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O Transport & E Completed Risk W Assessment Ask us about organising your transport today! #rangerjamietours Ranger Jamie Stage 2 Tours Contents Years 3-4 Geography Our Inclusions 6 Places Are Similar & Different Experience 64 Our Story 8 The Earth’s Environment 66 Teacher Feedback 10 The Earth’s Environment at Symbio 68 Student Feedback 12 Geography & History Meet Our Rangers 14 Aboriginal Experience 70

Excursion Locations 16 The Aboriginal Experience & Australian Animals at Symbio 72

Partnership - Symbio Wildlife Park 18 History Partnership - Gunmaraa Cultural Tours 20 Commemorations, Celebrations & Remembrance Experience 74

Partnership - Illawarra Fly Treetops 22 First Contacts Experience 76

Partnership - The Sydney Tower Eye 23 Two Cultures - Aboriginal & First Contacts 78

Science Early Stage 1 Forces 80 Kindergarten Heat (Solids, Liquids & Gases) 82 Geography Life Cycles Classification & Survival of Living Things at Symbio 84 People Live In Places 26 People Live in Places at Symbio 28 Stage 3 Geography & History Years 5-6 Aboriginal Experience 30 Geography The Aboriginal Experience & Australian Animals at Symbio 32 A Diverse & Connected World 88 Bushfire Hazard Experience 90 Science Farmyard & Sustainability at Symbio 34 Factors That Shape Places 92

Living Things at Symbio 36 Factors That Shape Places at Symbio 94

Object Movement - Physical World 38 Geography & History Aboriginal Experience 96 Stage 1 The Aboriginal Experience & Australian Animals at Symbio 98 Years 1-2 History Australian Colonies - Australia As A Nation 100 Geography

Features of Places / People & Places 42 Science Features of Places / People & Places at Symbio 44 Electricity, Energy & Light 102 Heat (Solids, Liquids & Gases) 104 Geography & History Aboriginal Experience 46 Features & Adaptations of Living Things at Symbio 106

The Aboriginal Experience & Australian Animals at Symbio 48

History All Present & Past Family Life/Past in The Present 50 stages

Science K-6 Picnic ‘Fun, Fun, Fun Day’ & Team Building Days 110 Farmyard & Sustainability at Symbio 52 K-6 Picnic Day at Symbio 111 Growth of Living Things at Symbio 54 Anti Bullying Campaign at Symbio 112 Push & Pull 56

Sound Energy 58

The Earth’s Resources 60

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*only on selected programs Leave it all with us! In addition to & Activities *only on selected programs We have it covered! No need to Upon arrival at your Ranger Jamie the excursion itself, we can organise *only on selected programs YES, that’s right! waste time filling out your own risk all your transport needs. assessments for your excursion - we excursion, all parents and teachers Upon booking, Ranger Jamie will The Ranger Jamie team will record The Ranger Jamie team know have written and completed one for will be greeted by an assortment of provide you with a range of lesson the entire day’s events and compile organising transport can be a you! Upon all excursion bookings, refreshments including tea, coffee ideas and activities to integrate it into a short film for you and your hassle, so if you’d prefer to let us you will be sent a completed and biscuits. into your classroom to supplement students to enjoy. Your students will take care of it, contact us for a risk assessment specific to your the excursion program. Maximise LOVE this special gift. Choose to quote to use our own Ranger Jamie excursion location which covers student engagement and explore play it in the classroom or even at a buses and coaches. transportation and the entire day. relevant content leading up to the school assembly to show off what an excursion, or use the ideas and exciting and informative day you’ve activities as a wrap up summary had with Ranger Jamie Tours! after you’ve returned to school.

6 Find out more or book your next excursion or incursion online today rangerjamie.com.au Visit our website for more information or contact us on 0432 851 574 [email protected] 7 About Ranger Jamie

AKA The Snake Wrangler At school, Jamie always had to study harder than the average Jamie later realised that education was his calling, and began 2018 & 2019 OUR student. He was a visual learner who struggled concentrating Ranger Jamie Tours in the hope that he could revolutionise the NSW Business Awards when learning from whiteboards and textbooks in the school excursion industry. His goal was to create and tailor conventional classroom. Jamie found practical and hands-on school excursion programs to cater for all students. Jamie OUR STORY Outstanding Young experiences beyond the classroom environment more engaging strived to recruit a dedicated and enthusiastic team who STORY believed in delivering engaging, hands-on, quality experiences Entrepreneur of The Year and valuable for his learning style. This sparked his dream to create an educational tour company where students could excel for all students. With a focus on environmental science, As a proud member of the NSW Business Chamber, Ranger in an outdoor environment, learning through quality, hands-on Australian flora and fauna, Australian history, ecosystems and Jamie Tours was honoured to be crowned Outstanding Young and engaging experiences in practical real-life settings. sustainability, he hopes to inspire the next generation towards

OUR STORY Entrepreneur at The 2018 NSW Business Awards. Following an environmentally aware and sustainable future. on from this success, Ranger Jamie Tours was also awarded Proud member of the Jamie studied a Bachelor of Environmental Science/Marine winner of the Sydney Region Outstanding Young Entrepreneur NSW Business Chamber Biology at the University of Technology Sydney. Following award at the 2019 NSW Business Awards. It is such an honour graduation, he went on to work as a National Parks Ranger to be awarded this prestigious title, in recognition of the where he gained extensive knowledge and experience. tireless work we do at Ranger Jamie Tours.

mission statement Engaging Education & core Values Environmental Conservation

As Australia’s largest primary school excursion Kindness & Inclusion company, our passionate, dedicated and enthusiastic team believe in delivering engaging, hands- on, quality experiences to all students. We strive to inspire the future Inspiring Leadership generation by revolutionising science, history Jamie’s success can be attributed to the support and and geography education. encouragement from his friends, family and his fiancé Emma. This strong support network has helped to Working Together consistently push and challenge himself towards his goals.

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I highly recommend the exciting and enthusiastic Ranger Jamie Tour group. Ranger Jamie had the children chanting, laughing and moving from The Ranger Jamie incursion was TRACHERS FEEDBACK TRACHERS the word Go and kept the children well informed and engaged through his own one of the highlights of the year for Our science excursion led by Ranger passion and enthusiasm for History. A our students. The day was so well Jamie Tours was both enjoyable and great excursion for children of all ages! organised and Jamie and his staff were educational. The risk assessment and very flexible and adapted quickly to syllabus-linked student worksheets Rachael Castro every curve ball a busy day at school provided made the excursion very easy Stage 2 Teacher can throw. to organise, and having transport options St John Bosco Primary School available was incredibly convenient. The students learnt so much and Ranger Jamie and his amazing team Thank you again to the enthusiastic staff continued to talk about the experience were engaging and passionate about for giving the students (and staff!) an even after the school holidays. I can each tour. They were energetic and experience they thoroughly enjoyed. not recommend this company more to displayed a great rapport with our We look forward to coming along for anyone who wants their kids to learn students. We thoroughly enjoyed the another fun-filled day next year! in an exciting, safe and educational learning experiences they offered. setting. Betty Janev We would highly recommend this Science Teacher company to other schools looking Timothy Batten Bethany College for an interactive and well organised Stage 3 Teacher excursion. The International Grammar School Ultimo Karen Wiggins Claremont College

We loved our Ranger Jamie Tour! Ranger Brad even with a croaky voice I would like to thank you for the was engaging, comedic and full of amazing day you provided for our knowledge. We experienced cultures students this year. Our students other than our own in the picturesque continually speak about how much Auburn Gardens. For weeks after our I just wanted to let you know that fun they had and the things they students would bring up something the girls had an AMAZING time on learnt. The booking process was very Ranger Jamie Excursions are always a they learnt or had fun doing whilst we their excursion yesterday. Brad and simple. Having transport options, risk great experience. The Rangers know continued our geography unit. To top Dani were perfect! They had the girls assessments and extra classroom how to engage all of the students and it off, we received our go pro video and so engaged and they both made the activities provided made it very easy make learning fun and memorable. class photo and the kids got to relive day enjoyable. Please thank them and quick to organise. I look forward to They also make everything very their fun again. Would recommend to for their organisation of the day and working with you again next year and organised for the teachers. any school. for providing Year 2 MLC girls with a many years to come. We always look forward to our next memorable day. Ranger Jamie excursion! Adelle Scott Peter Lavender Stage 2 Teacher Mrs Rachel Barakat Stage 2 Teacher Ms Caitlin McGraw St Joseph’s Primary School Stage 1 Teacher Bondi Public School Presbyterian Ladies College Kingswood MLC School

10 Find out more or book your next excursion or incursion online today rangerjamie.com.au Visit our website for more information or contact us on 0432 851 574 [email protected] 11 Student STUDENT FEEDBACK Feedback STUDENT FEEDBACK STUDENT

12 13 Your expert team guarantee to deliver the most memorable & educational excursion experience of a lifetime! Meet Our MEET OUR RANGERS Ranger Shiralee Ranger Sabrina Ranger Sid Ranger Nick Ranger Pete Ranger Graham Ba. Science Ba. Conservational Ba. Science, Biology Ba. Creative Arts Ba. Creative Arts Music Ba. Science Biology (Photography) Cert III Conservation and (Marine Biology) rangers Land Management MEET OUR RANGERS OUR MEET

Ranger Jade Ranger Libby Ranger Brad Ranger Cait Ranger Emma. C Ranger Mackenzie Ba. Science Ba. Environmental Science Ba. Science Ba. Journalism & Ba. Ed Ba. Science (Conservation Biology) HONS: Earth Science International Studies

Ranger Laura Ranger Dom Ranger Emily Ranger Bridget Ranger Ciaran Ranger Alex Cert III Captive Ba Environmental Biology Ba. Science Ba. Science/ Ba. Science Ba. Science Animals Industry Master of Science Conservation Biology Bio-stratigraphy/ Professional Zoo Keeper Communication Geochemistry

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Educational Experts Ranger Jamie Ranger Lee Ranger Brie Ranger Tim. W Ranger Tom. MH Ranger Jackson Ranger Emma S Ranger Alex. M Ranger Lizzie Founding Director Cert III Captive Animals Ba. Performance Ba. Creative Arts, Ba Social Science, Politics Ba. Science in Geology Ba. Creative Arts Ba. Anthropology Cert III Captive Ba.SCIENCE Entomology Specialist AIM: Indigenous Mentor Performance and Anthropology & Ecology Animals Environmental/Marine Ranger Jamie Trained Biology

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Enthusiastic Ranger Dani Ranger Chris Ranger Bella Ranger Gabby Ranger Brandon Ranger Tom M Ranger Jo Ranger Rob Ba.Science Ba. Science Ba. Archaeology Ba. Science Ba. Science/Zoology Ba. Marine Science Cert III Captive Animals Ba. Ed Marine Biology Marine Science MASTERS: Primary Ba. Engineering Masters: HONS: Teaching Mechanical/Environmental Working with Conservation Geology & Geophysics Children Check Biology Ba. Arts, Environmental & Resource Economics

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Bobbin Head Ku-ring-gai CHASE National Park NATIONAL PARK RICHMOND

West Head Lookout Ku-ring-gai National Park

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Western Sydney Lane Cover Parklands National Park EXCURSION Clifton Gardens Chower Bay Mosman LOCATIONS PARRAMATTA SYDNEY Auburn Botanic Gardens Nielsen Park

EXCURSION LOCATIONS EXCURSION Vaucluse We believe in only the best locations North Sydney Sydney CBD Shark Island Sydney Harbour Georges River Tower Eye and revolutionising the school • Bobbin Head Ku-ring-gai National Park National Park Powerhouse China Town & Museum • Bradley’s Head - Sydney Harbour National Park Chinese Gardens Bradleys Head incursion & excursion experience. Sydney National Park of Friendship Hyde Park Choose from many of our excursion • Clifton Gardens Chowder Bay Mosman • Lane Cove National Park Royal Botanic Gardens locations across Sydney and beyond! • Nielsen Park Vaucluse • Shark Island Sydney Harbour - The Rocks Additional $20+GST per person for ferry costs EVERYT • West Head Lookout Ku-ring-gai National Park ISE H Kamay Botany Bay N IN Carss Park National Park A G Bush Flat G R O Transport & Sydney City (CBD) Shelly Park E Completed Risk

Beach Cronulla W Audley Royal Assessment • China Town and Chinese Gardens of Friendship CAMPBELLTOWN National Park Bundeena • Hyde Park ROYAL • Powerhouse Museum Bonnie Vale • Royal Botanic Gardens Bola Creek Rainforest NATIONAL Royal National Park Royal National Park Transport quote is additional • The Sydney Tower Eye PARK Wattamolla Royal National Park to excursion price. $20+GST per student • The Rocks Garie Beach Royal National Park DHARAWAL Leave it all with us! Whilst you are welcome to organise your South Sydney Symbio own transport to and from the excursion, alternatively we NATIONAL PARK Wildlife Park • Audley Royal National Park can organise and book all your transport requirements using • Bola Creek Rainforest Royal National Park our very own Ranger Jamie buses and coaches. Ask us for a Stanwell Park • Bonnie Vale Royal National Park Beach Reserve transport quote and we can take care of everything. • Bundeena Please note all coaches include seat belts however, • Carss Park Bush Flat buses do not. • Garie Beach Royal National Park • Kamay Botany Bay National Park • Shelly Park Beach Cronulla • Wattamolla Royal National Park

Western Sydney • Auburn Botanic Gardens Wollongong • Western Sydney Parklands Botanic Garden WOLLONGONG Illawarra • Bass Point Marine Reserve • Blackbutt Forest Reserve Lake Illawarra Foreshore • Killalea State Park Shellharbour • Illawarra Fly Treetops

Blackbutt $20+GST per person Forest Reserve Illawarra Fly • Lake Illawarra Foreshore Treetop Adventures Bass Point • Minnamurra Rainforest Marine Reserve • Stanwell Park Beach Reserve SHELLHARBOUR • Symbio Wildlife Park $20+GST per person Killalea Reserve • Wollongong Botanic Gardens State Park

Minnamurra River

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Early Stage 1 Kindergarten People Live in Places Page 28 Partnership SYMBIO WILDLIFE PARK Aboriginal Experience & Native Australian Animals Page 32 Symbio Farmyard & Sustainability Page 34 Living Things Page 36

Wildlife Stage 1 Years 1-2 Park Features of Places / People & Places Page 44 Aboriginal Experience & Native Australian Animals Page 48 SYMBIO WILDLIFE PARK WILDLIFE SYMBIO Farmyard & Sustainability Page 52 What better way to learn about Growth of Living Things Page 54 Australian fauna than with an up Stage 2 close and personal experience Years 3-4 at Symbio Wildlife Park! The Earth’s Environment Page 68

All Symbio excursions kick off with an exclusive live Aboriginal Experience & Native Australian Animals Page 72 animal presentation in an intimate amphitheater setting. All excursions are a full day adventure from 10am-2pm Life Cycles & Classification of Living Things Page 84 and are guided with an expert Ranger for the entire day. Ranger Jamie Tours has been proudly partnering Stage 3 with Symbio Wildlife Park since 2018. Symbio is the first Years 5-6 Wildlife Park in Australia to provide specialised whole Factors that Shape Places Page 94 day educational programs and Ranger Jamie Tours is proud to announce that we are the sole providers of Aboriginal Experience & Native Australian Animals Page 98 educational excursions at Symbio. We are excited to continue this close partnership in 2020 with new and Features & Adaptations of Living Things Page 106 improved programs for your students to experience. One Ranger guide provided 1 per 35 students All Stages K-6 Picnic day Page 111

Anti Bullying Campaign Page 112

Program Inclusions

GoPro Completed risk short film assessment “ +GST* Our students had a fantastic Optional Extras $20.00 day at Symbio. Our Rangers on B per student Conditions apply the day were engaging, O for parent and entertaining and knowledgeable. O teacher attendance* I would highly recommend the K Bags of ! Ranger Jamie Tours as a valuable animal feed O educational experience for students. N Y $1.10 per bag LI DA Patricia Coffey NE TO Stage 1 Teacher *As this program is an educational service, all GST charged can be reimbursed in its entirety by the Government. (Minimum charge of x35 students).

**1x Teacher free per x10 students (Kindy) 1x Teacher free per x15 students (Year 1-6) $26.00 per additional Teacher/Parent

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Early Stage 1 Kindergarten Aboriginal Experience Page 32 Partnership GUMARAA CULTURAL TOURS Aboriginal Experience & Gumaraa Native Australian Animals at Symbio Page 34 Stage 1 Years 1-2 Cultural Aboriginal Experience Page 46 Aboriginal Experience & Tours Native Australian Animals at Symbio Page 50 Stage 2 Years 3-4

GUMARAA CULTURAL TOURS GUMARAA CULTURAL Aboriginal Experience Page 70 Ranger Jamie Tours is proud to practices. have a close partnership with Aboriginal Experience & Gumaraa Cultural Tours. Native Australian Animals at Symbio Page 72

‘Gumaraa’, meaning Wise Old Man is an Aboriginal Stage 3 cultural experience and education company that delivers Years 5-6 authentic and immersive Indigenous experiences for Aboriginal Experience Page 96 all. Based on the traditions of the Dharawal and Yuin Nation, all Aboriginal programs booked with Ranger Aboriginal Experience & Jamie are run and hosted by the experienced Gumaraa Native Australian Animals at Symbio Page 98 Rangers. Feel the land and its stories and experience the oldest surviving culture in the world with our programs Program Inclusions packed with deep knowledge and understanding about the traditional custodians of this land. Give your students a deep and insightful learning experience with +GST* the Gumaraa Rangers as they impart their expertise of Indigenous culture, traditions, history and cultural $22.00 Completed risk B per student O Teachers & parents assessment can attend for no O additional cost.** K O ! N Y Additional programs run L A by Gumaraa. Contact us IN OD today to find out more! E T

Educational: • Aboriginal Art Classes • Aboriginal Language • Aboriginal Dance • Aboriginal Corporate Art, and Murals Richard Campbell Jodi Edwards • Aboriginal Corporate Films and exhibitions Senior Ranger Senior Ranger • Making Traditional Artefacts Richard is a senior Sites officer and has held many leading Jodi has been in the field of education for the past 23 Official Welcome and Performance: roles with National Parks. Richard is passionate about years and 19 years within Indigenous education. She has • Traditional Aboriginal Performance delivering a true cultural experience, preserving and been involved in many Indigenous research projects of promoting Art, Music and Traditional stories. Richard which she has gained hands on and working Indigenous • Welcome to country delivers knowledge passed down by his Elders in a Knowledges such as fish netting, boat making and possum • Smoking Ceremony culturally safe environment delivered with the true spirit of skin cloaking from her Elders and other well respected • Digeridoo Traditional performance the land. Qualified in youth work and previous experience Elders. Some of Jodi’s work is on display in the Museum of with youth in care and detention Richard develops a Australia, Sydney. Jodi has been involved with working with strong rapport with participants and soon becomes a Local Aboriginal Knowledge holders working on continuity *As this program is an educational service, all GST charged positive role model and mentor to all. of cultural practices in the Yuin and Dharawal Nations her can be reimbursed in its entirety by the Government. role now is to share those through Gumaraa programs. (Minimum charge of x35 students). **Symbio conditions apply.

