Events open to Homeschool students only
Celebrate Children’s Week with this fun and engaging exploration of science. The Liquid Nitrogen show a “super cool” science event where we freeze things, explode things and explore just what happens when objects are rapidly cooled or heated.
Children’s Week celebrates the right of children to enjoy childhood.
Brought to you by Fizzics Education Children’s Week: Liquid Nitrogen Virtual Excursions Australia Live Event – Scheduled Free Homeschool Specials
Join us on a journey through time focusing on patterns of migration and how political decisions shaped the population of our nation. We discuss the impact on the original Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander inhabitants of this land during the convict settlement of Australia, what it was like to live during the gold rush years and finally explore the changing patterns of migration after Federation in 1901.
We hope year 5 and 6 students will join us at the Australian National Maritime Museum to look at case studies and learn about the diversity of people who travelled across the seas to make Australia the country we now live in today.
This session is specifically for small, remote schools and homeschool students. Tickets will be available for $5 per student.
Larger groups are encouraged to request a session https://dartlearning.org.au/excursion/through-the-waves-of-migration/ Homeschool Special – Through the Waves of Migration Australian National Maritime Museum Live Event – Scheduled Homeschool Specials
Celebrate Children’s Week with this fun and engaging exploration of our marine environments. Take a journey beneath the waves to explore Australia’s amazing marine life. Discover different marine habitats and the animals that live there.
Children’s Week celebrates the right of children to enjoy childhood.
Brought to you by Australian Environmental Education Children’s Week: Under the Sea Virtual Excursions Australia Live Event – Scheduled Free Homeschool Specials
Join the Australian National Maritime Museum on an investigation of the fascinating story behind Cook and Banks’ voyage on the HMB Endeavour across the Pacific to the rumoured Great Southern Land. Discover why they embarked on such a momentous three year voyage, where they stopped along the way and what the conditions on-board HMB Endeavour were really like.
Learn more about the significant contributions of the expert navigator and skilled cartographer, Lieutenant James Cook, along with the young botanist Joseph Banks with his party of scientists and artists.
We invite stage 2 students to be part of a discussion about the outcome of the voyage and encourage you to look deeper into how it changed Australian History.
This session is specifically for small, remote schools and homeschool students. Tickets will be available for $5 per student.
Larger groups are encouraged to request a session https://dartlearning.org.au/excursion/cook-and-banks-charting-the-great-southern-land/
Homeschool Special – Cook and Banks: Charting the Great Southern Land Australian National Maritime Museum Live Event – Scheduled Homeschool Specials
May Gibbs’ quintessentially Australian classics have fascinated and delighted generations of children and families, introducing them to the wonder and magic of the Australian bush.
This online adaptation captures a short scene from the iconic Tales of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie.
After hearing a story from Professor Kookaburra, the Gumnut Babies are on a mission to have an adventure near their own tree. They will explore some other animal homes and come up with fun games and activities that everyone can do safely to add a bit of adventure to being stuck at home.
Help Snugglepot find the way! Will Cuddlepie hold his nerve? Can you help them have a real adventure in their own backyard?
These beloved characters come to life on zoom in this interactive, funny and enchanting performance that introduces today’s children to the wonderful world of May Gibbs.
In Association with THE EATON GORGE THEATRE COMPANY and Centennial Parklands
ADAPTED FROM the book Tales of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie BY MAY GIBBS
by arrangement with The Northcott Society and Cerebral Palsy Alliance
This 30-minute session will be held live on Zoom. You will need internet access and Zoom to participate in this session. Two days prior to the program, we will email you the Zoom link and worksheet to continue learning in the classroom.
We would require a minimum of 9 groups per session for the booking to proceed.
Cost:
$100 for 1 class up to 30 students/$175 for two classes up to 60 students/ $225 for three classes up to 90 students. Snugglepot and Cuddlepie: An Online Theatrical Experience Greater Sydney Parklands Live Event – Scheduled Homeschool Specials
Celebrate Children’s Week with this fun and engaging exploration of earth science. During this science workshop all manner of natural disasters and the science behind them will be investigated.
Children’s Week celebrates the right of children to enjoy childhood.
Brought to you by Fizzics Education Children’s Week: Natural Disasters Virtual Excursions Australia Live Event – Scheduled Free Homeschool Specials
Join multi-award winning, Melbourne based author Zana Fraillon as she shares her inspiration for writing, her research process and how she honours real life human stories when creating fiction. Her novels, The Bone Sparrow, The Ones that Disappeared, Wisp: A Story of Hope and Lost Soul Atlas have won multiple awards including the ABIA Book of the Year for Older Children, the Readings Young Adult Book Prize and the Amnesty CILIP Honour. Her new book The Curiosities is inspired by people who see the world differently – and make it more wondrous. With themes of creativity, curiosity and neurodivergence, this is an essential book for every home, school and library.
Her words are a powerful reminder for us to raise our voices for change and that storytelling has the ability to inspire hope for a better future.
Students will have the opportunity to submit pre-recorded questions for this digital talk. All questions are to be submitted to the Sydney Opera House by Monday 11 October. Further instructions on how to record and submit a question will be sent to you upon booking. Author Talk: Zana Fraillon 12:00pm AEDT 19th October Years 5-8 Sydney Opera House Live Event – Scheduled Free Homeschool Specials
Join multi-award winning, Melbourne based author Zana Fraillon as she shares her inspiration for writing, her research process and how she honours real life human stories when creating fiction. Her novels, The Bone Sparrow, The Ones that Disappeared, Wisp: A Story of Hope and Lost Soul Atlas have won multiple awards including the ABIA Book of the Year for Older Children, the Readings Young Adult Book Prize and the Amnesty CILIP Honour. Her new book The Curiosities is inspired by people who see the world differently – and make it more wondrous. With themes of creativity, curiosity and neurodivergence, this is an essential book for every home, school and library.
