Primary School Incursions
SESSION TIME: 50 MINUTES
SUITABLE GRADE: YEAR LEVELS 3-6 SPACE REQUIREMENT: WE REQUIRE A CLEARED AREA TO CREATE A CIRCLE AS A CLASS PLUS FOUR TABLES TO SET OUT FOR THE LUNCH BOX PROPS. |
Nude your Food
Waste education with a focus on REDUCING school waste. If you could pack a 'good' lunch box what would you choose? NUDE YOUR FOOD WASTE EDUCATION PROGRAM IS A HANDS ON INTERACTIVE PROGRAM TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO GET INVOLVED WITH PACKING A SUSTAINABLE AND HEALTHY LUNCH BOX Nude Your Food is a school waste education program with a strong focus on reducing waste. The session aims for students to contemplate how much waste is created by school lunches and to consider what happens to their waste after they have finished with it. Workshop Format
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NOT DIRTY IT'S EARTHY
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Do you love getting your hands into soil?
How does it feel? Why don't you like getting dirty? How does it feel between your fingers? Does it feel different when it's wet? Time: 50 minutes per session Suitable Grade Levels: Kindy-grade 6 Learning material is adjusted to suit the age group. Space required: This is ideally done outdoors as we are getting earthy. Special Requirement: We recommend having clear access to a hand washing area such as an outdoor tap or bucket for a first rinse before students wash their hands properly in the bathrooms. |
This workshop is a hands on experience with soil. Students look at sand, clay, mulch and compost. Learn the story of soil and how it helps plants to grow or the wrong soil type can damage them.
You'll learn the story of soil, plus a chance to squish it together to make seed bombs. Incursion format includes - Discussion about soil - Touch and feel, squish and squash. A hands on experience of soil, how it moves and how it changes when it gets wet. - Time to stir together some seed bombs. Students work together to mix a blend of soil plus seeds then roll the seed bombs into shape. |
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Buzz about Bees
Let's get buzzing about bees.
Bees are tiny insects with a remarkable impact on the planet. They pollinate flowers and keep our eco system thriving.
To help our planet and our food supply we need to talk about bees.
During this workshop you'll learn how bees work together as a hive, from their life cycle, work cycle, queen bee spotting, and the importance of pollinators in the garden.
You'll also learn about how to be an apiarist with bee keeping equipment, hives and honey collection.
Depending on time and the year level this also includes music and dancing the waggle bee dance.
Age appropriate: kindy to year 6 with the learning material adjusted to suit the age group
Class size: Up to 35
Session length: 1 Hour
Bees are tiny insects with a remarkable impact on the planet. They pollinate flowers and keep our eco system thriving.
To help our planet and our food supply we need to talk about bees.
During this workshop you'll learn how bees work together as a hive, from their life cycle, work cycle, queen bee spotting, and the importance of pollinators in the garden.
You'll also learn about how to be an apiarist with bee keeping equipment, hives and honey collection.
Depending on time and the year level this also includes music and dancing the waggle bee dance.
Age appropriate: kindy to year 6 with the learning material adjusted to suit the age group
Class size: Up to 35
Session length: 1 Hour
Whats so fantastic about plastic
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Plastic was a revolution for convenient living but what has been the cost?
In this workshop we explore plastics from where it came from and where it ends up. We look at ways to help clean up the plastic mess and how to reduce our own plastic use. Format
Duration: 1 Hour Class size: maximum 35 students |
Bees Wax Wraps
As we become aware of the impact that plastic has had on the environment we need to find alternatives. In this Beeswax Wrap workshop we'll talk about packaging such as plastic wraps and how we can pack a lunch box without using single use plastic.
You'll make a beeswax wrap to take home
Format
Age appropriate: 7-11 year olds
Class size: 25 max
Requirements: This workshop requires a stovetop and an oven
You'll make a beeswax wrap to take home
Format
- Discuss plastic packaging and alternatives
- Demonstration on how to make a beeswax wrap
- Make your own wrap to fit over a jar
- Discuss tips, ideas and how to care for your wraps.
Age appropriate: 7-11 year olds
Class size: 25 max
Requirements: This workshop requires a stovetop and an oven