20 Find out more or book your next excursion or incursion online today rangerjamie.com.au Visit our website for more information or contact us on 0432 851 574 [email protected] 21 Partnership Partnership THE SYDNEY TOWER EYE Illawarra The SYdney Fly Tower Eye Treetops See Sydney from a new

ILLAWARRA FLY TREETOPS FLY ILLAWARRA perspective, 305m above our Soar above the tree tops with harbour side city. Ranger Jamie Tours at I-FLY. Ranger Jamie Tours are super proud and excited to Ranger Jamie Tours are super proud and excited to announce their amazing and brand-new partnership announce their amazing and brand-new partnership with Sydney Tower Eye for 2020 and beyond. with Illawarra Fly Treetops for 2020 and beyond. Ranger Jamie Tours will let your students reach Enjoy fun and interactive, fully guided educational new heights whilst experiencing fun and interactive, programs designed and guided by our expert Rangers. fully guided educational programs designed and All I-FLY excursions are a full day adventure from guided by our expert Rangers. All Sydney Tower Eye 10am-2pm with one Ranger guide provided excursions are a full day adventure from 1 per 35 students. 10am-2pm with one Ranger guide providedper 35 students. Ranger Jamie programs Ranger Jamie programs at Illawarra Fly Treetops at The Sydney Tower Eye

Early Stage 1 Early Stage 1 Kindergarten Kindergarten People Live in Places Page 26 People Live in Places Page 26 Aboriginal Experience Page 32 Stage 1 Stage 1 Years 1-2 Years 1-2 Features of Places / People & Places Page 42 Features of Places / People & Places Page 42 Stage 2 Aboriginal Experience Page 48 Years 3-4 Places Are Similar & Different Page 64 Stage 2 Years 3-4 The Earth’s Environment Page 66 Places Are Similar & Different Page 64 +GST* Stage 3 +GST* The Earth’s Environment Page 66 $20.00 Years 5-6 $20.00 Aboriginal Experience Page 70 B per student Factors That Shape Places Page 92 B per student O Teachers & parents O Teachers & parents can attend for no can attend for no Stage 3 O O additional cost. Program Inclusions additional cost. Years 5-6 K K Factors That Shape Places Page 92 O ! O ! N Y N Y L A L A Program Inclusions INE TOD INE TOD

GoPro Supplementary Completed risk short film lesson ideas assessment

GoPro Supplementary Completed risk *As this program is an educational service, all GST charged can be reimbursed in short film lesson ideas assessment its entirety by the Government. (Minimum charge of x35 students).

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Anti Bullying Campaign Page 112

Program Inclusions

**1x Teacher free per x10 students (Kindy) 1x Teacher free per x15 students (Year 1-6) $26.00 per additional Teacher/Parent

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GoPro Supplementary Completed risk short film lesson ideas assessment

HISTORY

SCIENCE

SYMBIO Arrive/Depart Locations

GEOGRAPHY FULL DAY Excursion (4 hours) 10am - 2pm North Sydney GEOGRAPHY Syllabus outcomes addressed • Bobbin Head +GST* Time allocation for excursions can be tailored and adjusted to suit your individual GEe-1 | GEe-2 | PDe-10 | sTe-3LW-ST school timetable and scheduling. Ku-ring-gai National Park $18.50 • Clifton Gardens

B per student Chowder Bay Mosman O Teachers & parents Arrival / Morning Tea / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes) • Lane Cove National Park can attend for no O • Nielsen Park Vaucluse additional cost. K Introductory The day kicks off with a meet and greet with our Sydney City (CBD) ! Presentation enthusiastic Rangers before enjoying an interactive and KINDERGARTEN PeoplePeople livelive O engaging presentation. (approx. 25 minutes) • Hyde Park Y N A • Royal Botanic Gardens LIN D • The Sydney Tower Eye - E TO Grouping: Students are divided into their groups of approximately ($20+GST per person) x30 students and allocated a Ranger guide for each activity. KINDERGARTEN inin placesplaces South Sydney • Audley Royal National Park Activity 1 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) ♥ Bonnie Vale Royal National Park • Shelly Park Beach Cronulla

Activity 2 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) Western Sydney ♥ Auburn Botanic Gardens • Western Sydney Parklands Lunch / Toilet Break (approx. 25 minutes) Illawarra • Illawarra Fly Treetops - Activity 3 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) ($20+GST per person) • Stanwell Park Beach Reserve • Symbio Wildlife Park - Activity 4 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) ($20+GST per person) • Wollongong Botanic Gardens Wrap Up / Conclusion / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes) Refer to pages 16-17 for a detailed map highlighting our *As this program is an educational service, all GST charged can be reimbursed in excursion locations. its entirety by the Government. (Minimum charge of x35 students). ♥ Our favourite locations Excursion for this program Transport Incursion BUS | TRAIN | FERRY Walking grade

WHAT’S INCLUDED About Syllabus content focus GoPro Supplementary Completed risk short film lesson ideas assessment An exciting, hands-on day bursting with fun games and Key inquiry questions answered: activities investigating the importance of different places • What are places like? to people and living things. Students discuss the places • What makes a place special? Activities Transport they live in and examine varying environments including EVERYT ISE H N IN wetlands, water lagoons, bushland and beaches. • How can we look after the places we live in? Ranger Jamie Tours will carefully select 4 of the following Transport quote is additional to A G G With a variety of engaging activities focusing on the activities for your students to enjoy on the day. excursion price listed above. R O Transport & importance of looking after different environments, Important Places These activities are subject to the excursion location. E Completed Risk Leave it all with us! Whilst you W Assessment students discover the importance and varying connections Students: of special places for different people. Every student will • Dip-net fishing are welcome to organise your • investigate the importance of places they live in and own transport to and from the be eagerly participating and enthusiastically involved • Crab catching in this exciting and memorable day! belong to, for example: (ACHGK002, ACHGK004) excursion, alternatively we can • Mini beast bug catching & face painting. organise and book all your ᵒ identification of places they live in and belong to Syllabus outcomes addressed • Sand sculptures. transport requirements using our ᵒ discussion of why places are special and how very own Ranger Jamie buses and • Bush walking. • GEe-1 identifies places and develops an understanding people care for them coaches. Ask us for a transport • Beach habitat making. of the importance of places to people ᵒ explanation of why people need to take care of places quote and we can take care of everything. • GEe-2 communicates geographical information • Animal enclosure & avery walkabout. Please note all coaches include seat belts and uses geographical tools • People live in places olympics. however, buses do not. • PDe-10 uses interpersonal skills to effectively interact with others • STe-3LW-ST explores the characteristics, needs and uses of living things

26 Find out more or book your next excursion or incursion online today rangerjamie.com.au Visit our website for more information or contact us on 0432 851 574 [email protected] 27 Arrive/Depart GEOGRAPHY FULL DAY Excursion (4 hours) 10am - 2pm Syllabus outcomes addressed Time allocation for excursions can be tailored and adjusted to suit your individual GEe-1 | GEe-2 | PDe-10 | STe-3LW-ST SYMBIO

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Arrival / Morning Tea in Amphitheater / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes) L Y A Introductory The day kicks off with a meet and greet with our KINDERGARTEN People live Presentation enthusiastic Rangers before enjoying an interactive T People live and engaging presentation. (approx 45 minutes) S YMBIO Grouping: Students are divided into their groups of approximately KINDERGARTEN inin placesplaces x30 students and allocated a Ranger guide for each activity.

Exotic Animals Students participate in this walk for approx. atat symbiosymbio & Farmyard Walk 50-60 minutes. Your own private Ranger guide included. Lunch / Toilet Break (approx. 25 minutes) OOK O B NL IN Native Australian Students participate in this walk for approx. Reptiles & 50-60 minutes. Your own private Ranger guide included. E Animal Walk

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per student D Wrap Up / Conclusion / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes)

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teacher attendance** *As this program is an educational service, all GST charged can be reimbursed in !

! its entirety by the Government. (Minimum charge of x35 students).

**1x Teacher free per x10 students (Kindy Only) $26.00 per additional Teacher/Parent Excursion Transport Incursion BUS Walking grade

WHAT’S OPTIONAL INCLUDED EXTRAS About Syllabus content focus GoPro Completed risk Animal feed short film assessment $1.10 per bag Discover the importance of different places to people Key inquiry questions answered: and living things at Symbio Wildlife Park! During this • What are places like? unforgettable and exciting day, students embark on guided • What makes a place special? Activities Transport tours observing both native and exotic animals and their EVERYT ISE H environments. They discover a diverse range of animal N IN • How can we look after the places we live in? • Start the day in the amphitheatre with your own Transport quote is additional to A G G habitats and their features within wetlands, water lagoons, excursion price listed above. R exclusive live animal presentation. Meet a selection O Transport & bushland, deserts and rainforests. Through integrated Important objects E Completed Risk

of five animals ranging from possums, lizards, snakes, W learning experiences, students investigate ways in which Leave it all with us! Whilst you Assessment Students: reptiles, birds, and alligators. people interact with and care for places and identify their are welcome to organise your natural and human features. With a focus on the importance • investigate the importance of places they live in and • Two complete guided tours; own transport to and from the belong to, for example: (ACHGK002, ACHGK004) excursion, alternatively we can of looking after different environments, students discover ᵒ Exotic Animal Walk: Get up close and meet farmyard organise and book all your the varying connections of special places for different living ᵒ identification of places they live in and belong to animals, goats, chickens, roosters, sheep, llamas, things whilst getting up close and personal with some transport requirements using our ᵒ discussion of why places are special and guinea pigs, meerkats, cheetahs, ring tailed lemurs, furry and scaly friends. Every student will be engaged and very own Ranger Jamie buses and how people care for them red pandas, monkeys alligators and MORE! enthusiastically involved in this fun and memorable day! coaches. Ask us for a transport ᵒ explanation of why people need to take care of places ᵒ Native Australian Walk: Visit venomous snakes, quote and we can take care of everything. Syllabus outcomes addressed pythons, lizards, spiders, koalas, crocs, eagles, Please note all coaches include seat belts echidnas, emus, kangaroos, wallabies, however, buses do not. • GEe-1 identifies places and develops an understanding Tasmanian devils, birds and MORE! of the importance of places to people • GEe-2 communicates geographical information and uses geographical tools • PDe-10 uses interpersonal skills to effectively interact with others • STe-3LW-ST explores the characteristics, needs and uses of living things

28 Find out more or book your next excursion or incursion online today rangerjamie.com.au Visit our website for more information or contact us on 0432 851 574 [email protected] 29 Arrive/Depart Locations GEOGRAPHY/HISTORY FULL DAY Excursion (4 hours) 10am - 2pm South Sydney GEOGRAPHY FULL DAY Incursion (5 hours) 9:30am - 2:30pm ♥ Bundeena Syllabus outcomes addressed +GST* • Carss Park Bush Flat GEe-1 | HTe-1 Time allocation for excursions can be tailored and adjusted to suit your individual $22.00 Illawarra B per student school timetable and scheduling. • Bass Point Marine Reserve O Teachers & parents can attend for no Arrival / Morning Tea / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes) • Blackbutt Forest Reserve O additional cost. • Illawarra Fly Treetops - K ($20+GST per person) ! Introductory The day kicks off with a meet and greet with the • Killalea State Park Shellharbour Aboriginal O Presentation enthusiastic Gumaraa rangers before enjoying an Aboriginal • Lake Illawarra Foreshore N Y interactive and engaging presentation. (approx 25 minutes) LI DA • Minnamurra River HISTORY NE TO • Stanwell Park Beach Reserve • Wollongong Botanic Gardens Grouping: Students are divided into their groups of approximately KINDERGARTEN experience experience x30 students and allocated a Ranger guide for each activity. Refer to pages 16-17 for a detailed map highlighting our excursion locations. Activity 1 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) ♥ Our favourite locations KINDERGARTEN for this program Activity 2 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes)

Lunch / Toilet Break (approx. 25 minutes)

Activity 3 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes)

Activity 4 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes)

Wrap Up / Conclusion / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes)

Excursion *As this program is an educational service, all GST charged can be reimbursed in Transport its entirety by the Government. (Minimum charge of x35 students). Incursion BUS | TRAIN | FERRY Walking grade

WHAT’S INCLUDED About Syllabus content focus Completed risk assessment Immerse your students in one of the world’s oldest surviving Key inquiry questions answered: cultures, surrounded by azure beaches and native bushland. • What makes a place special? Take them back thousands of years through observing • How can we look after the places we live in? Activities Transport Aboriginal tools, weapons and archaeological artefacts, EVERYT ISE H N IN learning about what makes places special to different • What stories do other people tell about the past? For each excursion booking, the Gumaraa rangers will Transport quote is additional to A G G people, how we can look after these places and how stories carefully select 4 of the following activities for your excursion price listed above. R • How can stories of the past be told and shared? O Transport & of the past are told and shared. On this action-packed day in students to enjoy on the day. These activities are E Completed Risk Leave it all with us! Whilst you W Assessment our great outdoors, the experienced Gumaraa Rangers will subject to the excursion location. take your students searching for bush tucker, let them try are welcome to organise your their hand at boomerang throwing, and even partake in a • Students will enjoy an interactive introductory own transport to and from the traditional Ochre Ceremony. Teachers and students alike will presentation, where students will examine excursion, alternatively we can

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E R • Bush Tucker/ Medicine Walk coaches. Ask us for a transport Syllabus outcomes addressed Y O • String making quote and we can take care of everything. W S • GEe-1 identifies places and develops an understanding N R G GE • Deadly Games – learn more specific information Please note all coaches include seat belts UM N of the importance of places to people ARAA RA about Aboriginal Culture however, buses do not. • HTe-1 communicates stories of their own family heritage This program is delivered by the experienced • Dreaming stories and the heritage of others Gumaraa Rangers who deliver authentic and immersive • Boomerang throwing Indigenous experiences for all.

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GEOGRAPHY FULL DAY Excursion (4 hours) 10am - 2pm HISTORY Time allocation for excursions can be tailored and adjusted to suit your individual school timetable and scheduling. O

N SYMBIO

Arrival / Morning Tea in Amphitheater / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes) L Y

Grouping: Students are divided into their groups of approximately KINDERGARTEN Experience & Experience & x30 students and allocated a Ranger guide for each activity.

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+GST* $20.00 Lunch / Toilet Break (approx. 25 minutes) at Symbio B at Symbio per student O Conditions apply Native Australian Students participate in this walk for approx. for parent and O teacher attendance** Walk 2 50-60 minutes. Your own private Gumaraa Ranger K guide included. O ! N Y Wrap Up / Conclusion / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes) L A INE TOD *As this program is an educational service, all GST charged can be reimbursed in its entirety by the Government. (Minimum charge of x35 students).

Excursion ** 1x Teacher free per x10 students (Kindy Only) Transport $26.00 per additional Teacher/Parent Incursion BUS Walking grade

WHAT’S OPTIONAL INCLUDED EXTRAS About • How and why Aboriginal people care for animals GoPro Completed risk Animal feed short film assessment $1.10 per bag Among the cute and cuddly native Australian animals at • Aboriginal relationships to totems Symbio Wildlife Park, your students will be able to learn • How Aboriginal people utilise the local environment to about the world’s oldest surviving culture in the most vibrant encourage living things to thrive Activities Transport EVERYT setting! In a day jam-packed with up-close encounters to a ISE H • Learn how Aboriginal people utilise traditional science N IN • Start the day in the amphitheatre with your own Transport quote is additional to A G variety of animals your students will learn the significance G and technology in their lives to care for the environment excursion price listed above. R and connection of native Australian animals to Aboriginal exclusive live animal presentation. Meet a selection O Transport & and living things E Completed Risk people. The Gumaraa Rangers will help your students of five animals ranging from possums, lizards, snakes, Leave it all with us! Whilst you W Assessment • Aboriginal language, including names of native animals explore the connection Aboriginal people have with reptiles, birds, and alligators. are welcome to organise your their land, and the history and traditions of their culture. • Discover what life was like for Aboriginal people and • Two complete guided tours; own transport to and from the Throughout the day students will be immersed within this animals before European settlement excursion, alternatively we can ᵒ Native Australian Walk 1: Students visit parrots, organise and book all your cultural experience and participate in discussions about the • Significance of animals in Dreamtime stories dingos, eagles, wallabies, wombats, kangaroos, transport requirements using our Dreaming, art, music and dance. Enjoy a day full of close emus and MORE! very own Ranger Jamie buses and animal encounters they’re bound to never forget! ᵒ Native Australian Walk 2: Visit venomous snakes, coaches. Ask us for a transport quote and we can take care of everything.

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to Aboriginal people V E R • How Aboriginal people interact and use animals Y O for survival W S N R G GE • Traditional ways of life focussing on the Aboriginal people, UM N ARAA RA local beliefs, food, shelter, tools and weapons This program is delivered by the experienced • How places, people and animals interact Gumaraa Rangers who deliver authentic and immersive Indigenous experiences for all.

32 Find out more or book your next excursion or incursion online today rangerjamie.com.au Visit our website for more information or contact us on 0432 851 574 [email protected] 33 Arrive/Depart SCIENCE FULL DAY Excursion (4 hours) 10am - 2pm Syllabus outcomes addressed Time allocation for excursions can be tailored and adjusted to suit your individual SYMBIO STe-3LW-ST | STe-6ES-S | PDe-10

school timetable and scheduling. O

Arrival / Morning Tea in Amphitheater / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes) L Y A Introductory The day kicks off with a meet and greet with our KINDERGARTEN Farmyard & Presentation enthusiastic Rangers before enjoying an interactive T Farmyard & and engaging presentation. (approx 45 minutes) S YMBIO Grouping: Students are divided into their groups of approximately KINDERGARTEN sustainabilitysustainability x30 students and allocated a Ranger guide for each activity.

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! ! Wrap Up / Conclusion / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes)

*As this program is an educational service, all GST charged can be reimbursed in its entirety by the Government. (Minimum charge of x35 students).

** 1x Teacher free per x10 students (Kindy Only) $26.00 per additional Teacher/Parent Excursion Transport Incursion BUS Walking grade

WHAT’S OPTIONAL INCLUDED EXTRAS About Syllabus content focus GoPro Completed risk Animal feed short film assessment $1.10 per bag Cuddle the lambs, feed the goats and frolic with kangaroos Key inquiry questions answered: on this unforgettable and exciting day at Symbio Wildlife • How do daily and seasonal changes affect our Park! During this interactive and hands-on excursion, environment and animals? Activities Transport students embark on guided tours observing how living EVERYT ISE H things are used to meet our needs. Students discover • How can living things be used to meet our needs? N IN • Start the day in the amphitheatre with your own Transport quote is additional to A G G how plants and animals can be used as food and ways in R exclusive live animal presentation. Meet a selection excursion price listed above. O Transport & Using living things as food and fibre which materials are used for clothing and shelter. Through E Completed Risk of five animals ranging from possums, lizards, snakes, Leave it all with us! Whilst you W integrated learning experiences, students recognise which Students: Assessment reptiles, birds, and alligators. foods come from farms and discuss the ways in which are welcome to organise your • recognise that plants and animals can be used as food, or we care for animals. With a focus on farm animals and • Two complete guided tours; own transport to and from the materials (fibres) for clothing and shelter (ACTDEK003) excursion, alternatively we can sustainability in agriculture and daily life, students immerse ᵒ Exotic Animal Walk: Get up close and meet farmyard • explore a range of foods obtained from plants and organise and book all your themselves within a farmyard environment and get up-close animals, goats, chickens, roosters, sheep, llamas, and personal to a range of baby animals. They investigate animals transport requirements using our guinea pigs, meerkats, cheetahs, ring tailed lemurs, seasonal changes and discover how these affect our very own Ranger Jamie buses and • explore everyday items that are designed and produced red pandas, monkeys alligators and MORE! environment and a range of native Australian animals. coaches. Ask us for a transport from fibres sourced from plants and animals, for example: With the additional option of hand feeding, every student ᵒ Native Australian Walk: Visit venomous snakes, quote and we can take care of everything. ᵒ fabrics and yarns used for clothing will be engaged and eager to participate in this fun and pythons, lizards, spiders, koalas, crocs, eagles, Please note all coaches include seat belts memorable day! ᵒ wood products used for shelters echidnas, emus, kangaroos, wallabies, however, buses do not. Tasmanian devils, birds and MORE! Syllabus outcomes addressed

• STe-3LW-ST explores the characteristics, needs and uses of living things • STe-6ES-S identifies how daily and seasonal changes in the environment affect humans and other living things • PDe-10 uses interpersonal skills to effectively interact with others

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school timetable and scheduling. O B per student N O Conditions apply for parent and Arrival / Morning Tea in Amphitheater / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes) O teacher attendance** L Y K A O ! Introductory The day kicks off with a meet and greet with our KINDERGARTEN Living things N Y Presentation enthusiastic Rangers before enjoying an interactive T Living things and engaging presentation. (approx 45 minutes) L A SY INE TOD MBIO Grouping: Students are divided into their groups of approximately KINDERGARTEN atat SymbioSymbio x30 students and allocated a Ranger guide for each activity.

Exotic Animals Students participate in this walk for approx. & Farmyard Walk 50-60 minutes. Your own private Ranger guide included.

Lunch / Toilet Break (approx. 25 minutes)

Native Australian Students participate in this walk for approx. Reptiles & 50-60 minutes. Your own private Ranger guide included. Animal Walk

Wrap Up / Conclusion / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes)

*As this program is an educational service, all GST charged can be reimbursed in its entirety by the Government. (Minimum charge of x35 students).

