Primary School Workshops
Prep: Seed Suprises
Discover the lifecycle of plants, pollination, seed harvesting and guerilla gardening. Each student will make seed surprises using native Australian seeds, and can roll them into any shape they like, or use our flower moulds to shape them. Lastly, they can decorate their own jar to take them home in!
Suggested Grade: Prep
Pricing: Starting from $400 for up to 20 participants then $16 extra per participant, plus travel.
Timing: Approximately 1 hour for 25 participants
Australian Curriculum Links:
AC9SFU03 - Observing and manipulating objects to identify the materials they are made of and recognising that some objects are made of more than one type of material
AC9SFI02 - Explaining safety considerations for using the senses of touch, smell, sight and hearing, and discussing why we do not use taste to make observations in science
AC9SFU01 - Using magnifying glasses or digital cameras to observe and identify external features of plants including seeds, flowers, fruits and roots, or of animals such as eyes, body covering, legs and wings
Grade 1: Bug Hotels
Children will learn about insects, their habitats, pollination and more! They’ll learn that insects use a bug hotel for three reasons, including hibernation. The students will each get to decorate and fill our hand-made, FSC-certified Australian pine wood bug hotels with bamboo and straws, which provide a safe place for solitary bees and other pollinators. We can also install a medium-sized, wooden bug hotel for you + beneficial flower seeds for an extra $50.
Recommended Grade: Grade 1
Pricing: Starting from $500 for up to 20 participants then $20 extra per participant, plus travel.
Timing: Approximately 1 hour for 25 participants.
Australian Curriculum Links:
AC9SFU03 - Observing and manipulating objects to identify the materials they are made of and recognising that some objects are made of more than one type of material
AC9SFI02 - Explaining safety considerations for using the senses of touch, smell, sight and hearing, and discussing why we do not use taste to make observations in science
AC9SFU01 - Using magnifying glasses or digital cameras to observe and identify external features of plants including seeds, flowers, fruits and roots, or of animals such as eyes, body covering, legs and wings
Grade 2: Wiggly Worms Workshop
Learn everything there is to know about worms, hold a worm, and make a take-home miniature worm farm (wormery)
with 3 worms per student, and layers of rocks, sand, soil and paper. They’ll also learn about the difference between
worms and composting and how this changes materials over time through decomposition and biological weathering.
Optionally, we can install a functioning worm farm for your school or classroom, which includes 1000 worms and we’ll
teach you how to care for it for an extra $165.
Suggested Grade: Grade 2
Pricing: Starting from $400 for up to 20 participants then $16 extra per participant, plus travel.
Timing: Approximately 1 hour for 25 participants.
Australian Curriculum Links:
AC9S2U03 - exploring how materials can be physically changed to suit a particular purpose, such as twisting strands of cotton or wool together to make the thread stronger, or folding paper to make it fly
AC9S2U03 - manipulating materials such as paper or fabric, and determining ways they can be physically changed by
scrunching, twisting or bending, or broken into smaller pieces by cutting, tearing or crushing
Grade 3: Plant and Sip
Children will learn the basics of photosynthesis, plant survival, native vs invasive plants and the soil type that their plant prefers. Then they’ll decorate terracotta pots with paint pens, stickers and themed decorations, pot it with a native plant, and make their own plant care guide tag so they know how to look after their plant. The workshop includes a drink for each child, with the choice of iced tea, juice or Waterfords fruit flavoured mineral water.
Recommended Grade: Grade 1
Pricing: Starting from $500 for up to 20 participants then $20 extra per participant, plus travel.
Timing: Approximately 1 hour for 25 participants.
