are many great Reef Guardian teachers in schools around Queensland.
[Image changes to show Judith talking to the camera, and then the image changes to show Judith and the students walking along a rocky beach]
Often, you’re the only teacher in a school doing that sort of work.
[Image changes to show Judith and the students walking along the beach]
It is lovely to connect with other teachers across the schools.
[Images move through to show Judith talking to the camera, close view of a Hatch Saves the Reef poster, various turtle signs and toys in a classroom, and Judith talking to the camera]
Kalkie State School is leading the way for global collaboration with other schools across the world to share our student work and to showcase what we do.
[Images move through to show an aerial view of a beach, a ‘Protect the turtles’ sign, Judith and students walking along the beach, Judith talking to the camera, and Judith working with students]
I am extremely honoured and humbled to be a recipient for the Prime Minister’s Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching in Primary Schools.
[Image changes to show Judith talking to the camera, Judith smiling at students as they walk past in a lunchroom, and Judith smiling at the camera]
It recognises one teacher in a small school in Bundaberg trying to make difference for our next generation.
[Music plays and the image changes to show a Prime Minister’s Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching in Primary Schools medallion on the left, the Australian Government Coat of Arms at the bottom right, and text on the right: 2023 Prime Minister’s Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching In Primary Schools]