** 1x Teacher free per x10 students (Kindy Only) $26.00 per additional Teacher/Parent Excursion Transport Incursion BUS Walking grade

WHAT’S OPTIONAL INCLUDED EXTRAS About Syllabus content focus GoPro Completed risk Animal feed short film assessment $1.10 per bag Cuddle a possum, pat a python, feed the wallabies and frolic Key inquiry questions answered: with kangaroos on this unforgettable and exciting day at • How can living things be used to meet our needs? Symbio Wildlife Park! During this interactive and hands-on • What do living things need to survive? Activities Transport EVERYT excursion, students embark on intimate guided tours discovering ISE H N IN • Start the day in the amphitheatre with your own Transport quote is additional to A G living things, their characteristics, needs, behaviours, and the Characteristics and basic needs of living things G excursion price listed above. R environments in which they live. Students examine native and exclusive live animal presentation. Meet a selection O Transport & Students: E Completed Risk exotic animal species in custom enclosures that mimic native of five animals ranging from possums, lizards, snakes, Leave it all with us! Whilst you W Assessment environments while recognising the contrasting external features • recognise that living things have basic needs including air, reptiles, birds, and alligators. are welcome to organise your food and water (ACSSU002) of a variety of animals. With a focus on the basic needs of • Two complete guided tours; own transport to and from the living things, students immerse themselves within a range of • compare the basic needs of some plants and animals excursion, alternatively we can ᵒ Exotic Animal Walk: Get up close and meet farmyard organise and book all your environments and get up close and personal to Australian • participate in guided investigations to identify living animals, goats, chickens, roosters, sheep, llamas, transport requirements using our and exotic animals. With the additional option of things and the external features of plants and animals guinea pigs, meerkats, cheetahs, ring tailed lemurs, very own Ranger Jamie buses and hand-feeding baby farm animals and wallabies, in the local environment red pandas, monkeys alligators and MORE! coaches. Ask us for a transport every student will be engaged and eager to participate • communicate findings of observations of living things ᵒ Native Australian Walk: Visit venomous snakes, quote and we can take care of everything. in this fun and memorable day! in their environment pythons, lizards, spiders, koalas, crocs, eagles, Please note all coaches include seat belts Syllabus outcomes addressed echidnas, emus, kangaroos, wallabies, however, buses do not. Tasmanian devils, birds and MORE! • STe-3LW-ST explores the characteristics, needs and uses of living things • STe-2DP-T develops solutions to an identified need • STe-6ES-S identifies how daily and seasonal changes in the environment affect humans and other living things • PDe-10 uses interpersonal skills to effectively interact with others

36 Find out more or book your next excursion or incursion online today rangerjamie.com.au Visit our website for more information or contact us on 0432 851 574 [email protected] 37 Arrive/Depart Locations

FULL DAY Excursion (4 hours) 10am - 2pm North Sydney SCIENCE SCIENCE +GST* $900 flat fee FULL DAY Incursion (5 hours) 9:30am - 2:30pm Syllabus outcomes addressed 2 hour incursion • Bobbin Head GEe-1STe-5PW-ST | HTe-1 | STe-2DP-T | PDe-5 unlimited students HALF DAY Incursion (2 hours) you choose the time Ku-ring-gai National Park • Clifton Gardens Teachers & parents Time allocation for excursions can be tailored and adjusted to suit your individual can attend for no OR school timetable and scheduling. Chowder Bay Mosman additional cost. Sydney City (CBD) KINDERGARTEN $18.50 Arrival / Morning Tea / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes) • Royal Botanic Gardens per student+GST* South Sydney Object Introductory The day kicks off with a meet and greet with our Object B full day • Bonnie Vale Royal National Park incursion/excursion enthusiastic Rangers before enjoying an interactive Presentation • Carss Park Bush Park O Teachers & parents and engaging presentation. (approx 25 minutes) can attend for no • Shelly Park Beach Cronulla O additional cost. Western Sydney KINDERGARTEN Movement - K Movement - Grouping: Students are divided into their groups of approximately • Auburn Botanic Gardens O ! x30 students and allocated a Ranger guide for each activity. Y • Western Sydney Parklands N A L D Illawarra IN O Activity 1 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) physicalphysical worldworld E T • Blackbutt Forest Reserve • Illawarra Fly Treetops Activity 2 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) ($20+GST per person) • Killalea State Park ♥ Stanwell Park Beach Reserve Lunch / Toilet Break (approx. 25 minutes) • Wollongong Botanic Garden

Refer to pages 16-17 for a Activity 3 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) detailed map highlighting our excursion locations.

Activity 4 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) ♥ Our favourite locations for this program

Wrap Up / Conclusion / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes)

*As this program is an educational service, all GST charged can be reimbursed in Excursion its entirety by the Government. (Minimum charge of x35 students). Transport Incursion BUS | TRAIN | FERRY Walking grade

WHAT’S INCLUDED About Syllabus content focus GoPro Supplementary Completed risk short film lesson ideas assessment In this practical and interactive STEM based program, Key inquiry questions answered: students investigate the physical characteristics of objects • What causes objects to move in different ways? and how they move. Students examine firsthand how push Activities Transport and pull forces create movement whilst exploring the EVERYT Movement of objects ISE H N IN fundamental concepts of force and motion using billycarts For each excursion booking, Ranger Jamie Tours will Transport quote is additional to A G Students: G and an array of supplied resources. Choose between our full carefully select 4 of the following activities for your excursion price listed above. R O Transport & day excursion or half day incursion package and give your • observe the way a variety of familiar objects move, for students to enjoy on the day. These activities are E Completed Risk Leave it all with us! Whilst you W Assessment students an engaging, fun and fast paced day packed with example: (ACSSU005) subject to the excursion location. exciting games and activities they will never forget! are welcome to organise your ᵒ sliding • Billy carts own transport to and from the excursion, alternatively we can Syllabus outcomes addressed ᵒ rolling • Slime organise and book all your ᵒ spinning • STe-5PW-ST observes the way objects move and relates • Rocket making transport requirements using our changes in motion to push and pull forces ᵒ bouncing • Dip net fishing very own Ranger Jamie buses and coaches. Ask us for a transport • STe-2DP-T develops solutions to an identified need • observe the effects of push and pull forces on familiar • Mini beast bug catching objects, for example: (ACSSU033) quote and we can take care of everything. • PDe-5 explores possible solutions to movement challenges • Object movement olympics Please note all coaches include seat belts through participation in a range of activities ᵒ changes in motion, eg starting, stopping, changing speed or direction however, buses do not. ᵒ changes in shape, eg stretching, breaking • participate in guided investigations to explore how particular objects move on land, water and/or in the air, and how these objects are affected by forces (ACTDEK002) STEM Based Programs

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HISTORY

SCIENCE

SYMBIO Arrive/Depart Locations

GEOGRAPHY FULL DAY Excursion (4 hours) 10am - 2pm North Sydney GEOGRAPHY Syllabus outcomes addressed • Bobbin Head +GST* Time allocation for excursions can be tailored and adjusted to suit your individual GE1-1 | GE1-2 | GE1-3 school timetable and scheduling. Ku-ring-gai National Park $18.50 • Clifton Gardens

B per student Chowder Bay Mosman Arrival / Morning Tea / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes) O Teachers & parents • Nielsen Park Vaucluse can attend for no O additional cost. Sydney City (CBD) K Introductory The day kicks off with a meet and greet with our • Royal Botanic Gardens Presentation enthusiastic Rangers before enjoying an interactive and STAGE 1 YEAR 1-2 FeaturesFeatures ofof O ! engaging presentation. (approx. 25 minutes) • The Sydney Tower Eye N Y ($20+GST per person) L A I D South Sydney NE TO Grouping: Students are divided into their groups of approximately x30 students and allocated a Ranger guide for each activity. • Audley Royal National Park ♥ Bonnie Vale Royal National Park

STAGE 1 YEAR 1-2 STAGE PlacesPlaces // PeoplePeople • Carss Park Bush Park Activity 1 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) Western Sydney & Places ♥ Auburn Botanic Gardens & Places Activity 2 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) • Western Sydney Parklands

Illawarra Lunch / Toilet Break (approx. 25 minutes) • Illawarra Fly Treetops ($20+GST per person) ♥ Stanwell Park Beach Reserve Activity 3 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) • Symbio Wildlife Park ($20+GST per person) Activity 4 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) • Wollongong Botanic Gardens Refer to pages 16-17 for a Excursion detailed map highlighting our Transport Wrap Up / Conclusion / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes) Incursion excursion locations. BUS | TRAIN | FERRY Walking grade ♥ Our favourite locations *As this program is an educational service, all GST charged can be reimbursed in for this program its entirety by the Government. (Minimum charge of x35 students). About Features of places

In this outdoor adventure, students explore the natural and Students: human features of places and investigate the ways people • investigate features of places and how they can interact and care for places. Interactive activities such as be cared for, for example: (ACHGK005) dip-net fishing, bug /crab catching and beach habitat- ᵒ description of the natural and human WHAT’S making will help students learn about the connections that INCLUDED features of places GoPro Supplementary Completed risk people have with different places. Through an educational short film lesson ideas assessment and hands-on bushwalk, students identify the changing ᵒ consideration of how a place can be cared features of places, the ways in which they change and how for example a park, farm, beach, bushland spaces within places can be used for different purposes. How places are organised Take in the natural beauty and learn amongst nature in this Activities Transport unforgettable, hands-on excursion experience! Students: Ranger Jamie Tours will carefully select 4 of the following Transport quote is additional to EVERYT • investigate activities that occur within places, ISE H activities for your students to enjoy on the day. excursion price listed above. N IN A G Syllabus outcomes addressed for example: (ACHGK007, ACHGK008) These activities are subject to the excursion location. G Leave it all with us! Whilst you R O Transport & ᵒ discussion of why and how the spaces within places E • GE1-1 describes features of places and the connections • Dip-net fishing are welcome to organise your Completed Risk W Assessment can be rearranged for different purposes own transport to and from the people have with places • Crab catching excursion, alternatively we can • GE1-2 identifies ways in which people interact with Australian places • Minibeast bug catching & face painting organise and book all your and care for places Students: • Sand sculptures transport requirements using • GE1-3 communicates geographical information and our very own Ranger Jamie • investigate places across a range of scales within • Bush walking uses geographical tools for inquiry Australia (ACHGK010) buses and coaches. Ask us for a • Beach habitat making transport quote and we can take Syllabus content focus People’s connections to places • Animal enclosure & avery walkabout care of everything. Key inquiry questions answered: Students: • People live in places olympics Please note all coaches include seat belts • What are the features of, and activities in, places? • investigate people’s connections and access to places, however, buses do not. for example: (ACHGK013) • How can we care for places? ᵒ discussion of why people visit other places • How can spaces within a place be used for different purposes? ᵒ identification of factors influencing people’s accessibility to places eg distance • Where are places located in Australia? ᵒ examination of how technology has improved • How are people connected to places? people’s access to places • What factors affect people’s connections to places?

42 Find out more or book your next excursion or incursion online today rangerjamie.com.au Visit our website for more information or contact us on 0432 851 574 [email protected] 43 Arrive/Depart GEOGRAPHY FULL DAY Excursion (4 hours) 10am - 2pm Syllabus outcomes addressed Time allocation for excursions can be tailored and adjusted to suit your individual GE1-1 | GE1-2 | GE1-3 SYMBIO

school timetable and scheduling. O

Arrival / Morning Tea in Amphitheater / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes) L Y

Introductory The day kicks off with a meet and greet with our A STAGE 1 YEAR 1-2 Presentation enthusiastic Rangers before enjoying an interactive T Features of Features of and engaging presentation. (approx 45 minutes) S YMBIO Grouping: Students are divided into their groups of approximately Places/PeoplePlaces/People x30 students and allocated a Ranger guide for each activity. STAGE 1 YEAR 1-2 STAGE OOK O B NL IN Exotic Animals Students participate in this walk for approx. & Farmyard Walk 50-60 minutes. Your own private Ranger guide included. & Places E & Places +GST* T

$20.00 O Lunch / Toilet Break (approx. 25 minutes) D

per student D A

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for parent and

teacher attendance** Reptiles & 50-60 minutes. Your own private Ranger guide included.

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Wrap Up / Conclusion / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes) Excursion Transport Walking grade Incursion BUS *As this program is an educational service, all GST charged can be reimbursed in its entirety by the Government. (Minimum charge of x35 students).

**1x Teacher free per x15 students (Year 1-6) About Syllabus content focus $26.00 per additional Teacher/Parent

Give your students an action-packed day at Symbio Wildlife Key inquiry questions answered: Park, with the chance to interact with a variety of animals • What are the features of, and activities in, places? and environments, while identifying ways in which people • How can we care for places? interact and care for places. Our experienced Rangers will take your students on an educational tour through the park, • How can spaces within a place be used for WHAT’S OPTIONAL different purposes? where they will be able to observe both native and exotic INCLUDED EXTRAS GoPro Completed risk Animal feed animals and the habitats in which they live, such as wetlands, • Where are places located in Australia? short film assessment $1.10 per bag water lagoons, bushland, desert, rainforest and beaches. • What factors affect people’s connections to places? Features such as the Reptile House will allow students to investigate the natural features of where cold-blooded Features of places animals live, while observing the monkey enclosures will allow Activities Transport EVERYT Students: ISE H them to learn how our rainforests and jungles are changing, N IN • Start the day in the amphitheatre with your own Transport quote is additional to A G • investigate features of places and how they can be cared G and how we can care and preserve them. Students also have R exclusive live animal presentation. Meet a selection excursion price listed above. O Transport & for, for example: (ACHGK005) the opportunity to feed and interact with native kangaroos E Completed Risk

of five animals ranging from possums, lizards, snakes, W and wallabies in Symbio’s Walk-Through enclosure. By the ᵒ description of the natural and human features of places Leave it all with us! Whilst you Assessment end of the day, students will be able to describe the reasons reptiles, birds, and alligators. are welcome to organise your ᵒ consideration of how a place can be cared for example places change, and the active role of citizens in caring and • Two complete guided tours; own transport to and from the a park, farm, beach, bushland preserving our natural world. excursion, alternatively we can ᵒ Exotic Animal Walk: Get up close and meet farmyard organise and book all your Australian places animals, goats, chickens, roosters, sheep, llamas, Syllabus outcomes addressed transport requirements using our Students: guinea pigs, meerkats, cheetahs, ring tailed lemurs, very own Ranger Jamie buses and • GE1-1 describes features of places and the connections • investigate places across a range of scales within Australia red pandas, monkeys alligators and MORE! coaches. Ask us for a transport (ACHGK010) people have with places ᵒ Native Australian Walk: Visit venomous snakes, quote and we can take care of everything. • GE1-2 identifies ways in which people interact with and People’s connections to places pythons, lizards, spiders, koalas, crocs, eagles, Please note all coaches include seat belts care for places echidnas, emus, kangaroos, wallabies, Students: however, buses do not. Tasmanian devils, birds and MORE! • GE1-3 communicates geographical information and • investigate people’s connections and access to places, uses geographical tools for inquiry for example: (ACHGK013) ᵒ discussion of why people visit other places ᵒ identification of factors influencing people’s accessibility to places eg distance ᵒ examination of how technology has improved people’s access to places

44 Find out more or book your next excursion or incursion online today rangerjamie.com.au Visit our website for more information or contact us on 0432 851 574 [email protected] 45 Arrive/Depart Locations GEOGRAPHY/HISTORY FULL DAY Excursion (4 hours) 10am - 2pm South Sydney GEOGRAPHY FULL DAY Incursion (5 hours) 9:30am - 2:30pm ♥ Bundeena Syllabus outcomes addressed +GST* • Carss Park Bush Flat GE1-1 | HT1-2 Time allocation for excursions can be tailored and adjusted to suit your individual $22.00 Illawarra B per student school timetable and scheduling. • Bass Point Marine Reserve O Teachers & parents • Blackbutt Forest Reserve can attend for no Arrival / Morning Tea / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes) O additional cost. • Illawarra Fly Treetops K ($20+GST per person) O ! Introductory The day kicks off with a meet and greet with the • Killalea State Park Shellharbour AboriginalAboriginal Presentation enthusiastic Gumaraa rangers before enjoying an • Lake Illawarra Foreshore N Y

interactive and engaging presentation. (approx 25 minutes) HISTORY LI DA • Minnamurra River NE TO • Stanwell Park Beach Reserve • Wollongong Botanic Gardens experience Grouping: Students are divided into their groups of approximately x30 students and allocated a Ranger guide for each activity. Refer to pages 16-17 for a

STAGE 1 YEAR 1- 2 STAGE experience detailed map highlighting our excursion locations. Activity 1 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) ♥ Our favourite locations STAGE 1 YEAR 1- 2 for this program Activity 2 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes)

Lunch / Toilet Break (approx. 25 minutes)

Activity 3 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes)

Activity 4 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes)

Wrap Up / Conclusion / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes)

WHAT’S INCLUDED About Syllabus content focus Supplementary Completed risk lesson ideas assessment In an action-packed day full of engaging activities such as Key inquiry questions answered: boomerang throwing, bush tucker walks and face painting • How can we care for places? with traditional ocre clay, students will have the opportunity Activities Transport EVERYT • What factors affect people’s connections to places? ISE H to immerse themselves in the rich Aboriginal culture, N IN For each excursion booking, the Gumaraa rangers will Transport quote is additional to A G • How can we show that the present is different from G learning about the traditions and culture of the original R carefully select 4 of the following activities for your excursion price listed above. O Transport & custodians of this land. The Gumaraa Rangers will introduce or similar to the past? students to enjoy on the day. These activities are E Completed Risk your students to the history of the Aboriginal culture, Leave it all with us! Whilst you W Assessment • What remains of the past are important to the subject to the excursion location. sharing Dreaming stories, how they use tools and make are welcome to organise your local community? Why? shelters, and help them understand the Aboriginal kinship • Students will enjoy an interactive introductory own transport to and from the structures, both past and present. Students can observe presentation, where students will examine Aboriginal excursion, alternatively we can traditional Aboriginal language greetings from local lands artefacts and relish an interactive photo tour. organise and book all your and learn about the Aboriginal peoples’ connection to their transport requirements using our • Students will experience stepping back in time

land, and what has changed over time. It’s a day about Y very own Ranger Jamie buses and O – trying on a lap lap, wearing a possum skin cloak. creating links from the past to our present - U coaches. Ask us for a transport a day they will surely never forget! R quote and we can take care of everything. • Ocre Ceremony V E R • Bush Tucker/ Medicine Walk Please note all coaches include seat belts Syllabus outcomes addressed Y O however, buses do not. W S • String making N R E • GE1-1 describes features of places and the connections GU G M AN • Deadly Games – learn more specific information people have with places ARAA R about Aboriginal Culture • HT1-2 identifies and describes significant people, events, This program is delivered by the experienced • Dreaming stories places and sites in the local community over time Gumaraa Rangers who deliver authentic and immersive Indigenous experiences for all. • Boomerang throwing

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GEOGRAPHY FULL DAY Excursion (4 hours) 10am - 2pm Student Outcomes HISTORY Time allocation for excursions can be tailored and adjusted to suit your individual HT1-2 | HT1-3 +GST* school timetable and scheduling. O

$20.00 N SYMBIO

B per student Arrival / Morning Tea in Amphitheater / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes) L O Conditions apply Y for parent and O teacher attendance** Introductory The day kicks off with a meet and greet with our A The Aboriginal K Presentation enthusiastic Gumaraa Rangers before enjoying your T The Aboriginal exclusive and interactive live animal presentation. ! S O Y STAGE 1 YEAR 1-2 N Y (approx 45 minutes) MBIO L A INE TOD Experience & Grouping: Students are divided into their groups of approximately Experience & x30 students and allocated a Ranger guide for each activity. STAGE 1 YEAR 1-2 STAGE

Native Australian Students participate in this walk for approx. AustralianAustralian AnimalsAnimals Walk 1 50-60 minutes. Your own private Gumaraa Ranger guide included. atat SymbioSymbio Lunch / Toilet Break (approx. 25 minutes) Native Australian Students participate in this walk for approx. Walk 2 50-60 minutes. Your own private Gumaraa Ranger guide included.