Australian Curriculum Links:
AC9SFU03 - Observing and manipulating objects to identify the materials they are made of and recognising that some objects are made of more than one type of material
AC9SFI02 - Explaining safety considerations for using the senses of touch, smell, sight and hearing, and discussing why we do not use taste to make observations in science
AC9SFU01 - Using magnifying glasses or digital cameras to observe and identify external features of plants including seeds, flowers, fruits and roots, or of animals such as eyes, body covering, legs and wings
Grade 4: Enclosed Terrariums
This workshop is more complicated, but children will learn how to layer their own self-sustaining terrarium, design it with plants of their choosing and decorate it with rocks, sand and a mini figurine. They’ll learn about the water cycle and how water is recycled in their terrarium, how to care for plants and how to look after their new micro-ecosystem. Their terrarium can also live forever without any extra water if they make it correctly too!
Suggested Grade: Grade 4
Pricing: Starting from $450 for up to 20 participants then $18 extra per participant, plus travel.
Timing: Approximately 1 hour for 25 participants.
Australian Curriculum Links:
AC9S4U02 - identifying everyday examples of precipitation (rain or snow), evaporation (wet washing or paint drying) and
condensation of water (water droplets on a cold water bottle)
AC9S4U02 - exploring a game or simulation of the water cycle, identifying key processes and creating their own
representation of the water cycle
AC9S4U02 - recognising that clouds are tiny water droplets suspended in air, observing a ‘cloud in a bottle’
demonstrated by a teacher and discussing what conditions are needed for clouds to form and for rain or snow to fall
Grade 5: Desert Terrariums
In this workshop, students learn about succulents, what they need to survive, and what adaptations they have to cope
during droughts. Then we’ll demonstrate exactly how to get baby succulent pups for free through propagation. Next, we'll move onto creating and layering the terrariums, with each participant able to choose which succulent they want (we have a native succulent to chose from too)!
Recommended Grade: Grade 5
Pricing: Starting from $450 for up to 20 participants then $18 extra per participant.
Timing: Approximately 1 hour for 25 participants.
Australian Curriculum Links:
AC9S5U02 - identify physical and behavioural characteristics that enable a plant or animal to survive
AC9S5U02 - exploring features of plants and animals that enable them to survive in Australia’s desert environments,
such as bottle (or boab) trees and the water-holding frog
AC9S5U02 - exploring how erosion can be caused by moving air or moving water and how substances such as surface soil are relocated, and identifying examples of erosion on a local or regional scale
Grade 6: Incredible Stick Insect
Students will learn all about stick insects, how they can care for them and why deforestation is impacting their habitat.
They will get to hold a spiny leaf insect while inspecting it with their own magnifying glass they get to keep. Lastly, they’ll make their own stick insect with craft and natural materials. Optionally, we can set you up a stick insect cage with 2 stick insects to keep for an additional $115.
Suggested Grade: Grade 6
Pricing: Starting from $450 for up to 20 participants then $18 extra per participant, plus travel.
Timing: Approximately 1 hour for 25 participants.
Australian Curriculum Links:
AC9S6U01 - identifying the physical conditions in an aquatic or terrestrial habitat and how they change over time
AC9S6U01 - examining how changes in physical conditions such as temperature, light availability and rainfall affect
animals, such as corals, honey bees or flying foxes, and predict impacts of these changes
AC9S6U01 - investigating changes in physical conditions that are the result of human activity and exploring the impact of these on living things, such as the impact of urban lighting on nocturnal and migratory animals
AC9S6U01 - recognising that environmental conditions can affect stages of life, such as ponds drying up, seeds requiring
water to germinate, or temperatures being too hot or cold for eggs to hatch
All grades: Christmas Wreaths
In this Christmas Wreath making workshop we only use native Australian plants, so in the spirit of an Australian Christmas we’ll teach students about native vs exotic vs invasive plants and why this matters. We’ll also explain the basics of floristry, and then the steps on how to make a wreath using native plants and flowers, gumnuts, wooden pieces which you can decorate, as well as twine, wire and ribbon!
Recommended Grade: All Grades
Pricing: Starting from $550 for up to 20 participants then $22 extra per participant.
Timing: Approximately 1 hour for 25 participants.
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