School Programs

Schools Education Program
How long is the lesson/session at the garden?
How to make a booking
How much does it cost?
How to pay

Schools Education Programs

1. Early Childhood: [For pre-schools, child care centres and play groups.] A number of forty minute sessions on offer, including Senses Working Over Time, Leaf Hunts, Puppet Walks, Jungle/Desert walks and Growing Plants from Seeds.

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2. Primary Schools: [Lessons for all stages to meet environmental education outcomes of various parts of the school curriculum including HSIE, Science and Technology, The Environmental Education Policy, together with Key learning areas of English and Maths and other areas of the curriculum such as Creative and visual Arts and PDHPE.

Stage one: Kindergarten to year two Sensory Walk, How plants Grow, Mini Beasts of the Pond and Taking Care of the Earth.
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Stage two: Year three and four. Mini Beasts, Bees and Flowers, Aboriginal Plant Use and Shelter building, Growing Plants from Seeds and Bush Maths.
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Stage three: Year five and six. Plant Adaptations, Food Chains, Bush Tucker and Medicine, Rare and Endangered Species, Homes for Plants, Plant Propagation, Spontaneous Environmental Drama, Creative Writing and Botanical Art.
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3. High School: A variety of programs to meet outcomes in a range of curriculum areas.

Topics covered include: Plant Habitats and Adaptations, Plant Reproduction, Plant Diversity, Eucalypts, Plant Propagation, Snack Maps and Bush Medicine, Creative Writing, Botanical Art and Environmental Drama.

4. Tertiary: The Discovery Centre also caters to University and TAFE students, particularly in areas such as Environmental Education, Biogeography and Early Childhood teacher training.

How long is the lesson/session at the garden?

Most class lessons/sessions run for approximately 50 minutes. Schools can take part in more than one session per day (depending on education officer availability). When two or more class groups visit the garden in one day, they usually rotate through a number of sessions, run by different education officers.

How to make a booking:

Choose a topic or theme for your excursion.
Contact the Discovery Centre Ph:4229 2600.
The education officers at the centre will arrange the excursion with you; so have some important details ready such as preferred dates, grade(s), number of students, school address, telephone and fax numbers.
You will receive confirmation of the booking (by fax), together with a map to assist you in finding the garden.
On the day of the excursion, bring your class to the Discovery Centre at the north east section of the garden (off Madoline Street).
Wollongong City Council will invoice you for the excursion after the visit, so do not pay on the day.
Please send us any thoughts/art work from your students after the excursion. We will display them in the centre.

How much does it cost?

The cost for these educational sessions is $5.50 per student

How to pay

Your school will receive an invoice from Council after your visit to the garden. Please pay according to conditions on this invoice.