Wrap Up / Conclusion / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes)

*As this program is an educational service, all GST charged can be reimbursed in its entirety by the Government. (Minimum charge of x35 students).

**1x Teacher free per x15 students (Year 1-6) Excursion $26.00 per additional Teacher/Parent Transport Walking grade Incursion BUS

WHAT’S OPTIONAL INCLUDED EXTRAS About • Aboriginal relationships to totems GoPro Completed risk Animal feed short film assessment $1.10 per bag Among the cute and cuddly native Australian animals at • How Aboriginal people utilise the local environment to Symbio Wildlife Park, your students will be able to learn encourage living things to thrive about the world’s oldest surviving culture in the most vibrant • Learn how Aboriginal people utilise traditional science Activities Transport EVERYT setting! In a day jam-packed with up-close encounters to a and technology in their lives to care for the environment ISE H N IN • Start the day in the amphitheatre with your own Transport quote is additional to A G variety of animals your students will learn the significance and living things G excursion price listed above. R and connection of native Australian animals to Aboriginal exclusive live animal presentation. Meet a selection O Transport & • Aboriginal language, including names of native animals E Completed Risk people. The Gumaraa Rangers will help your students of five animals ranging from possums, lizards, snakes, Leave it all with us! Whilst you W Assessment • Discover what life was like for Aboriginal people and explore the connection Aboriginal people have with reptiles, birds, and alligators. are welcome to organise your animals before European settlement their land, and the history and traditions of their culture. • Two complete guided tours; own transport to and from the Throughout the day students will be immersed within this • Significance of animals in Dreamtime stories excursion, alternatively we can ᵒ Native Australian Walk 1: Students visit parrots, organise and book all your cultural experience and participate in discussions about the dingos, eagles, wallabies, wombats, kangaroos, transport requirements using our Dreaming, art, music and dance. Enjoy a day full of close emus and MORE! very own Ranger Jamie buses and animal encounters they’re bound to never forget! ᵒ Native Australian Walk 2: Visit venomous snakes, coaches. Ask us for a transport

Y pythons, lizards, spiders, koalas, crocs, echidnas, quote and we can take care of everything.

Content focus O U Tasmanian devils, birds and MORE! Please note all coaches include seat belts R

• Significance and connection of native Australian animals V however, buses do not. E to Aboriginal people R Y • How Aboriginal people interact and use animals O W S N R for survival G GE UM N ARAA RA • Traditional ways of life focussing on the Aboriginal people, local beliefs, food, shelter, tools and weapons This program is delivered by the experienced • How places, people and animals interact Gumaraa Rangers who deliver authentic and immersive Indigenous experiences for all. • How and why Aboriginal people care for animals

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FULL DAY Excursion (4 hours) 10am - 2pm HISTORY HISTORY O

Syllabus outcomes addressed +GST* Time allocation for excursions can be tailored and adjusted to suit your individual N

GEe-1HT1-1 || HTe-1HT1-2 | HT1-3 | HT1-4 $18.50 school timetable and scheduling. L

per student A O Teachers & parents Arrival / Morning Tea / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes) T can attend for no O additional cost. T H STAGE 1 YEAR 1-2 K M Introductory The day kicks off with a meet and greet with our E U O ! Presentation enthusiastic Rangers before enjoying an interactive P E O Present & Past Y and engaging presentation. (approx. 25 minutes) S Present & Past N W U L A E M INE TOD RHOUSE Grouping: Students are divided into their groups of approximately FamilyFamily lifelife // x30 students and allocated a Ranger guide for each activity. STAGE 1 YEAR 1-2 STAGE

Transport Walk Students are guided through this walk for approx. PastPast inin thethe presentpresent 40 minutes with a private Ranger guide included. Technology Walk Students are guided through this walk for approx. 40 minutes with a private Ranger guide included.

Lunch / Toilet Break (approx. 25 minutes)

Experiment Lab Students are guided through this walk for approx. Room Walk 40 minutes with a private Ranger guide included.

Wrap Up / Conclusion / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes)

*As this program is an educational service, all GST charged can be reimbursed in its entirety by the Government. (Minimum charge of x35 students). Excursion Transport Incursion BUS | TRAIN Walking grade

WHAT’S About Syllabus content focus INCLUDED GoPro Supplementary Completed risk Enjoy a day exploring Sydney’s iconic Powerhouse Museum! With Key inquiry questions answered: short film lesson ideas assessment an experienced Ranger guiding you through three key exhibitions, • How has family life changed or remained the students examine how the past has been communicated through same over time? time and the ways in which technology has advanced. In the Activities Transport • How can we show that the present is different from or EVERYT Transport walk, students will have the opportunity to see for ISE H N IN similar to the past? • Start the day in the museum with an interactive Transport quote is additional to A G themselves how the designs of trains, planes, cars and bikes have G R excursion price listed above. O Transport & changed the way we travel, while the Technology and Lab Room • How do we describe the sequence of time? and engaging presentation walks let the students get up close and personal with printing E Completed Risk • What aspects of the past can you see today & • Three complete guided tours; Leave it all with us! Whilst you W Assessment presses, vintage toys, typewriters and classic machinery. This are welcome to organise your what do they tell us? ᵒ Transport Walk: Get up close and explore vintage excursion will allow the students to observe the characteristics own transport to and from the steam trains, horse carriages, an array of of the past and present, understand the different structures of • What remains of the past are important to the local excursion, alternatively we can aeroplanes, bicycles, motorbikes, families, and how family roles have changed over time to reflect community? Why? organise and book all your our ever-changing world. NASA spaceships, cars and MORE! • How have changes in technology shaped our daily life? transport requirements using our ᵒ Technology Walk: Walk back in the past inside a very own Ranger Jamie buses and Differences in family structures and roles today, Syllabus outcomes addressed 1930’s movie theatre, go shopping inside a coaches. Ask us for a transport and how these have changed or remained the same • HT1-1 communicates an understanding of change and 1950’s shop, experience steam engines, quote and we can take care of everything. over time (ACHHK028) continuity in family life using appropriate historical terms printing presses, typewriters, early computers, Please note all coaches include seat belts Differences and similarities between students’ daily lives • HT1-2 identifies and describes significant people, events, places dial a telephone and MORE! however, buses do not. and life during their parents’ and grandparents’ and sites in the local community over time childhoods, including family traditions, leisure time ᵒ Experiment Lab Room Walk: Fun and interactive • HT1-3 describes the effects of changing technology on people’s and communications (ACHHK030) hands on experiment room where students experience and play with vintage toys and machinery. lives over time How the present, past and future are signified by terms • HT1-4 demonstrates skills of historical inquiry indicating time such as ‘a long time ago’, ‘then and now’, and communication ‘now and then’, ‘old and new’, ‘tomorrow’, as well as by dates and changes that may have personal significance, such as birthdays, celebrations and seasons (ACHHK029) The impact of changing technology on people’s lives (ACHHK046) 50 Find out more or book your next excursion or incursion online today rangerjamie.com.au Visit our website for more information or contact us on 0432 851 574 [email protected] 51 Arrive/Depart GEOGRAPHY FULL DAY Excursion (4 hours) 10am - 2pm Syllabus outcomes addressed Time allocation for excursions can be tailored and adjusted to suit your individual ST1-5LW-T SYMBIO

school timetable and scheduling. O

Arrival / Morning Tea in Amphitheater / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes) L Y

Introductory The day kicks off with a meet and greet with our A STAGE 1 YEAR 1-2 Farmyard & Presentation enthusiastic Rangers before enjoying an interactive T Farmyard & and engaging presentation. (approx 45 minutes) S YMBIO Grouping: Students are divided into their groups of approximately sustainabilitysustainability x30 students and allocated a Ranger guide for each activity. STAGE 1 YEAR 1-2 STAGE

Exotic Animals Students participate in this walk for approx. & Farmyard Walk 50-60 minutes. Your own private Ranger guide included. atat symbiosymbio OOK O B NL IN Lunch / Toilet Break (approx. 25 minutes) E +GST* T Native Australian Students participate in this walk for approx.

$20.00 O Reptiles & 50-60 minutes. Your own private Ranger guide included.

Animal Walk D

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Conditions apply A

Y for parent and Y

teacher attendance** Wrap Up / Conclusion / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes)

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*As this program is an educational service, all GST charged can be reimbursed in its entirety by the Government. (Minimum charge of x35 students).

**1x Teacher free per x15 students (Year 1-6) $26.00 per additional Teacher/Parent Excursion Transport Walking grade Incursion BUS

WHAT’S OPTIONAL INCLUDED EXTRAS About Syllabus content focus GoPro Completed risk Animal feed short film assessment $1.10 per bag A visit to Symbio Wildlife Park will give your students the Key inquiry questions answered: opportunity to get up close to native and exotic animals, and • How do humans use plants and animals? observe the habitats in which they dwell. Let our experienced Activities Transport Rangers teach your students about the characteristics of EVERYT Plants and animals used for food and fibre ISE H some of Australia’s oldest species, as well as the exotic tales N IN • Start the day in the amphitheatre with your own Transport quote is additional to A G Students: G of our non-native animals. Students will have the opportunity excursion price listed above. R exclusive live animal presentation. Meet a selection O Transport & to observe a variety of different enclosure environments • identify some plants and animals that are grown and used E Completed Risk of five animals ranging from possums, lizards, snakes, Leave it all with us! Whilst you W Assessment such as rainforests, water lagoons, bushland, and explore for food production (ACTDEK003) reptiles, birds, and alligators. how these environments are connected to people/ animals, are welcome to organise your • explore the plants and animals used in customary and how they are crucial to our natural world. Students can • Two complete guided tours; own transport to and from the practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. excursion, alternatively we can hand-feed farmyard animals, kangaroos and wallabies, while ᵒ Exotic Animal Walk: Get up close and meet farmyard • investigate ways people use scientific and technological organise and book all your investigating where food comes from and how we use it to animals, goats, chickens, roosters, sheep, llamas, care for animals. On these guided walks, students will learn knowledge and skills to sustainably grow plants and transport requirements using our guinea pigs, meerkats, cheetahs, ring tailed lemurs, very own Ranger Jamie buses and and investigate how plants and animals are used to meet animals to produce fibre for clothing and/or shelter. red pandas, monkeys alligators and MORE! our nutritional needs, and develop their understanding of coaches. Ask us for a transport how living things and their environment play a crucial role in ᵒ Native Australian Walk: Visit venomous snakes, quote and we can take care of everything. the support and survival of the human race. pythons, lizards, spiders, koalas, crocs, eagles, Please note all coaches include seat belts echidnas, emus, kangaroos, wallabies, however, buses do not. Syllabus outcomes addressed Tasmanian devils, birds and MORE!

• ST1-5LW-T identifies how plants and animals are used for food and fibre products

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school timetable and scheduling. O

Arrival / Morning Tea in Amphitheater / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes) L Y

Introductory The day kicks off with a meet and greet with our A STAGE 1 YEAR 1-2 Growth of Presentation enthusiastic Rangers before enjoying an interactive T Growth of and engaging presentation. (approx 45 minutes) S YMBIO Grouping: Students are divided into their groups of approximately LivingLiving thingsthings x30 students and allocated a Ranger guide for each activity. STAGE 1 YEAR 1-2 STAGE

Exotic Animals Students participate in this walk for approx. atat SymbioSymbio & Farmyard Walk 50-60 minutes. Your own private Ranger guide included. $20.00+GST* Lunch / Toilet Break (approx. 25 minutes)

B per student Native Australian Students participate in this walk for approx. O Conditions apply Reptiles & 50-60 minutes. Your own private Ranger guide included. for parent and Animal Walk O teacher attendance** K O ! Wrap Up / Conclusion / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes) N Y L A IN OD *As this program is an educational service, all GST charged can be reimbursed in E T its entirety by the Government. (Minimum charge of x35 students).

**1x Teacher free per x15 students (Year 1-6) $26.00 per additional Teacher/Parent Excursion Transport Incursion BUS Walking grade

WHAT’S OPTIONAL INCLUDED EXTRAS About External features of living things GoPro Completed risk Animal feed short film assessment $1.10 per bag Students: A visit to Symbio Wildlife Park means the chance to observe • describe the external features of a variety of living things first-hand the features and changes of living things! Our (ACSSU017) experienced Rangers will walk your students through a variety Activities Transport • identify and group plants and animals using their external EVERYT of habitats and environments, giving them the opportunity to ISE H N IN features, for example: • Start the day in the amphitheatre with your own Transport quote is additional to A G investigate how living things grow in different places and their G excursion price listed above. R exclusive live animal presentation. Meet a selection O Transport & life stages of growth. They can see what meerkats eat, how ᵒ native and introduced plants and animals of five animals ranging from possums, lizards, snakes, E Completed Risk snakes shed their skin, and how kangaroos carry their young. Leave it all with us! Whilst you W ᵒ worms, insects, fish, reptiles, birds and mammals Assessment By the end of their action-packed day, students will be able to reptiles, birds, and alligators. are welcome to organise your describe the ways the different environments of exotic and native Living things live in different places • Two complete guided tours; own transport to and from the excursion, alternatively we can Australian animals provide for the needs of living things - Students: ᵒ Exotic Animal Walk: Get up close and meet farmyard organise and book all your how they survive, change, and reproduce. • identify that living things live in different places that suit animals, goats, chickens, roosters, sheep, llamas, transport requirements using our their needs (ACSSU211) guinea pigs, meerkats, cheetahs, ring tailed lemurs, Syllabus outcomes addressed very own Ranger Jamie buses and red pandas, monkeys alligators and MORE! coaches. Ask us for a transport Living things change • ST1-4LW-S describes observable features of living things ᵒ Native Australian Walk: Visit venomous snakes, quote and we can take care of everything. Students: and their environments pythons, lizards, spiders, koalas, crocs, eagles, Please note all coaches include seat belts • explore how living things grow, change and have offspring echidnas, emus, kangaroos, wallabies, however, buses do not. similar to themselves (ACSSU030) Syllabus content focus Tasmanian devils, birds and MORE! Key inquiry questions answered: • What are the external features of living things? • How can we improve a local environment to encourage living things to thrive? • How do living things change as they grow?

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SCIENCE FULL DAY Excursion (4 hours) 10am - 2pm North Sydney SCIENCE Syllabus outcomes addressed +GST* FULL DAY Incursion (5 hours) 9:30am - 2:30pm • Bobbin Head GEe-1ST1-9PW-ST | HTe-1 | STI-7PW | ST1-2DP-T | PD1-4 | PD1-5 $18.50 Time allocation for excursions can be tailored and adjusted to suit your individual Ku-ring-gai National Park B per student school timetable and scheduling. • Clifton Gardens Chowder Bay Mosman O Teachers & parents can attend for no O Arrival / Morning Tea / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes) Sydney City (CBD)

additional cost. STAGE 1 YEAR 1-2 K • Royal Botanic Gardens

O ! Introductory The day kicks off with a meet and greet with our South Sydney Push Y Presentation enthusiastic Rangers before enjoying an interactive and Push N • Bonnie Vale Royal National Park L A engaging presentation. (approx. 25 minutes) IN OD • Carss Park Bush Park E T • Shelly Park Beach Cronulla & Pull Grouping: Students are divided into their groups of approximately Western Sydney & Pull x30 students and allocated a Ranger guide for each activity. STAGE 1 YEAR 1-2 STAGE • Auburn Botanic Gardens • Western Sydney Parklands

Activity 1 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) Illawarra • Illawarra Fly Treetops Activity 2 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) ($20+GST per person) ♥ Stanwell Park Beach Reserve • Wollongong Botanic Gardens Lunch / Toilet Break (approx. 25 minutes) Refer to pages 16-17 for a detailed map highlighting our Activity 3 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) excursion locations. ♥ Our favourite locations for this program Activity 4 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes)

Wrap Up / Conclusion / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes)

WHAT’S About Syllabus content focus INCLUDED GoPro Supplementary Completed risk short film lesson ideas assessment Your students will never look at STEM activities in the same Key inquiry questions answered: way after this fun-packed excursion! Filled with hands-on • How are forces used for a purpose? experiments to give your students first-hand examples of push and pull forces in action, everything about this • Describe the effects of push and pull on familiar objects Activities Transport EVERYT ISE H excursion is interactive and allows the students to explore • Explore how different strengths of push and pull affect N IN For each excursion booking, Ranger Jamie Tours will Transport quote is additional to A G how objects move and react to force. They will get their G the movement of objects R carefully select 4 of the following activities for your excursion price listed above. O Transport & hands dirty making slime, investigate how different strengths • Demonstrate ways people use push and pull in students to enjoy on the day. These activities are E Completed Risk of forces affect everyday objects by making and launching Leave it all with us! Whilst you W Assessment their everyday life subject to the excursion location. rockets 60m into the air, and test their knowledge of energy are welcome to organise your through the Ranger Jamie Olympic Games. Students will be • Students will enjoy an interactive introductory presentation own transport to and from the Forces and energy in products able to witness and discuss the simple ways they use push exploring how objects move and react to force. excursion, alternatively we can and pull forces in everyday life, allowing them to further Students: organise and book all your • Making slime develop their understanding of forces and energy and how • explore how technologies use forces to create movement transport requirements using our they can be used for specific purposes in products. • Billy carts in products (ACTDEK002) very own Ranger Jamie buses and • String balloon championship coaches. Ask us for a transport Syllabus outcomes addressed • design and develop a product that uses one or more forms quote and we can take care of everything. of energy to create change • Making rockets • ST1-9PW-ST investigates how forces and energy are used Please note all coaches include seat belts • Push & pull olympic games in products however, buses do not. • ST1-7PW describes effects of pushes and pulls on objects they encounter • ST1-2DP-T uses materials, tools and equipment to develop solutions for a need or opportunity STEM Based Programs • PD1-4 performs movement skills in a variety of sequences and situations • PD1-5 proposes a range of alternatives to solve movement challenges through participation in a range of activities

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SCIENCE HALF DAY Incursion (2 hours) 9:30am - 11:30am SCIENCE Syllabus outcomes addressed Time allocation for excursions can be tailored and adjusted to suit your individual GEe-1ST1-8PW-S | HTe-1 | ST1-9PW-ST school timetable and scheduling.

8:45am Rangers arrive at your school for set up STAGE 1 YEAR 1-2

Introductory The day kicks off with a meet and greet with our enthusiastic Sound Presentation Rangers before enjoying an interactive and engaging presen- Sound tation. 9:30am- 9:50am

Grouping: Students are divided into two groups. EnergyEnergy Students are allocated a Ranger guide for each activity. STAGE 1 YEAR 1-2 STAGE

$900 flat+GST* fee Activity 1 Students participate in activity 1 from 10:00am - 10:35am. 2 hour incursion (approx 35 minutes) B unlimited students

O Teachers & parents Activity 2 Students participate in activity 2 from 10:40am - 11:15am. O can attend for no (approx 35 minutes) additional cost. K

O ! Wrap Up / Conclusion (approx. 15 minutes) N Y LI DA NE TO *As this program is an educational service, all GST charged can be reimbursed in its entirety by the Government. (Minimum charge of x35 students).

WHAT’S INCLUDED About Syllabus content focus GoPro Supplementary Completed risk short film lesson ideas assessment On this action packed incursion students will investigate Key inquiry questions answered: how sound travels and how we hear sounds. Filled with • What are the different forms of energy around us demonstrations and experiments that will allow your and how can we detect them? students to explore how sound energy is sensed and Activities produced. Students will make telephones to investigate Energy comes in different forms that can be detected • The day starts with an interactive and engaging presentation on the Earth’s resources how we communicate using sound, create music with glass chimes, observing how sound moves solid objects Students: • Two activities; through vibrations, and even build their own guitars • Produce and describe different sounds by exploring ᵒ Activity 1: Students delve into the world of musical pitch and explore glass chimes, how and perform in a band! musical instruments. vibrating drums can move solid objects and finish off with making their own telephones. Syllabus outcomes addressed • Explore how the volume and pitch of a sound can ᵒ Activity 2: Students in groups make musical guitar instruments which they can tune to be changed. different notes and explore the importance of tension in creating sound. • ST1-8PW-S describes common forms of energy and • Identify sound and movement as forms of energy. explores some characteristics of sound energy • Explore sound from various sources, using the senses. • ST1-9PW-ST investigates how forces and energy are used in products

STEM Based Programs

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SCIENCE HALF DAY Incursion (2 hours) 9:30am - 11:30am SCIENCE Syllabus outcomes addressed Time allocation for excursions can be tailored and adjusted to suit your individual GEe-1ST1-10ES-S | HTe-1 | PD1-10 school timetable and scheduling.

8:45am Rangers arrive at your school for set up STAGE 1 YEAR 1-2

Introductory The day kicks off with a meet and greet with our enthusiastic The Earth’s Presentation Rangers before enjoying an interactive and engaging presen- The Earth’s tation. 9:30am- 9:50am

Grouping: Students are divided into two groups. ResourcesResources Students are allocated a Ranger guide for each activity. STAGE 1 YEAR 1-2 STAGE

Activity 1 Students participate in activity 1 from 10:00am - 10:35am. (approx 35 minutes)

+GST* $900 flat fee Activity 2 Students participate in activity 2 from 10:40am - 11:15am. 2 hour incursion (approx 35 minutes) B unlimited students

O Teachers & parents Wrap Up / Conclusion (approx. 15 minutes) O can attend for no additional cost. K O ! *As this program is an educational service, all GST charged can be reimbursed in N Y its entirety by the Government. (Minimum charge of x35 students). L A INE TOD

WHAT’S INCLUDED About Syllabus content focus GoPro Supplementary Completed risk short film lesson ideas assessment In this jam-packed incursion, students will learn about Key inquiry questions answered: Australia’s wealth of natural resources, such as clean air, • What are Earth’s resources and how do we use water, sunlight, timber and oil. Through investigative and and care for them? hands-on activities, students will have the opportunity to Activities observe how crucial these resources are to sustaining our Earth’s resources • The day starts with an interactive and engaging presentation on the Earth’s resources world, and how they are used and needed by humans, plants and animals. Rangers will place emphasis on the importance Students: • Two activities; of water as a natural resource, exploring ways in which it is • identify and explore the use of a variety of Earth’s ᵒ Activity 1: Waterworks. Here students are in groups and focus on the importance of clean formed and how we can preserve it. Hands-on experiments resources including water and soil (ACSSU032) waterways for our oceans, streams, lagoons, rivers and why our animals need clean water. will draw your students right in, getting them slightly gooey, • plan and implement strategies considering conservation of Students get their hands all slimy, oily and gooey- a perfect and extremely fun way to learn. slimy and oily - the perfect way to pique their interest in the importance of keeping our waterways, oceans, lagoons and resources to address sustainability and to meet personal ᵒ Activity 2: Rain clouds and pot plants. Students learn what causes rain and why water, lakes clean! and/or community needs, for example: (ACTDEK001) sunlight and temperature are important to living things. ᵒ turning off dripping taps Syllabus outcomes addressed ᵒ turning off unnecessary lights • ST1-10ES-S recognises observable changes occurring in ᵒ reusing/recycling campaigns the sky and on the land and identifies Earth’s resources • PD1-10 describes and practises interpersonal skills to promote inclusion to make themselves and others feel they belong STEM Based Programs

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HISTORY

SCIENCE

SYMBIO Arrive/Depart Locations

GEOGRAPHY FULL DAY Excursion (4 hours) 10am - 2pm North Sydney GEOGRAPHY • Bobbin Head Syllabus outcomes addressed +GST* Time allocation for excursions can be tailored and adjusted to suit your individual Ku-ring-gai National Park GE2-1 | GE2-2 | GE2-3 | GE2-4 $18.50 school timetable and scheduling. • Bradleys Head -

B Sydney Harbour National Park per student • Clifton Gardens O Teachers & parents Arrival / Morning Tea / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes) Chowder Bay Mosman can attend for no O • Nielsen Park Vaucluse additional cost. K • Shark Island Sydney Harbour Introductory The day kicks off with a meet and greet with our (+ $20 per person extra for ferry) Places are O ! Presentation enthusiastic Rangers before enjoying an interactive and STAGE 2 YEAR 3-4 Places are engaging presentation. (approx. 25 minutes) Sydney City (CBD) Y N A LI D • Royal Botanic Gardens NE TO • The Sydney Tower Eye Grouping: Students are divided into their groups of approximately ($20+GST per person) SimilarSimilar && x30 students and allocated a Ranger guide for each activity. South Sydney STAGE 2 YEAR 3-4 STAGE • Carss Park Bush Park Activity 1 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) • Shelly Park Beach Cronulla DifferentDifferent ExperienceExperience ♥ Wattamolla Royal National Park Activity 2 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) Western Sydney • Auburn Botanic Gardens • Western Sydney Parklands Lunch / Toilet Break (approx. 25 minutes) Illawarra • Illawarra Fly Treetops Activity 3 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) ($20+GST per person) • Killalea State Park Shellharbour • Minnamurra Rainforest Activity 4 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) ♥ Stanwell Park Beach Reserve • Symbio Wildlife Park Excursion • Wollongong Botanic Gardens Transport Wrap Up / Conclusion / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes) Walking grade Incursion Refer to pages 16-17 for a BUS | TRAIN | FERRY detailed map highlighting our excursion locations. *As this program is an educational service, all GST charged can be reimbursed in its entirety by the Government. (Minimum charge of x35 students). ♥ Our favourite locations for this program About The Australian continent Students: Gear up for a jam-packed excursion experience that will have your students talking for days. Experience breath- • investigate Australia’s major natural and human features taking ocean and bushland scenery, whilst exploring features for example: (ACHGK014, ACHGK015) WHAT’S and characteristics of different places and environments. INCLUDED ᵒ description of natural features of Australia GoPro Supplementary Completed risk Students will participate in activities such as dip net fishing in short film lesson ideas assessment example: deserts, rivers, mountains a freshwater creek, bug catching, bushwalking and building beach habitats for turtles and penguins, investigating the ways Climate of places people, places and environments interact. Students will examine Activities Transport Students: EVERYT ISE H the characteristics of the location they are in, observing the N IN Ranger Jamie Tours will carefully select 4 of the following Transport quote is additional to A G bushland, sand and sea, and have the opportunity to consider • investigate the climates and weather of different places G R activities for your students to enjoy on the day. excursion price listed above. O Transport & how people’s perceptions of places are the basis for actions to (ACHGK017) These activities are subject to the excursion location. E Completed Risk protect places and environments - all while having fun! Leave it all with us! Whilst you W Assessment Similarities and differences between places • Students will enjoy an interactive introduction are welcome to organise your Syllabus outcomes addressed Students: presentation about native animals up close, own transport to and from the • investigate the settlement patterns and demographic examining museum grade taxidermy specimens. excursion, alternatively we can • GE2-1 examines features and characteristics of places organise and book all your characteristics of places and the lives of the people • Dip net fishing and environments transport requirements using our who live there, for example: (ACHGK019) • GE2-2 describes the ways people, places and • Crab catching very own Ranger Jamie buses and • examination of the varying settlement patterns and environments interact • Minibeast bug catching & face painting coaches. Ask us for a transport demographics of places quote and we can take care of everything. • GE2-3 examines differing perceptions about the management • Bush walking of places and environments Perception and protection of places Please note all coaches include seat belts • Habitat making sand sculptures however, buses do not. • GE2-4 acquires and communicates geographical information Students: • Animal enclosure & avery walkabout using geographical tools for inquiry • investigate how the protection of places is influenced by • Places are similar and different Olympics people’s perception of places, for example: (ACHGK018) Syllabus content focus ᵒ description of how and why people perceive Key inquiry questions answered: places differently • How and why are places similar and different? ᵒ discussion of how people’s perceptions influence the • What would it be like to live in a neighbouring country? protection of places in Australia eg national parks, world heritage sites • How do people’s perceptions about places influence their views about the protection of places?

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GEOGRAPHY FULL DAY Excursion (4 hours) 10am - 2pm North Sydney GEOGRAPHY • Bobbin Head Syllabus outcomes addressed Time allocation for excursions can be tailored and adjusted to suit your individual +GST* Ku-ring-gai National Park GE2-1 | GE2-2 | GE2-3 | GE2-4 school timetable and scheduling. $18.50 • Clifton Gardens B per student Chowder Bay Mosman • Nielsen Park Vaucluse O Teachers & parents Arrival / Morning Tea / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes) • Bradleys Head - can attend for no O Sydney Harbour National Park additional cost. • Shark Island Sydney Harbour K Introductory The day kicks off with a meet and greet with our (+ $20 per person extra for ferry) STAGE 2 YEAR 3-4 The Earth’s O ! Presentation enthusiastic Rangers before enjoying an interactive and The Earth’s engaging presentation. (approx. 25 minutes) Y Sydney City (CBD) N A LI D • Royal Botanic Gardens NE TO • The Sydney Tower Eye Grouping: Students are divided into their groups of approximately ($20+GST per person) environmentenvironment x30 students and allocated a Ranger guide for each activity. STAGE 2 YEAR 3-4 STAGE South Sydney • Carss Park Bush Park Activity 1 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) • Shelly Park Beach Cronulla ♥ Wattamolla Royal National Park

Activity 2 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) Western Sydney • Western Sydney Parklands Lunch / Toilet Break (approx. 25 minutes) Illawarra • Illawarra Fly Treetops Activity 3 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) ($20+GST per person) ♥ Stanwell Park Beach Reserve • Symbio Wildlife Park Activity 4 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) • Wollongong Botanic Gardens • Killalea State Park Shellharbour Excursion • Minnamurra Rainforest Transport Wrap Up / Conclusion / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes) Incursion Refer to pages 16-17 for a BUS | TRAIN | FERRY Walking grade detailed map highlighting our excursion locations. *As this program is an educational service, all GST charged can be reimbursed in ♥ Our favourite locations its entirety by the Government. (Minimum charge of x35 students). for this program About Significance of environments Students: Students will have the chance to explore Australia’s great outdoors, observing the climate, natural vegetation and native • investigate the importance of natural vegetation and animals of Australia. Students will be involved in team building natural resources to the environment, animals and people, WHAT’S INCLUDED activities such as bug catching, fishing, exploring our gorgeous for example: (ACHGK021, ACHGK022, ACHGK024) GoPro Supplementary Completed risk coast on a secret coastal bushwalk, and test their knowledge short film lesson ideas assessment ᵒ identification of types of natural vegetation through the Ranger Jamie Olympic Games. Through our eg forests, grasslands, deserts experienced Rangers’ interactive presentation with Activities Transport museum-grade taxidermy animals, students will have the ᵒ explanation of the importance of natural vegetation to EVERYT ISE H opportunity to understand the importance of the environment animals and the functioning of the environment N IN Ranger Jamie Tours will carefully select 4 of the following Transport quote is additional to A G G and how it supports the lives of people and other living things eg provision of habitats, production of oxygen activities for your students to enjoy on the day. excursion price listed above. R O Transport & and learn ways they can help achieve sustainability! These activities are subject to the excursion location. E Completed Risk Perception of environments Leave it all with us! Whilst you W Assessment • Students will enjoy an interactive introduction are welcome to organise your Syllabus outcomes addressed Students: presentation about native animals up close, own transport to and from the • investigate the ways people, including Aboriginal and Torres • GE2-1 examines features and characteristics of places examining museum grade taxidermy specimens. excursion, alternatively we can and environments Strait Islander Peoples, value environments, for example: organise and book all your • Dip net fishing (ACHGK022, ACHGK023, ACHGK024) transport requirements using our • GE2-2 describes the ways people, places and • Crab catching very own Ranger Jamie buses and environments interact ᵒ discussion of why people value environments differently coaches. Ask us for a transport eg cultural, agricultural, commercial, recreational values • Mini beast bug catching & face painting • GE2-3 examines differing perceptions about the quote and we can take care of everything. management of places and environments • Bush walking Protection of environments Please note all coaches include seat belts • Habitat making • GE2-4 acquires and communicates geographical Students: however, buses do not. information using geographical tools for inquiry • Animal enclosure & avery walkabout • investigate sustainable practices that protect environments, including those of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander • The Earth’s environment Olympics Syllabus content focus Peoples, for example: (ACHGK023, ACHGK024, ACHGK025) Key inquiry questions answered: ᵒ examination of how environments can be used • How does the environment support the lives of people sustainably eg sustainable agricultural, commercial and other living things? and recreational practices • How do different views about the environment influence ᵒ discussion of ways waste can be managed sustainably approaches to sustainability? • How can people use places and environments more sustainably? 66 Find out more or book your next excursion or incursion online today rangerjamie.com.au Visit our website for more information or contact us on 0432 851 574 [email protected] 67 Arrive/Depart GEOGRAPHY FULL DAY Excursion (4 hours) 10am - 2pm +GST* Syllabus outcomes addressed Time allocation for excursions can be tailored and adjusted to suit your individual GE2-1 | GE2-2 | GE2-3 $20.00 SYMBIO school timetable and scheduling. O

B per student N

O Conditions apply for parent and Arrival / Morning Tea in Amphitheater / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes) L teacher attendance** O Y K Introductory The day kicks off with a meet and greet with our A STAGE 2 YEAR 3-4 O ! Presentation enthusiastic Rangers before enjoying an interactive T The Earth’s Y The Earth’s N and engaging presentation. (approx 45 minutes) S L A YM O INE TOD BI Grouping: Students are divided into their groups of approximately x30 students and allocated a Ranger guide for each activity.

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Exotic Animals Students participate in this walk for approx. 50-60 min- atat SymbioSymbio & Farmyard Walk utes. Your own private Ranger guide included. Lunch / Toilet Break (approx. 25 minutes)

Native Australian Students participate in this walk for approx. 50-60 min- Reptiles & utes. Your own private Ranger guide included. Animal Walk

Wrap Up / Conclusion / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes)

About Significance of environments Students: Surround your students with the wildlife and amazing scenery Symbio Wildlife Park has to offer! Through observing • investigate the importance of natural vegetation and WHAT’S OPTIONAL the habitats, climates and animals, students can examine natural resources to the environment, animals and people, INCLUDED EXTRAS GoPro Completed risk Animal feed close-up how important natural vegetation and the earth’s for example: (ACHGK021, ACHGK022, ACHGK024) short film assessment $1.10 per bag resources are to the environment, animals and people. They ᵒ identification of types of natural vegetation will learn about the ways environments are used by people of eg forests, grasslands, deserts different backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Isander Peoples, and how we can work together so sustain ᵒ explanation of the importance of natural vegetation Activities Transport EVERYT ISE H and preserve our earth’s precious resources. to animals and the functioning of the environment N IN • Start the day in the amphitheatre with your own Transport quote is additional to A G G eg provision of habitats, production of oxygen excursion price listed above. R exclusive live animal presentation. Meet a selection O Transport & Syllabus outcomes addressed E Completed Risk Perception of environments of five animals ranging from possums, lizards, snakes, Leave it all with us! Whilst you W Assessment • GE2-1 examines features and characteristics of places reptiles, birds, and alligators. Students: are welcome to organise your and environments • Two complete guided tours; own transport to and from the • investigate the ways people, including Aboriginal and excursion, alternatively we can • GE2-2 describes the ways people, places and ᵒ Exotic Animal Walk: Get up close and meet farmyard Torres Strait Islander Peoples, value environments, organise and book all your environments interact animals, goats, chickens, roosters, sheep, llamas, for example: (ACHGK022, ACHGK023, ACHGK024) transport requirements using our • GE2-3 examines differing perceptions about the guinea pigs, meerkats, cheetahs, ring tailed lemurs, ᵒ discussion of why people value environments differently very own Ranger Jamie buses and management of places and environments red pandas, monkeys alligators and MORE! eg cultural, agricultural, commercial, recreational values coaches. Ask us for a transport quote and we can take care of everything. Syllabus content focus ᵒ Native Australian Walk: Visit venomous snakes, Protection of environments pythons, lizards, spiders, koalas, crocs, eagles, Please note all coaches include seat belts Key inquiry questions answered: Students: echidnas, emus, kangaroos, wallabies, however, buses do not. Tasmanian devils, birds and MORE! • How does the environment support the lives of people and • investigate sustainable practices that protect other living things? environments, including those of Aboriginal and Torres • How do different views about the environment influence Strait Islander Peoples, for example: approaches to sustainability? (ACHGK023, ACHGK024, ACHGK025) • How can people use places and environments ᵒ examination of how environments can be used more sustainably? sustainably eg sustainable agricultural, commercial and recreational practices ᵒ discussion of why people visit other places

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GEOGRAPHY/HISTORY GEOGRAPHY FULL DAY Excursion (4 hours) 10am - 2pm South Sydney FULL DAY Incursion (5 hours) 9:30am - 2:30pm ♥ Bundeena Syllabus outcomes addressed +GST* • Carss Park Bush Flat GE2-2 | GE2-3 | HT2-1 | HT2-2 | HT2-4 Time allocation for excursions can be tailored and adjusted to suit your individual $22.00 Illawarra B per student school timetable and scheduling. • Bass Point Marine Reserve O Teachers & parents • Blackbutt Forest Reserve can attend for no O additional cost. Arrival / Morning Tea / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes) • Illawarra Fly Treetops K ($20+GST per person) O ! Introductory The day kicks off with a meet and greet with our • Killalea State Park Shellharbour Aboriginal • Lake Illawarra Foreshore Aboriginal enthusiastic Rangers before enjoying an interactive and Y Presentation N HISTORY LI DA engaging presentation. (approx. 25 minutes) • Minnamurra River NE TO • Stanwell Park Beach Reserve • Wollongong Botanic Gardens experience Grouping: Students are divided into their groups of approximately STAGE 2 YEAR 3-4 STAGE experience Refer to pages 16-17 for a x30 students and allocated a Ranger guide for each activity. detailed map highlighting our excursion locations.

Activity 1 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) STAGE 2 YEAR 3-4 ♥ Our favourite locations for this program Activity 2 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes)

Lunch / Toilet Break (approx. 25 minutes)

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This program is delivered by the experienced Gumaraa Rangers who *As this program is an educational service, all GST charged can be reimbursed in Excursion deliver authentic and immersive its entirety by the Government. (Minimum charge of x35 students). Transport Incursion Indigenous experiences for all. BUS | TRAIN | FERRY Walking grade

WHAT’S INCLUDED About Syllabus content focus Completed risk assessment Before the First Fleet arrived on Australian shores, what was Key inquiry questions answered: the Aboriginal way of life? Why did the Europeans settle • How do people’s perceptions about places influence their in Australia? How did the Aboriginal culture change after views about the protection of places? Activities Transport their arrival? All these questions - and many more - will EVERYT ISE H • How do different views about the environment influence N IN be answered on this culturally invigorating excursion. The For each excursion booking, the Gumaraa rangers will Transport quote is additional to A G G Gumaraa Rangers will guide your students through the approaches to sustainability? carefully select 4 of the following activities for your excursion price listed above. R O Transport & traditions of one of the world’s oldest surviving cultures, • How can people use places and environments students to enjoy on the day. These activities are E Completed Risk teaching them about Aboriginal life before European Leave it all with us! Whilst you W Assessment more sustainably? subject to the excursion location. settlement, the nature and consequences of contact are welcome to organise your between the Indigenous people and the settlers, and show • Who lived here first and how do we know? • Students will enjoy an interactive introductory own transport to and from the excursion, alternatively we can them first-hand the integral part music, art and language • What is the nature of the contribution made by different presentation, where students will examine organise and book all your Gumaraa have in their traditions. It’s an action-packed day groups and individuals in the community? Aboriginal artefacts. transport requirements using our that will surely have your students talking for weeks! • Ocre Ceremony • What was life like for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait very own Ranger Jamie buses and Syllabus outcomes addressed Islander peoples before the arrival of the Europeans? • Bush Tucker/ Medicine Walk coaches. Ask us for a transport • What was the nature and consequence of contact • String making quote and we can take care of everything. • GE2-2 describes the ways people, places and between Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples • Deadly Games – learn more specific information Please note all coaches include seat belts environments interact and early traders, explorers and settlers? about Aboriginal Culture however, buses do not. • GE2-3 examines differing perceptions about the • Dreaming stories management of places and environments • Boomerang throwing • HT2-1 identifies celebrations and commemorations of significance in Australia and the world • HT2-2 describes and explains how significant individuals, groups and events contributed to changes in the local community over time • HT2-4 describes and explains effects of British colonisation in Australia 70 Find out more or book your next excursion or incursion online today rangerjamie.com.au Visit our website for more information or contact us on 0432 851 574 [email protected] 71 Arrive/Depart

GEOGRAPHY FULL DAY Excursion (4 hours) 10am - 2pm Student Outcomes HISTORY Time allocation for excursions can be tailored and adjusted to suit your individual HT1-2 | HT1-3 school timetable and scheduling. O

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Arrival / Morning Tea in Amphitheater / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes) L Y

Introductory The day kicks off with a meet and greet with our A The Aboriginal Presentation enthusiastic Gumaraa Rangers before enjoying your T The Aboriginal exclusive and interactive live animal presentation. S Y STAGE 2 YEAR 3-4 (approx 45 minutes) MBIO Experience & Grouping: Students are divided into their groups of approximately

STAGE 2 YEAR 3-4 STAGE Experience & x30 students and allocated a Ranger guide for each activity.

Native Australian Students participate in this walk for approx. AustralianAustralian AnimalsAnimals Walk 1 50-60 minutes. Your own private Gumaraa Ranger guide included.

Excursion **1x Teacher free per x15 students (Year 1-6) Transport $26.00 per additional Teacher/Parent Incursion BUS Walking grade

WHAT’S OPTIONAL INCLUDED EXTRAS About • Aboriginal relationships to totems Completed risk Animal feed assessment $1.10 per bag Among the cute and cuddly native Australian animals at • How Aboriginal people utilise the local environment to Symbio Wildlife Park, your students will be able to learn encourage living things to thrive about the world’s oldest surviving culture in the most vibrant • Learn how Aboriginal people utilise traditional science and Activities Transport setting! In a day jam-packed with up-close encounters to a EVERYT technology in their lives to care for the environment and ISE H variety of animals your students will learn the significance N IN • Start the day in the amphitheatre with your own Transport quote is additional to A G living things G and connection of native Australian animals to Aboriginal excursion price listed above. R exclusive live animal presentation. Meet a selection O Transport & people. The Gumaraa Rangers will help your students • Aboriginal language, including names of native animals E Completed Risk

of five animals ranging from possums, lizards, snakes, W explore the connection Aboriginal people have with Leave it all with us! Whilst you Assessment • Discover what life was like for Aboriginal people and reptiles, birds, and alligators. their land, and the history and traditions of their culture. are welcome to organise your animals before European settlement Throughout the day students will be immersed within this • Two complete guided tours; own transport to and from the • Significance of animals in Dreamtime stories excursion, alternatively we can cultural experience and participate in discussions about the ᵒ Native Australian Walk 1: Students visit parrots, organise and book all your Dreaming, art, music and dance. Enjoy a day full of close dingos, eagles, wallabies, wombats, kangaroos, animal encounters they’re bound to never forget! transport requirements using our emus and MORE! very own Ranger Jamie buses and Content focus ᵒ Native Australian Walk 2: Visit venomous snakes, coaches. Ask us for a transport

Y pythons, lizards, spiders, koalas, crocs, echidnas, quote and we can take care of everything. O

• Significance and connection of native Australian animals U Tasmanian devils, birds and MORE! Please note all coaches include seat belts to Aboriginal people R

V however, buses do not. E • How Aboriginal people interact and use animals R Y for survival O W S N R G E • Traditional ways of life focussing on the Aboriginal people, U NG MA RA local beliefs, food, shelter, tools and weapons RAA • How places, people and animals interact This program is delivered by the experienced Gumaraa Rangers who deliver authentic and immersive • How and why Aboriginal people care for animals Indigenous experiences for all.

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FULL DAY Excursion (4 hours) 10am - 2pm HISTORY HISTORY Anzac Day Remembrance Syllabus outcomes addressed Time allocation for excursions can be tailored and adjusted to suit your individual Sydney City (CBD) GEe-1HT2-1 | | HTe-1 HT2-2 | HT2-5 school timetable and scheduling. • Hyde Park

Arrival / Morning Tea / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes) Chinese New Year Sydney City (CBD) STAGE 2 YEAR 3-4 Introductory The day kicks off with a meet and greet with our • China Town & Presentation enthusiastic Rangers before enjoying an interactive and Chinese Gardens of Friendship Commemorations,Commemorations, engaging presentation. (approx. 25 minutes) Western Sydney • Auburn Botanic Gardens Grouping: Students are divided into their groups of approximately Refer to pages 16-17 for a x30 students and allocated a Ranger guide for each activity. CelebrationsCelebrations && detailed map highlighting our STAGE 2 YEAR 3-4 STAGE excursion locations.

+GST* Activity 1 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) ♥ Our favourite locations $18.50 for this program RemembranceRemembrance B per student Activity 2 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) O Teachers & parents can attend for no O additional cost. Lunch / Toilet Break (approx. 25 minutes) K O ! N Y Activity 3 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) L A IN OD E T Activity 4 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes)

Wrap Up / Conclusion / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes)

Excursion *As this program is an educational service, all GST charged can be reimbursed in Transport Incursion its entirety by the Government. (Minimum charge of x35 students). BUS | TRAIN | FERRY Walking grade

WHAT’S About The role that people of diverse backgrounds have played INCLUDED GoPro Supplementary Completed risk Choose between two fantastic programs; Is your focus in the development and character of the local community short film lesson ideas assessment ANZAC Day / Remembrance Day OR Chinese New Year? (ACHHK062) Whatever your choice, this action-packed excursion is the Students: perfect way for students to learn how and why people • identify the various cultural groups that live and work EVERYT Activities Transport ISE H choose to remember significant events. Students will identify N IN in the local community A G global and national celebrations and commemorations G Transport quote is additional to R Anzac Day/Remembrance Day O Transport & through hands-on activities, and explore the origins of these Days and weeks celebrated or commemorated in Australia excursion price listed above. E Completed Risk celebrations and the cultures from which they originated. (including Australia Day, ANZAC Day, Harmony Week, • Hyde Park Anzac War Memorial tour W Assessment Leave it all with us! Whilst you This excursion can be custom built around a specific focus, National Reconciliation Week, NAIDOC Week, National • 1 minute of silence such as WWI: Commemorations & Heroes, including a Sorry Day) and the importance of symbols and emblems are welcome to organise your • Reflection letters to loved ones student role play of Simpson & his donkey. (ACHHK063) own transport to and from the excursion, alternatively we can Students: • Guided Monument walk Syllabus outcomes addressed organise and book all your • Role Play- Simpson & his Donkey • identify important Australian celebrations and transport requirements using our • HT2-1 identifies celebrations and commemorations of commemorations and discuss their origins and • Commemorations & Remembrance Olympics very own Ranger Jamie buses and significance in Australia and the world significance in society coaches. Ask us for a transport quote and Chinese New Year • HT2-2 describes and explains how significant individuals, we can take care of everything. Celebrations and commemorations in other places around groups and events contributed to changes in the local • Chinese Garden of Friendship tour the world; for example, Chinese New Year, Christmas Please note all coaches include seat belts • China Town tour community over time Day, Easter, Hanukkah, the Moon Festival and Ramadan however, buses do not. • HT2-5 applies skills of historical inquiry and communication (ACHHK064) • Amazing Race Students: • Chinese dragon making Syllabus content focus • identify global celebrations and commemorations, Key inquiry questions answered: including those of the major world religions • How has our community changed? What features have • difference and diversity Asia and Australia’s been lost and what features have been retained? engagement with Asia • What is the nature of the contribution made by different • describe the origin of these celebrations groups and individuals in the community? • How and why do people choose to remember significant events of the past?

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Arrival / Morning Tea / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes) Refer to pages 16-17 for a

detailed map highlighting our STAGE 2 YEAR 3-4 excursion locations. Introductory The day kicks off with a meet and greet with our Presentation enthusiastic Rangers before enjoying an interactive and First Contacts ♥ Our favourite locations First Contacts engaging presentation. (approx. 25 minutes) for this program

Grouping: Students are divided into their groups of approximately ExperienceExperience x30 students and allocated a Ranger guide for each activity. STAGE 2 YEAR 3-4 STAGE +GST* $18.50 Activity 1 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) B per student O Teachers & parents For this excursion experience can attend for no Activity 2 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) O all students dress up in additional cost. K convict clothing similar to below Lunch / Toilet Break (approx. 25 minutes) O ! N Y L A INE TOD Activity 3 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes)

Activity 4 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes)

Wrap Up / Conclusion / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes)

WHAT’S About Syllabus content focus INCLUDED GoPro Supplementary Completed risk short film lesson ideas assessment Allow your students to be transported back in time to the days Key inquiry questions answered: of our great explorers: James Cook, Abel Tasman, Matthew • Why did the great journeys of exploration occur? Flinders, Joseph Banks and Daniel Carl Solander. Students will EVERYT • Why did Europeans settle in Australia? Activities Transport ISE H put themselves in the shoes of these explorers, discover why N IN A G these explorers travelled such great distances and learn about • What was the nature and consequence of contact G • Students will enjoy an interactive introduction Transport quote is additional to R O Transport & Australia’s colonisation, travelling through time from pre- and between Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander presentation about famous Explorers and their excursion price listed above. E Completed Risk post-colonisation Australia. Through guided tours of the iconic W Assessment peoples and early traders, explorers and settlers? journey to Australia. Rocks district, dressing up as migrants, convicts and captains to Leave it all with us! Whilst you recreate Sydney circa 1900’s and testing their knowledge in the Students: • Dress ups of a Migrant, Soldier, Captain Arthur Philip are welcome to organise your Ranger Jamie Olympic Games, students will have the opportunity • identify the original inhabitants of Australia and Convicts own transport to and from the excursion, alternatively we can to investigate first-hand the changes to both the landscape of • Two guided walking Tours of the Rocks focusing on Sydney and in the lives of Australia’s Indigenous people. Stories of the First Fleet, including reasons for the journey, organise and book all your migrants, settlers and convicts (Ghost stories optional) who travelled to Australia, and their experiences following transport requirements using our Syllabus outcomes addressed arrival (ACHHK079) • Colonisation now vs then creative arts activity very own Ranger Jamie buses and coaches. Ask us for a transport quote and Students: • Monument walk focusing on Captain Arthur Phillips • HT2-2 describes and explains how significant individuals, we can take care of everything. journey and decisions to sail to Port Jackson groups and events contributed to changes in the local • identify reasons for the voyage of the First Fleet and Please note all coaches include seat belts community over time explain why various groups were passengers • First Contacts Olympics: Students will compete in teams to win The Ranger Jamie Olympics designed however, buses do not. • HT2-3 describes people, events and actions related to • describe the establishment of the British colony to reinforce information taught directly taken from world exploration and its effects at Port Jackson the NESA syllabus. • HT2-4 describes and explains effects of British • using a range of sources, investigate the everyday life colonisation in Australia of ONE of the following who sailed on the First Fleet • HT2-5 applies skills of historical inquiry and communication and lived in the early colony: a soldier, convict, ex-convict, official

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HISTORY FULL DAY Excursion (4 hours) 10am - 2pm North Sydney HISTORY Syllabus outcomes addressed Time allocation for excursions can be tailored and adjusted to suit your individual • Clifton Gardens GEe-1HT2-2 | | HTe-1 HT2-3 | HT2-4 | HT2-5 school timetable and scheduling. Chowder Bay Mosman • Nielsen Park Vaucluse

Sydney City (CBD) Arrival / Morning Tea / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes) • Royal Botanic Gardens STAGE 2 YEAR 3-4 South Sydney Introductory The day kicks off with a meet and greet with our Two Cultures - Presentation enthusiastic Rangers before enjoying an interactive and ♥ Kamay Botany Bay National Park Two Cultures - engaging presentation. (approx. 25 minutes) Western Sydney • Western Sydney Parklands +GST* Grouping: Students are divided into their groups of approximately AboriginalAboriginal && $18.50 x30 students and allocated a Ranger guide for each activity. Illawarra • Stanwell Park Beach Reserve STAGE 2 YEAR 3-4 STAGE

B per student • Wollongong Botanic Gardens O Teachers & parents Activity 1 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) can attend for no Refer to pages 16-17 for a O FirstFirst ContactsContacts additional cost. detailed map highlighting our K Activity 2 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) excursion locations.

O ! ♥ Y Our favourite locations N for this program LI DA Lunch / Toilet Break (approx. 25 minutes) NE TO Activity 3 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes)

Activity 4 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes)

Excursion Wrap Up / Conclusion / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes) Transport Incursion BUS | TRAIN | FERRY Walking grade

*As this program is an educational service, all GST charged can be reimbursed in its entirety by the Government. (Minimum charge of x35 students). About • Why did Europeans settle in Australia? Why did the great journeys of explorers occur? This excursion • What was the nature and consequence of contact tells tale of both sides of Australian history, located where it between Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander all began: when the majestic HMAS Endeavour landed in 1770. peoples and early traders, explorers and settlers? Explore the beginning of British colonisation, delve deep into WHAT’S The diversity and longevity of Australia’s first peoples INCLUDED European exploration of Australia, and experience what life was GoPro Supplementary Completed risk like during the expedition of James Cook and his crew. Students: short film lesson ideas assessment Students have the opportunity to dress up in colonial costumes • identify the original inhabitants of Australia and re-enact the journey with their classmates, walk the The journey(s) of at least ONE world navigator, explorer or EVERYT EXACT footprints of Captain James Cook, Sir Joseph Banks and Activities Transport ISE H trader up to the late eighteenth century, including their N IN their crew when they first arrived in Botany Bay, and reflect on A G G contacts with other societies and any impacts (ACHHK078) • Students will enjoy an interactive introduction Transport quote is additional to R the effects colonization has had on Aboriginal culture. O Transport & Students will be able to experience the incredible coastal presentation about Australian explorers and excursion price listed above. E Completed Risk Students: W Assessment landscape and bushlands, and imagine what it was like our first Australians. • outline the voyages of ONE early explorer such as Leave it all with us! Whilst you to live here before colonization. Captain Cook • Dress ups in colonial costumes are welcome to organise your own transport to and from the • Sir Joseph Banks’ botanical bush walk Syllabus outcomes addressed • discuss the question: ‘Who discovered Australia? excursion, alternatively we can • Monument walk following James Cook’s footsteps organise and book all your • HT2-2 describes and explains how significant individuals, The nature of contact between Aboriginal people and/or Torres Strait Islanders and the effects of these interactions • Museum Tour transport requirements using our groups and events contributed to changes in the local very own Ranger Jamie buses and on, for example, families and the environment (ACHHK080) • Aboriginal & First Contacts Experience Olympics community over time coaches. Ask us for a transport quote and • HT2-3 describes people, events and actions related to Students: we can take care of everything. world exploration and its effects • describe the nature of contact between Aboriginal people Please note all coaches include seat belts • HT2-4 describes and explains effects of British and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples and others, including however, buses do not. colonisation in Australia Aboriginal resistance • HT2-5 applies skills of historical inquiry and communication • explain the term ‘terra nullius’ and describe how this affected the British attitude to Aboriginal and Syllabus content focus Torres Strait Islander peoples • use sources to identify different perspectives on the Key inquiry questions answered: arrival of the British to Australia • Why did the great journeys of exploration occur? • outline the impact of early British colonisation on • What was life like for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ country peoples before the arrival of the Europeans?

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SCIENCE FULL DAY Excursion (4 hours) 10am - 2pm North Sydney SCIENCE Syllabus outcomes addressed FULL DAY Incursion (5 hours) 9:30am - 2:30pm • Bobbin Head GEe-1ST2-9PW-ST | HTe-1 | ST2-1WS-S | ST2-2DP-T Time allocation for excursions can be tailored and adjusted to suit your individual Ku-ring-gai National Park school timetable and scheduling. • Clifton Gardens Chowder Bay Mosman • Lane Cove National Park

Arrival / Morning Tea / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes) STAGE 1 YEAR 1-2 Sydney City (CBD) • Royal Botanic Gardens Introductory The day kicks off with a meet and greet with our Forces South Sydney Forces enthusiastic Rangers before enjoying an interactive and Presentation engaging presentation. (approx. 25 minutes) • Bonnie Vale Royal National Park • Carss Park Bush Park • Shelly Park Beach Cronulla Grouping: Students are divided into their groups of approximately

STAGE 1 YEAR 1-2 STAGE x30 students and allocated a Ranger guide for each activity. Western Sydney • Auburn Botanic Gardens • Western Sydney Parklands +GST* Activity 1 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) $18.50 Illawarra

B • Illawarra Fly Treetops per student Activity 2 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) ($20+GST per person) O Teachers & parents can attend for no ♥ Stanwell Park Beach Reserve O additional cost. • Wollongong Botanic Garden K Lunch / Toilet Break (approx. 25 minutes) ! Refer to pages 16-17 for a O detailed map highlighting our Y Activity 3 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) N excursion locations. LI DA NE TO ♥ Our favourite locations Activity 4 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) for this program

Wrap Up / Conclusion / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes)

WHAT’S INCLUDED GoPro Supplementary Completed risk About Syllabus content focus short film lesson ideas assessment

What is a force? Key inquiry questions answered: From friction to gravity, air pressure to magnetism and • How can objects affect other objects with or without Activities Transport everything that could possibly lie in between. Your students EVERYT touching them? ISE H N IN will learn about forces in the most imaginative way possible Transport quote is additional to A G • How can we use forces and energy in a product or system? • Activity 1: Team Race - construction of billy carts and races G on this hands on and interactive program! Through activities excursion price listed above. R O Transport & • Making Gooey Mystery Matter E such as making gooey mystery matter, launching air rockets, Activity 2: Completed Risk Contact and non-contact forces Leave it all with us! Whilst you W having billy cart races and testing their knowledge in the • Activity 3: Making and Launching Rockets Assessment are welcome to organise your riviting Ranger Jamie Olympic Games, students will observe Students: • Activity 4: Forces Olympics own transport to and from the first-hand how contact forces affect the behaviour of objects, • identify that both pushes and pulls can be classified as excursion, alternatively we can and develop their understanding of the ways in which energy contact and non-contact forces (ACSSU076) organise and book all your is used as a resource. • observe how contact and non-contact forces cause transport requirements using our very own Ranger Jamie buses and Syllabus outcomes addressed changes in the motion of objects, for example: (ACSSU076) coaches. Ask us for a transport ᵒ changes in speed • ST2-9PW-ST describes how contact and non-contact quote and we can take care of everything. ᵒ changes in direction forces affect an object’s motion Please note all coaches include seat belts • ST2-1WS-S questions, plans and conducts Forces and energy in products and systems however, buses do not. scientific investigations Students: • ST2-2DP-T selects and uses materials, tools and • investigate how forces and materials interact in a product equipment to develop solutions for a need or opportunity or system to perform a function (ACTDEK011)

STEM Based Programs

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SCIENCE FULL DAY Excursion (4 hours) 10am - 2pm North Sydney SCIENCE SyllabusScience outcomes outcomes addressed addressed FULL DAY Incursion (5 hours) 9:30am - 2:30pm • Bobbin Head GEe-1ST2-6MW-S | HTe-1 | ST2-8PW-ST | ST2-2DP-T | ST2-1WS-S Time allocation for excursions can be tailored and adjusted to suit your individual Ku-ring-gai National Park school timetable and scheduling. • Clifton Gardens Chowder Bay Mosman • Lane Cove National Park

Arrival / Morning Tea / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes) STAGE 1 YEAR 1-2 Sydney City (CBD) • Royal Botanic Gardens Introductory The day kicks off with a meet and greet with our Heat (solids, South Sydney Heat (solids, Presentation enthusiastic Rangers before enjoying an interactive and engaging presentation. (approx. 25 minutes) • Bonnie Vale Royal National Park • Carss Park Bush Park • Shelly Park Beach Cronulla liquidsliquids && Gases)Gases) Grouping: Students are divided into their groups of approximately STAGE 1 YEAR 1-2 STAGE x30 students and allocated a Ranger guide for each activity. Western Sydney • Auburn Botanic Gardens • Western Sydney Parklands Activity 1 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) +GST* Illawarra • Illawarra Fly Treetops $18.50 Activity 2 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) ♥ B per student Stanwell Park Beach Reserve • Wollongong Botanic Garden O Teachers & parents can attend for no Lunch / Toilet Break (approx. 25 minutes) O Refer to pages 16-17 for a additional cost. K detailed map highlighting our excursion locations. O ! Activity 3 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) N Y ♥ Our favourite locations L A for this program I D Activity 4 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) NE TO

Wrap Up / Conclusion / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes)

WHAT’S About Syllabus content focus INCLUDED GoPro Supplementary Completed risk short film lesson ideas assessment Your students will never think science is boring again after Key inquiry questions answered: this action-packed day! Filled with fun demonstrations and • How do materials change when heated and cooled? interactive experiments showcasing HEAT, our experienced Rangers will take your students on a journey to explore • Identify solids, liquids and gases as states of matter. Activities Transport EVERYT ISE H the three possible states of solids, liquids and gases in the N IN Transport quote is additional to A G Changes of state • Activity 1: Mystery Matter Slime G most hands-on ways imaginable. Watch the students create excursion price listed above. R O Transport & lava lamps, launch gas pressure rockets and make mystery Students: • Activity 2: Making Lava lamps, ice melting and exploding E Completed Risk matter slime, giving them the chance to investigate first- pressure water bag challenge Leave it all with us! Whilst you W Assessment • identify solids, liquids and gases as states of matter are welcome to organise your hand how solids and liquids change state, as well as the • Activity 3: Making and launching gas pressure rockets properties of natural and processed materials. • recognise that a change of state can be caused by adding own transport to and from the Get ready to get messy! or removing heat (ACSSU046) • Activity 4: Heat (solids, liquids, gas) Olympics excursion, alternatively we can organise and book all your • describe examples of changes of state in everyday life Syllabus outcomes addressed transport requirements using our • predict and observe the effects of adding or removing very own Ranger Jamie buses and • ST2-6MW-S describes how adding or removing heat heat on a variety of solids and/or liquids coaches. Ask us for a transport causes a change of state quote and we can take care of everything.

• ST2-8PW-ST describes the characteristics and effects Please note all coaches include seat belts of common forms of heat energy however, buses do not. • ST2-2DP-T selects and uses materials, tools and equipment to develop solutions for a need or opportunity STEM Based Programs • ST2-1WS-S questions, plans and conducts scientific investigations, collects and summarises data and communicates using scientific representations

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Introductory The day kicks off with a meet and greet with our A STAGE 2 YEAR 3-4 Presentation enthusiastic Rangers before enjoying an interactive T Life Cycles Life Cycles and engaging presentation. (approx 45 minutes) S YMBIO Grouping: Students are divided into their groups of approximately Classification & x30 students and allocated a Ranger guide for each activity. STAGE 2 YEAR 3-4 STAGE Classification &

Exotic Animals Students participate in this walk for approx. SurvivalSurvival ofof LivingLiving & Farmyard Walk 50-60 minutes. Your own private Ranger guide included. OOK ON B L Lunch / Toilet Break (approx. 25 minutes) IN E ThingsThings atat SymbioSymbio Native Australian Students participate in this walk for approx. +GST* T Reptiles & 50-60 minutes. Your own private Ranger guide included.

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**1x Teacher free per x15 students (Year 1-6) $26.00 per additional Teacher/Parent Excursion Transport Incursion BUS Walking grade

WHAT’S OPTIONAL INCLUDED EXTRAS About Classification of living things GoPro Completed risk Animal feed short film assessment $1.10 per bag Your students will never get a better close-up look at living Students: things and life cycles than through a visit to Symbio Wildlife • collect data and identify patterns to group living things Park! Students will have the opportunity to investigate first- according to their external features, and distinguish them Activities Transport hand how living things have life cycles, and how they are from non-living things (ACSSU044) EVERYT ISE H identified and grouped based on their observable features. N IN • Start the day in the amphitheatre with your own Transport quote is additional to A G G Our experienced Rangers will guide a walk through the Life cycles of living things excursion price listed above. R exclusive live animal presentation. Meet a selection O Transport & exotic and native flora and fauna, giving the students the Students: E Completed Risk of five animals ranging from possums, lizards, snakes, W chance to learn how scientific observations help people Leave it all with us! Whilst you Assessment • identify that living things have life cycles reptiles, birds, and alligators. understand the effect their actions have on the environment, are welcome to organise your and how we can care for our environment to ensure the • conduct an investigation into the life cycle of plants • Two complete guided tours; own transport to and from the excursion, alternatively we can survival of living things. and/or animals (ACSSU072) ᵒ Exotic Animal Walk: Get up close and meet farmyard organise and book all your animals, goats, chickens, roosters, sheep, llamas, Syllabus outcomes addressed Survival of living things transport requirements using our guinea pigs, meerkats, cheetahs, ring tailed lemurs, very own Ranger Jamie buses and Students: • ST2-4LW-S compares features and characteristics of red pandas, monkeys alligators and MORE! coaches. Ask us for a transport • describe how living things depend on each other and the living and non-living things ᵒ Native Australian Walk: Visit venomous snakes, quote and we can take care of everything. environment to survive, for example: (ACSSU073) pythons, lizards, spiders, koalas, crocs, eagles, Please note all coaches include seat belts Syllabus content focus ᵒ bees and flowers echidnas, emus, kangaroos, wallabies, however, buses do not. Key inquiry questions answered: ᵒ birds eat and disperse seeds Tasmanian devils, birds and MORE! • How can we group living things? • What are the similarities and differences between the life cycles of living things? • How are environments and living things interdependent?

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GEOGRAPHY FULL DAY Excursion (4 hours) 10am - 2pm Sydney City (CBD) GEOGRAPHY ♥ Syllabus outcomes addressed Time allocation for excursions can be tailored and adjusted to suit your individual China Town & GE3-1 | GE3-2 school timetable and scheduling. Chinese Gardens of Friendship Western Sydney

Arrival / Morning Tea / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes) • Auburn Botanic Gardens Refer to pages 16-17 for a detailed map highlighting our Introductory The day kicks off with a meet and greet with our A Diverse & Presentation enthusiastic Rangers before enjoying an interactive and excursion locations. STAGE 3 YEAR 5-6 A Diverse & engaging presentation. (approx. 25 minutes) ♥ Our favourite locations for this program

Grouping: Students are divided into their groups of approximately Connected World x30 students and allocated a Ranger guide for each activity. STAGE 3 YEAR 5-6 STAGE Connected World

Activity 1 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) +GST*

$18.50 Activity 2 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) B per student O Teachers & parents can attend for no O Lunch / Toilet Break (approx. 25 minutes) additional cost. K O ! Activity 3 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) N Y L A INE TOD Activity 4 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes)

Wrap Up / Conclusion / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes)

WHAT’S INCLUDED About Syllabus content focus GoPro Supplementary Completed risk short film lesson ideas assessment Experience the tranquil peace of a Chinese Garden, the Key inquiry questions answered: bustling chaos of Chinatown and the smell of fresh dumplings. • How do places, people and cultures differ across the world? This lively and colourful excursion will have your students • What are Australia’s global connections? Activities Transport immersed within authentic Asian culture as they learn and EVERYT ISE H N IN discover the history of Australia’s connections with Asia. • How do people’s connections to places affect their A G Ranger Jamie Tours will carefully select 4 of the following Transport quote is additional to G Students observe water dragons among luscious bamboo perception of them? R activities for your students to enjoy on the day. These excursion price listed above. O Transport & forests, rest amongst colourful lanterns, discover their own E Completed Risk

activities are subject to the excursion location. W zodiac sign and learn Mandarin calligraphy writing before Diversity across Asia Leave it all with us! Whilst you Assessment working in teams to consolidate their newfound knowledge Students: • Guided tour of The Chinese Garden of Friendship are welcome to organise your to win The Amazing Race. On this jam-packed and fast paced identifying customs, symbols and beliefs which played own transport to and from the • identification of countries of the Asia region in adventure, students learn about the diversity of the world’s an important part shaping Australia excursion, alternatively we can people and investigate how places, people and cultures differ relation to Australia organise and book all your • Explore China Town’s architecture, religious beliefs, food, across the world. They explore and reflect upon similarities, • examination of economic, demographic and social transport requirements using our festivals and cultural way of life differences and the importance of intercultural understanding differences between the countries of the Asia region very own Ranger Jamie buses and as they wander the hidden laneways of Chinatown and the eg employment, population, lifestyle • A Diverse and Connected World AMAZING RACE. coaches. Ask us for a transport majestic Chinese gardens of friendship. An authentic and quote and we can take care of everything. • Mandarin letter writing exciting experience your students will never forget!! Global connections • Chinese New Year dragon making Please note all coaches include seat belts Students: however, buses do not. Syllabus outcomes addressed • investigate connections between Australia and other • GE3-1 describes the diverse features and characteristics countries of the world, for example: (ACHGK034, of places and environments ACHGK035) • GE3-2 explains interactions and connections between ᵒ description of connections Australia has with other people, places and environments countries eg trade, migration, tourism, aid ᵒ examination of a significant event and its local, regional and global effect on people and place eg sporting or cultural event

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GEOGRAPHY FULL DAY Excursion (4 hours) 10am - 2pm South Sydney HISTORY Syllabus outcomes addressed Time allocation for excursions can be tailored and adjusted to suit your individual ♥ Audley to Bola Creek Rainforest GEe-1GE3-1 | HTe-1GE3-2 | GE3-3 | GE3-4 school timetable and scheduling. Royal National Park • Garie Beach Royal National Park • Wattamolla Royal National Park Arrival / Morning Tea / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes) Refer to pages 16-17 for a

detailed map highlighting our STAGE 3 YEAR 5-6 Introductory The day kicks off with a meet and greet with our excursion locations. Presentation enthusiastic Rangers before enjoying an interactive and BushfireBushfire HazardHazard engaging presentation. (approx. 25 minutes) ♥ Our favourite locations for this program

+GST* $18.50 Grouping: Students are divided into their groups of approximately x30 students and allocated a Ranger guide for each activity. Experience B STAGE 3 YEAR 5-6 STAGE Experience per student O Teachers & parents can attend for no O Activity 1 Students participate in each activity. (approx 45 minutes) additional cost. K O ! Activity 2 Students participate in each activity. (approx 45 minutes) N Y LI DA NE TO Lunch / Toilet Break (approx. 25 minutes)

Activity 3 Students participate in each activity. (approx 45 minutes)

Wrap Up / Conclusion / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes) Excursion Transport Incursion BUS | TRAIN Walking grade *As this program is an educational service, all GST charged can be reimbursed in its entirety by the Government. (Minimum charge of x35 students).

About Syllabus content focus

The warmer months in Australia have seen our country Key inquiry questions answered: set ablaze, making fire awareness and safety an essential • How can the impact of bushfires on people and priority for ALL Australian citizens. More relevant than ever places be reduced? before, this interactive and hands-on excursion will have your students exploring areas directly affected by real bushfires and • How do people and environments influence WHAT’S experiencing first-hand the impact fire has on native Australian one another? INCLUDED GoPro Supplementary Completed risk assessment flora and fauna. Students will conduct their own geological tests • How do people influence places and the management short film lesson ideas and explore bioindicators through fishing and bug catching of spaces within them? activities, making direct comparisons to fire and non-fire affected areas. As they walk through, witness and smell for Bushfire hazard Activities Transport EVERYT themselves a range of fire affected areas, students will observe ISE H Students: N IN Transport quote is additional to A G how environments have adapted to fires and examine the • Students will enjoy an interactive introductory G • investigate the impact of ONE contemporary bushfire excursion price listed above. R management of different places. They will explore the impact presentation on Fire Safety, dressing up as O Transport & E bushfires have on Australian people, places and environments hazard in Australia, for example: (ACHGK030) Completed Risk Fire Fighters and discussing their roles and Leave it all with us! Whilst you W Assessment and investigate ways people can reduce the impact of bushfires ᵒ identification of the location and extent of the disaster how fires affect Australians. are welcome to organise your in the future. Students will have the opportunity to dress up in ᵒ description of the impact of the disaster on natural • Macro Invertebrate Fishing in Fire Affected area own transport to and from the genuine Rural Fire Service, State Emergency Service and NSW excursion, alternatively we can vegetation and the damage caused to communities (Bola Creek Rainforest location) Fire and Rescue outfits and learn about the different roles of our organise and book all your Firefighting heroes and how they manage backburning, hazard ᵒ examination of how people can prevent and • Bush Walk transport requirements using our reductions and natural fire disasters. This informative excursion minimise the effects of a bushfire • Mini Beast Bug Catching in Pristine vs very own Ranger Jamie buses and will have your students engaged and immersed in the topic of Bushfire Affected ecosystems. coaches. Ask us for a transport Humans shape places bushfires, which has become so prevalent to all Australians. quote and we can take care of everything. Students: Syllabus outcomes addressed Please note all coaches include seat belts • investigate how people influence places, for example: however, buses do not. • GE3-1 describes the diverse features and characteristics of (ACHGK029) places and environments ᵒ description of who organises and manages places • GE3-2 explains interactions and connections between people, eg local and state governments places and environments ᵒ identification of ways people influence places and • GE3-3 compares and contrasts influences on the management contribute to sustainability eg roads and services, of places and environments building development applications, • GE3-4 acquires, processes and communicates geographical local sustainability initiatives information using geographical tools for inquiry

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GEOGRAPHY FULL DAY Excursion (4 hours) 10am - 2pm North Sydney GEOGRAPHY Syllabus outcomes addressed • Bradleys Head - +GST* Time allocation for excursions can be tailored and adjusted to suit your individual GE3-1 | GE3-2 | GE3-3 | GE3-4 school timetable and scheduling. Sydney Harbour National Park $18.50 • Nielsen Park Vaucluse

B per student • Shark Island Sydney Harbour O Teachers & parents Arrival / Morning Tea / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes) (+ $20 per person extra for ferry) can attend for no O • West Head Lookout additional cost. Ku-ring-gai National Park K Introductory The day kicks off with a meet and greet with our O ! Presentation enthusiastic Rangers before enjoying an interactive and Sydney City (CBD) STAGE 3 YEAR 5-6 FactorsFactors ThatThat engaging presentation. (approx. 25 minutes) N Y • The Sydney Tower Eye L A ($20+GST per person) INE TOD Grouping: Students are divided into their groups of approximately South Sydney x30 students and allocated a Ranger guide for each activity. Shape Places ♥ Bola Creek Rainforest STAGE 3 YEAR 5-6 STAGE Shape Places Royal National Park Activity 1 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) ♥ Garie Beach Royal National Park Western Sydney Activity 2 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) • Auburn Botanic Gardens Illawarra Lunch / Toilet Break (approx. 25 minutes) ♥ Illawarra Fly Treetops ($20+GST per person) • Minnamurra Rainforest Excursion Activity 3 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) • Stanwell Park Beach Reserve Transport Incursion • Symbio Wildlife Park BUS | TRAIN Walking grade ($20+GST per person) Activity 4 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) • Wollongong Botanic Gardens

Refer to pages 16-17 for a Factors that change environments About Wrap Up / Conclusion / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes) detailed map highlighting our Students: Come with us, as we take you to the only rainforest in Sydney! excursion locations. This secret spot will have your students walking along • investigate the ways people change the natural *As this program is an educational service, all GST charged can be reimbursed in ♥ Our favourite locations untouched creeks, bushwalking through pristine vegetation environment in Australia and another country, its entirety by the Government. (Minimum charge of x35 students). for this program and hugging our state’s tallest trees. Students are immersed for example: (ACHGK026, ACHGK027) within a range of natural settings, exploring and learning ᵒ examination of how people, including Aboriginal and first-hand how people and environments influence one Torres Strait Islander Peoples, have influenced each another. Our experienced Rangers will take your students country’s environmental characteristics eg land clearing WHAT’S fishing and bug catching on a platypus reserve while INCLUDED Completed risk sharing their expertise, examining the diverse features and GoPro Supplementary Environments shape places short film lesson ideas assessment characteristics of rainforest and coastal environments. Students will discover the importance of natural environments Students: and recognise how human influence through early settlement • investigate how the natural environment influences Activities Transport EVERYT has dramatically altered these ecosystems. Using provided ISE H people and places, for example: (ACHGK028) N IN A G temperature gauges and anemometers, students will put on Ranger Jamie Tours will carefully select 4 of the following Transport quote is additional to G ᵒ discussion of how climate influences the R their science hats to record and compare the geographical activities for your students to enjoy on the day. excursion price listed above. O Transport & distribution of where people live These activities are subject to the excursion location. E Completed Risk data of these environments, identifying key similarities and W Leave it all with us! Whilst you Assessment differences. What better way to learn about the factors that ᵒ comparison of how landforms influence where and • Students will enjoy an interactive introduction are welcome to organise your shape places than an exciting, action packed Ranger Jamie how people live in Australia and another country presentation about native animals up close, own transport to and from the adventure day amongst nature! excursion, alternatively we can Humans shape places examining museum grade taxidermy specimens. organise and book all your • Macro invertebrate fishing Syllabus outcomes addressed Students: transport requirements using our • GE3-1 describes the diverse features and characteristics • investigate how people influence places, for example: • Bush walk very own Ranger Jamie buses and coaches. Ask us for a transport of places and environments (ACHGK029) • Coastal walk quote and we can take care of everything. • GE3-2 explains interactions and connections between ᵒ description of who organises and manages places • Mini beast bug catching in pristine vs people, places and environments eg local and state governments bushfire affected ecosystems Please note all coaches include seat belts however, buses do not. • GE3-3 compares and contrasts influences on the ᵒ identification of ways people influence places and • Animal enclosure + avery walkabout management of places and environments contribute to sustainability eg roads and services, (Auburn Botanic Gardens location) building development applications, • GE3-4 acquires, processes and communicates geographical • Factors that shape places Olympics local sustainability initiatives information using geographical tools for inquiry ᵒ examination of a local planning issue; the different Syllabus content focus views about it and a possible action in response to it

Key inquiry questions answered: • How do people and environments influence one another? • How do people influence places and the management of spaces within them?

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*As this program is an educational service, all GST charged can be reimbursed in its entirety by the Government. (Minimum charge of x35 students). About Factors that change environments **1x Teacher free per x15 students (Year 1-6) Students: Cuddle a possum, pat a python and feed the wallabies in their $26.00 per additional Teacher/Parent natural habitat on this interactive and hands-on day • investigate the ways people change the natural at Symbio Wildlife Park! During this action packed excursion, environment in Australia and another country, students embark on intimate guided tours discovering how for example: (ACHGK026, ACHGK027) people and environments influence one another. Discover ᵒ examination of how people, including Aboriginal and how people influence places on two engaging walks through Torres Strait Islander Peoples, have influenced each the park with our expert Rangers. Students will examine WHAT’S OPTIONAL country’s environmental characteristics eg land clearing native and exotic animal species up close in their custom INCLUDED EXTRAS GoPro Completed risk Animal feed enclosures mimicking native environments and explore the Environments shape places short film assessment $1.10 per bag diverse features and characteristics of ecosystems including wetlands, water lagoons, bushland, deserts and rainforests. Students: Between animal cuddles and interactive presentations, • investigate how the natural environment influences Activities Transport students will analyse the crucial role of zoos and discover EVERYT people and places, for example: (ACHGK028) ISE H N IN how spaces are managed within Symbio Wildlife Park. • Start the day in the amphitheatre with your own Transport quote is additional to A G ᵒ discussion of how climate influences the distribution G They will also investigate the importance of a range of R exclusive live animal presentation. Meet a selection excursion price listed above. O Transport & of where people live breeding programs in populating Australia’s endangered E Completed Risk

of five animals ranging from possums, lizards, snakes, W animal species. Your students will be bursting with Leave it all with us! Whilst you Assessment Humans shape places reptiles, birds, and alligators. extensive knowledge and fun facts after this exciting are welcome to organise your and unforgettable day! Students: • Two complete guided tours; own transport to and from the excursion, alternatively we can • investigate how people influence places, for example: ᵒ Exotic Animal Walk: Get up close and meet farmyard Syllabus outcomes addressed organise and book all your (ACHGK029) animals, goats, chickens, roosters, sheep, llamas, transport requirements using our • GE3-1 describes the diverse features and characteristics of ᵒ description of who organises and manages places guinea pigs, meerkats, cheetahs, ring tailed lemurs, very own Ranger Jamie buses and places and environments eg local and state governments red pandas, monkeys alligators and MORE! coaches. Ask us for a transport • explains interactions and connections between GE3-2 ᵒ identification of ways people influence places and ᵒ Native Australian Walk: Visit venomous snakes, quote and we can take care of everything. people, places and environments contribute to sustainability eg roads and services, pythons, lizards, spiders, koalas, crocs, eagles, Please note all coaches include seat belts • GE3-3 compares and contrasts influences on the building development applications, echidnas, emus, kangaroos, wallabies, however, buses do not. management of places and environments local sustainability initiatives Tasmanian devils, birds and MORE! • GE3-4 acquires, processes and communicates geographical ᵒ examination of a local planning issue; the different information using geographical tools for inquiry views about it and a possible action in response to it Syllabus content focus

Key inquiry questions answered: • How do people and environments influence one another? • How do people influence places and the management of spaces within them? 94 Find out more or book your next excursion or incursion online today rangerjamie.com.au Visit our website for more information or contact us on 0432 851 574 [email protected] 95 Arrive/Depart Locations GEOGRAPHY/HISTORY FULL DAY Excursion (4 hours) 10am - 2pm South Sydney GEOGRAPHY FULL DAY Incursion (5 hours) 9:30am - 2:30pm ♥ Bundeena Syllabus outcomes addressed +GST* • Carss Park Bush Flat GE3-2 | GE3-3 | HT3-4 $22.00 Time allocation for excursions can be tailored and adjusted to suit your individual B per student school timetable and scheduling. Illawarra • Bass Point Marine Reserve O Teachers & parents can attend for no • Blackbutt Forest Reserve O Arrival / Morning Tea / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes) additional cost. • Illawarra Fly Treetops K ($20+GST per person) Aboriginal O ! Introductory The day kicks off with a meet and greet with our • Killalea State Park Shellharbour Aboriginal Presentation enthusiastic Rangers before enjoying an interactive and • Lake Illawarra Foreshore N Y A engaging presentation. (approx. 25 minutes) HISTORY LI D • Minnamurra River NE TO • Stanwell Park Beach Reserve • Wollongong Botanic Gardens experience Grouping: Students are divided into their groups of approximately STAGE 3 YEAR 5-6 STAGE experience x30 students and allocated a Ranger guide for each activity. Refer to pages 16-17 for a detailed map highlighting our excursion locations.

Activity 1 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) STAGE 3 YEAR 5-6 ♥ Our favourite locations for this program Activity 2 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes)

Lunch / Toilet Break (approx. 25 minutes)

Activity 3 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes)

Activity 4 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes)

Wrap Up / Conclusion / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes)

WHAT’S About Syllabus content focus INCLUDED Completed risk assessment Do you want your students to learn about traditional Key inquiry questions answered: Aboriginal languages from the land they live on? Would • How do people and environments influence one another? you like them to be able to identify the special relationships • How do people influence places and the management of Activities Transport Aboriginal people have with their land? Would your students EVERYT ISE H spaces within them? N IN enjoy an interactive day filled with exciting activities such For each excursion booking, the Gumaraa rangers will Transport quote is additional to A G G as boomerang-throwing, string-making and participating in • How do people’s connections to places affect their carefully select 4 of the following activities for your excursion price listed above. R O Transport & a traditional ochre and smoke ceremony? If so, let us take perception of them? students to enjoy on the day. These activities are E Completed Risk Leave it all with us! Whilst you W Assessment the planning off your hands. In this excursion, students will subject to the excursion location. learn about Australia pre- and post European settlement, • How did colonial settlement change the environment? are welcome to organise your discussing the Aborignal way of life before the First Fleet • How did Australian society change throughout the • Students will enjoy an interactive introductory own transport to and from the excursion, alternatively we can landed on Australian shores - such as what they traded, twentieth century? presentation, where students will examine what they ate, and how settlement changed one of the Aboriginal artefacts organise and book all your transport requirements using our world’s oldest surviving cultures forever. • Smoking and Ochre Ceremony very own Ranger Jamie buses and Syllabus outcomes addressed • Bush Tucker/ Medicine Walk coaches. Ask us for a transport

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WHAT’S OPTIONAL INCLUDED EXTRAS About • How Aboriginal people utilise the local environment to GoPro Completed risk Animal feed short film assessment $1.10 per bag Among the cute and cuddly native Australian animals at encourage living things to thrive Symbio Wildlife Park, your students will be able to learn • Learn how Aboriginal people utilise traditional science about the world’s oldest surviving culture in the most vibrant and technology in their lives to care for the environment Activities Transport setting! In a day jam-packed with up-close encounters to a EVERYT and living things ISE H variety of animals your students will learn the significance N IN • Start the day in the amphitheatre with your own Transport quote is additional to A G • Aboriginal language, including names of native animals G and connection of native Australian animals to Aboriginal excursion price listed above. R exclusive live animal presentation. Meet a selection O Transport & people. The Gumaraa Rangers will help your students • Discover what life was like for Aboriginal people and E Completed Risk

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HISTORY FULL DAY Excursion (4 hours) 10am - 2pm Sydney City (CBD) HISTORY ♥ Syllabus outcomes addressed Time allocation for excursions can be tailored and adjusted to suit your individual The Rocks GEe-1HT3-1 | | HTe-1 HT3-2 | HT3-3 | HT3-4 school timetable and scheduling. Refer to pages 16-17 for a detailed map highlighting our Arrival / Morning Tea / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes) excursion locations. ♥ Our favourite locations for this program STAGE 3 YEAR 5-6 Introductory The day kicks off with a meet and greet with our Presentation enthusiastic Rangers before enjoying an interactive and AustralianAustralian ColoniesColonies engaging presentation. (approx. 25 minutes)

+GST* Grouping: Students are divided into their groups of approximately $18.50 x30 students and allocated a Ranger guide for each activity. - Australia as B STAGE 3 YEAR 5-6 STAGE - Australia as per student O Teachers & parents can attend for no Activity 1 Students participate in each activity. (approx. 45 minutes) O additional cost. aa NationNation K O ! Activity 2 Students participate in each activity. (approx. 45 minutes) For this excursion experience N Y all students dress up in L A convict clothing similar to below INE TOD Lunch / Toilet Break (approx. 25 minutes) Excursion Transport Students participate in each activity. (approx. 20 minutes) Incursion Activity 3 BUS | TRAIN Walking grade

Activity 4 Students participate in each activity. (approx. 20 minutes)

About • Why and how did Australia become a nation? Walk in the footsteps and learn the tales of real colonial settlers • How did Australian society change throughout the Wrap Up / Conclusion / Toilet Break (approx. 10 minutes) as your students dive deep into the secret laneways, buildings twentieth century? and historical sites of The Rocks, Sydney. On this exciting, hands- • Who were the people who came to Australia? *As this program is an educational service, all GST charged can be reimbursed in on and even gruesome excursion, your students will experience Why did they come? its entirety by the Government. (Minimum charge of x35 students). life as a convict for a day in the authentic setting where colonial Australia began. Beginning with breathtaking views of Circular • What contribution have significant individuals and Quay, students will be in costume and in character as they groups made to the development of Australian society?

actively participate in this unforgettable interactive learning Reasons (economic, political and social) for the establishment of experience. Students will learn about the lives of real people British colonies in Australia after 1800 (ACHHK093) in Australia’s colonial past, discover how Australian society Students: WHAT’S changed throughout the twentieth century and examine the INCLUDED everyday life of a variety of men and women in post-1800 • discuss why the British government set up colonies GoPro Supplementary Completed risk short film lesson ideas assessment colonial settlements. Jam packed with extensive history, fun in Australia after 1800 facts, games and even ghost stories, this memorable excursion The nature of convict or colonial presence, including the factors that delivers a fresh new way to deliver Australia’s history which influenced patterns of development, aspects of the daily life of Activities Transport will have your students eagerly interacting, participating and inhabitants and how the environment changed (ACHHK094) EVERYT ISE H excitedly hanging off every word! N IN • Students will enjoy an interactive introduction Transport quote is additional to A G Students: G R presentation about famous Explorers and their excursion price listed above. O Transport & • outline settlement patterns in the nineteenth century Syllabus outcomes addressed E Completed Risk and the factors which influenced them journey to Australia. Leave it all with us! Whilst you W Assessment • HT3-1 describes and explains the significance of people, • discuss the impact of settlement on local Aboriginal • Dress ups of a Migrant, Soldier, are welcome to organise your groups, places and events to the development of Australia peoples and the environment Captain Arthur Philip and Convicts own transport to and from the • HT3-2 describes and explains different experiences of people excursion, alternatively we can • discuss the diverse relationships between Aboriginal • Two guided walking tours of the Rocks focusing living in Australia over time organise and book all your peoples and the British on migrants, settlers and convicts transport requirements using our • HT3-3 identifies change and continuity and describes the • investigate the everyday life of a variety of men and (Optional friendly ghost stories) very own Ranger Jamie buses and causes and effects of change on Australian society women in post-1800 colonial settlements using a range • Colonisation now vs then creative arts activity coaches. Ask us for a transport • HT3-4 explains the struggles for rights and freedoms of sources and explain their different experiences quote and we can take care of everything. • Australian Colonies Olympics: Students will compete in Australia, including Aboriginal and The reasons people migrated to Australia from Europe and Asia, in teams to win The Ranger Jamie Olympics designed Please note all coaches include seat belts Torres Strait Islander peoples and the experiences and contributions of a particular migrant group to reinforce information taught directly taken from however, buses do not. within a colony (ACHHK096) Syllabus content focus the NESA syllabus. Students: Key inquiry questions answered: • identify the European and Asian countries from which • What do we know about the lives of people in Australia’s people migrated to Australia during the nineteenth colonial past and how do we know? century and reasons for their migration • How did an Australian colony develop over time and why? • investigate the experiences of a particular migrant group • How did colonial settlement change the environment? and the contributions they made to society • What were the significant events and who were the significant people that shaped Australian colonies?

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SCIENCE HALF DAY Incursion (2 hours) 9:30am - 11:30am SCIENCE Syllabus outcomes addressed Time allocation for excursions can be tailored and adjusted to suit your individual GEe-1ST3-8PW-ST | HTe-1 | ST3-2DP-T | ST3-1WS-S school timetable and scheduling. $900 flat+GST* fee 2 hour incursion

B 8:45am Rangers arrive at your school for set up unlimited students STAGE 3 YEAR 5-6 O Teachers & parents O can attend for no Introductory The day kicks off with a meet and greet with our additional cost. Presentation enthusiastic Rangers before enjoying an interactive Electricity, K Electricity, and engaging presentation. 9:30am- 9:50am O ! N Y LI DA Grouping: Students are divided into two groups. Energy & NE TO Students are allocated a Ranger guide for each activity. STAGE 3 YEAR 5-6 STAGE Energy &

Activity 1 Students participate in activity 1 from 10:00am- 10:35am. LightLight (approx 35 minutes) Activity 2 Students participate in activity 2 from 10:40am-11:15am. (approx 35 minutes)

Wrap Up / Conclusion (approx. 15 minutes)

*As this program is an educational service, all GST charged can be reimbursed in its entirety by the Government. (Minimum charge of x35 students).

About Transfer and transformation of energy Students: Let us shed a new light onto electricity and energy in this exciting and action packed learning experience! In this • identify different types of energy transformations, WHAT’S INCLUDED engaging fast-paced incursion, students investigate how for example: (ACSSU097) GoPro Supplementary Completed risk short film lesson ideas assessment electrical energy can control movement with a range of ᵒ gravitational energy to energy of movement STEM based activities and challenges. In just two hours, your students will make their very own electrical circuits, ᵒ heat energy to light energy solar ovens AND wind turbines! Working within teams in • investigate how electrical energy can be transferred and Activities competitive games, students will be eagerly participating transformed in electrical circuits and can be generated • The day starts with an interactive and engaging presentation on the Earth’s resources and enthusiastically motivated as they investigate and from a range of sources (ACSSU097) discover first-hand how electricity can be used in a product • Two activities; while observing different types of energy transformations. Forces and energy in products and systems ᵒ Activity 1: Solar ovens- students in teams perform in a competition to convert Let us spark student interest in this fun and memorable UV radiation energy into heat session where you won’t even have to leave the front gate! Students: • describe examples where light, sound, heat and electrical ᵒ Activity 2: Electrical windmills + Electric circuits- students from scratch Syllabus outcomes addressed energy transform from one type of energy to another make their own windmills using the wind to convert this energy into electricity.

• ST3-8PW-ST explains how energy is transformed from • investigate how electrical energy can control movement, one form to another sound, or light in a product or system (ACTDEK020) • ST3-2DP-T plans and uses materials, tools and equipment • design, test and evaluate a product or system that to develop solutions for a need or opportunity involves an energy transformation to meet an identified need using electrical energy • ST3-1WS-S plans and conducts scientific investigations to answer testable questions, and collects and summarises data to communicate conclusions

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SCIENCE FULL DAY Excursion (4 hours) 10am - 2pm North Sydney SCIENCE SyllabusScience outcomes outcomes addressed addressed FULL DAY Incursion (5 hours) 9:30am - 2:30pm • Bobbin Head GEe-1ST3-6MW-S | HTe-1 | ST3-1WS-S | ST3-2DP-T Time allocation for excursions can be tailored and adjusted to suit your individual Ku-ring-gai National Park school timetable and scheduling. • Clifton Gardens Chowder Bay Mosman • Lane Cove National Park

Arrival / Morning Tea / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes) STAGE 3 YEAR 5-6 Sydney City (CBD) • Royal Botanic Gardens Introductory The day kicks off with a meet and greet with our Heat (solids, South Sydney Heat (solids, enthusiastic Rangers before enjoying an interactive and Presentation engaging presentation. (approx. 25 minutes) • Bonnie Vale Royal National Park • Carss Park Bush Park • Shelly Park Beach Cronulla liquids & Gases) Grouping: Students are divided into their groups of approximately STAGE 3 YEAR 5-6 STAGE liquids & Gases) x30 students and allocated a Ranger guide for each activity. Western Sydney • Auburn Botanic Gardens • Western Sydney Parklands +GST* Activity 1 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) $18.50 Illawarra

B per student • Illawarra Fly Treetops Activity 2 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) O Teachers & parents ($20+GST per person) can attend for no O ♥ Stanwell Park Beach Reserve additional cost. K Lunch / Toilet Break (approx. 25 minutes) • Wollongong Botanic Garden O ! Refer to pages 16-17 for a Y detailed map highlighting our N Activity 3 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) L A excursion locations. IN OD E T ♥ Our favourite locations Activity 4 Students participate in each activity. (approx 30 minutes) for this program

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WHAT’S INCLUDED About Syllabus content focus GoPro Supplementary Completed risk short film lesson ideas assessment Watch as the excitement heats up in this interactive and Key inquiry questions answered: action packed science STEM based program! Prepare your • How can the state of materials be changed students to get their hands dirty as they discover the effect and manipulated? of heat on the properties and behaviour of materials in Activities Transport EVERYT ISE H making their very own SLIME! With exciting explosions, • What is the result of combining materials? N IN Transport quote is additional to A G • Activity 1: Mystery Matter Slime G demonstrations and hands-on experiments, students will excursion price listed above. R O Transport & examine the result of combining different materials and Syllabus outcomes addressed • Activity 2: Chemical Mixing Lava lamps, ice melting E Completed Risk discover how materials can be changed and manipulated. and exploding pressure water bag challenge Leave it all with us! Whilst you W Assessment • ST3-6MW-S explains the effect of heat on the properties Investigate first-hand the different properties of solids, are welcome to organise your and behaviour of materials • Activity 3: Mixing vinegar and bicarb to launch liquids and gases, and discover what happens when own transport to and from the and explode rockets combining and separating certain mixtures. Exploding • ST3-1WS-S plans and conducts scientific investigations to excursion, alternatively we can bag challenges, lava lamp making and pressure rockets answer testable questions, and collects and summarises • Activity 4: Heat (solids, liquids, gas) Olympics organise and book all your will have students bursting with excitement and an data to communicate conclusions transport requirements using our eagerness to get involved in this unforgettable and very own Ranger Jamie buses and • ST3-2DP-T plans and uses materials, tools and equipment exciting learning experience. coaches. Ask us for a transport to develop solutions for a need or opportunity quote and we can take care of everything.

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110 Find out more or book your next excursion or incursion online today rangerjamie.com.au Visit our website for more information or contact us on 0432 851 574 [email protected] 111111 Arrive/Depart PDHPE FULL DAY Excursion (4 hours) 10am - 2pm

Syllabus outcomes addressed +GST* Time allocation for excursions can be tailored and adjusted to suit your individual SYMBIO PDe-3 | PD1-3 | PD2-3 | PD3-3 | PD3-10 $20.00 school timetable and scheduling. O

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O Conditions apply Arrival / Morning Tea in Amphitheater / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes) L for parent and O teacher attendance** Y

K Introductory The day kicks off with a meet and greet with our A ALL STAGES Anti Bullying O ! Presentation enthusiastic Rangers before enjoying an interactive T Anti Bullying and engaging presentation. (approx 45 minutes) N Y S L A YMBIO ALL STAGES INE TOD Grouping: Students are divided into their groups of approximately campaigncampaign x30 students and allocated a Ranger guide for each activity.

Exotic Animals Students participate in this walk for approx. atat SymbioSymbio & Farmyard Walk 50-60 minutes. Your own private Ranger guide included. Lunch / Toilet Break (approx. 25 minutes)

Native Australian Students participate in this walk for approx. Reptiles & 50-60 minutes. Your own private Ranger guide included. Animal Walk

Wrap Up / Conclusion / Toilet Break (approx. 20 minutes)

*As this program is an educational service, all GST charged can be reimbursed in its entirety by the Government. (Minimum charge of x35 students).

**1x Teacher free per x15 students (Year 1-6) 1x Teacher free per x15 students (Yr 1-6) Excursion $26.00 per additional Teacher/Parent Transport Incursion BUS Walking grade

WHAT’S OPTIONAL INCLUDED EXTRAS About Syllabus outcomes addressed GoPro Completed risk Animal feed short film assessment $1.10 per bag Explore the themes of inclusion and respectful relationships • PDe-3 communicates ways to be caring, inclusive and on this engaging and hands-on excursion at Symbio Wildlife respectful of others Park. Through interactive presentations with animals and two guided walks through various animal enclosures, students will • PD1-3 recognises and describes the qualities that Activities Transport EVERYT enhance inclusive and respectful relationships ISE H observe and analyse the effects of actions that enhance or N IN • Start the day in the amphitheatre with your own Transport quote is additional to A G G disrupt relationships using animals to highlight these themes. • PD2-3 explains how empathy, inclusion and respect R exclusive live animal presentation. Meet a selection excursion price listed above. O Transport & Let us address the issue of bullying in a non-threatening can positively influence relationships E Completed Risk and interactive way, while promoting and highlighting the of five animals ranging from possums, lizards, snakes, Leave it all with us! Whilst you W Assessment • PD3-3 evaluates the impact of empathy, inclusion importance of respectful relationships for all living things. reptiles, birds, and alligators. are welcome to organise your and respect on themselves and others On this excursion, students will learn the importance of being • Two complete guided tours; own transport to and from the inclusive and discover how their own uniqueness shapes • PD3-10 selects and uses interpersonal skills to excursion, alternatively we can ᵒ Exotic Animal Walk: Get up close and meet farmyard who they are. Students will discuss how empathy, inclusion interact respectfully with others to promote organise and book all your animals, goats, chickens, roosters, sheep, llamas, and respect are important in their relationships and how inclusion and build connections transport requirements using our their own actions can impact themselves and others. Let guinea pigs, meerkats, cheetahs, ring tailed lemurs, very own Ranger Jamie buses and us provide your students with a memorable and engaging Syllabus content focus red pandas, monkeys alligators and MORE! coaches. Ask us for a transport learning experience with a fresh, new perspective of these ᵒ Native Australian Walk: Visit venomous snakes, quote and we can take care of everything. important and universal issues. Key inquiry questions answered: pythons, lizards, spiders, koalas, crocs, eagles, Please note all coaches include seat belts • How does my uniqueness shape who I am? echidnas, emus, kangaroos, wallabies, however, buses do not. • How can we be inclusive and respectful? Tasmanian devils, birds and MORE! • Why are empathy, inclusion and respect important in our relationships? • How do empathy, inclusion and respect have an impact on myself and others?

112 Find out more or book your next excursion or incursion online today rangerjamie.com.au Visit our website for more information or contact us on 0432 851 574 [email protected] 113113