Her words are a powerful reminder for us to raise our voices for change and that storytelling has the ability to inspire hope for a better future.
Students will have the opportunity to submit pre-recorded questions for this digital talk. All questions are to be submitted to the Sydney Opera House by Monday 11 October. Further instructions on how to record and submit a question will be sent to you upon booking.
Author Talk: Zana Fraillon 10:30am AEDT 19th October Years 2-4 Sydney Opera House Live Event – Scheduled Free Homeschool Specials
How much do you know about the Earth! Have you always wanted to test your science knowledge against other kids all around Australia? Well, now’s your chance! Challenge yourself and test your knowledge this Earth Science Week.
Test your scientific knowledge in this free, online trivia event hosted by Virtual Excursions Australia and compete against other kids from your school or across the country.
Tuesday 12 October: 5pm – 6pm
Ages: 8 – 16
Duration: 60 mins
Team up with friends and join our online Science Trivia competition for kids. Earth Science Week: Trivia Virtual Excursions Australia Live Event – Scheduled Free Homeschool Specials
As part of Mental Health Month, the NSW Department of Education presents Wellbeing Week from 11 to 15 October. Featuring a great line-up of a diversity of events for students of all ages, and their parents, Wellbeing Week aims to encourage us all to think about our mental health and wellbeing and take practical steps to look after ourselves – and each other.
There are lessons in physical education and how to keep your body and brain healthy; sessions on mental fitness, managing stress and challenging emotions; a workshop for senior students on finding their groove again as they get ready to return to school; and even a lesson in hip-hop to help connect with your creative potential and boost your sense of wellbeing.
This will be a week of FREE live sessions available to all schools, home schools, students, parents and all, Australia wide and beyond.
Below is our schedule of events. Click here to see all the events, or click on each one individually for more information and to book in.
Once you have registered for each event, you will be sent the joining instructions.
Monday 11th October
10.30am – NSW Dept of Ed Student Support Officers
2.00pm – eSafety Commissioner – Years 3 to 6
7.30pm – eSafety Commissioner – Parents of primary students
Tuesday 12th October
10.30am – Smiling Mind – Primary students
2.00pm – One Vision Productions – Years 7-10
7.30pm – Smiling Mind – Parents of primary students
Wednesday 13th October
10.30am – Kids Helpline @ School – Primary students
2.00pm – headspace Schools – Secondary students
7.30pm – headspace Schools – Parents of secondary students
Thursday 14th October
10.30am – NSW Dept Ed School Sport Unit – Primary students
2.00pm – Kids Helpline @ School – Secondary school students
7.30pm – The Black Dog Institute – Parents of secondary students
Friday 15th October
10.30am – Life Education – Primary school students
2.00pm – The Black Dog Institute – Secondary school students
This special event is brought to you free of charge by the NSW Department of Education, DART Learning, and through the generosity of Australia’s leading mental health and wellbeing providers. Wellbeing Week 2021: Special Event DART Learning Live Event – Scheduled Free Homeschool Specials
Join our Bush School and let your child connect to Australia’s unique nature.
Bush School is a nature play program that combines storytelling, nature based activities, and nature games.
This week at Bush School Online we’ll get to know the animals who live in our neighbourhood by learning the art of tracking! Life detectives, we’ll use claw marks, footprints, feathers, sounds, nests, burrows and poo to help us piece together the story of a day in the life of your favourite native animal! There will be different tracking-themed craft options and one of our all time favourite stories about poo!
Please only book one ticket per computer access!
This program is run as a zoom meeting with limited capacity
Please contact us on [email protected] to book in classes or groups!
Two days prior to the program, we will email you the Zoom link, plus a worksheet and a list of items so you can be ready to do the activities during or immediately after the session if you wish.
This program is part of Greater Sydney Parklands’ School Holiday Program Going Bush Online – check out our live offers for the rest of the spring holidays and our on-demand program, Swamp to Scrub Bush School online: Get Tracking! Greater Sydney Parklands Live Event – Scheduled Free Homeschool Specials
Learn the ancient art of whittling – carving from wood. Join Ranger Alasdair online and he will guide you step by step on how to safely cut wood from a living tree or shrub and turn it into a butter knife or wooden spoon. You will learn the skills of cutting, carving, sanding and oiling to make your own very unique cutlery for everyday use. Imagine bragging to your friends and family about making your own utensils! Full safety instructions will be given in the video, along with a worksheet and simple equipment list.
Recommended Ages 8 years and over.
Skills: Whittling, Carving, Wood Selection and Survival.
This 30-minute session will be held live on Zoom. You will need internet access and the Zoom app to participate in this session. Two days prior to the program, we will email you the Zoom link, plus a worksheet and a list of items so you can be ready to do the activities during or immediately after the session if you wish.
This program is part of Greater Sydney Parklands’ School Holiday Program Going Bush Online – check out our live offers for the rest of the spring holidays and our on-demand program, Swamp to Scrub Bush Craft: Whittling Greater Sydney Parklands Live Event – Scheduled Homeschool Specials
May Gibbs’ quintessentially Australian classics have fascinated and delighted generations of children and families, introducing them to the wonder and magic of the Australian bush.
This online adaptation captures a short scene from the iconic Tales of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie.
After hearing a story from Professor Kookaburra, the Gumnut Babies are on a mission to have an adventure near their own tree. They will explore some other animal homes and come up with fun games and activities that everyone can do safely to add a bit of adventure to being stuck at home.
Help Snugglepot find the way! Will Cuddlepie hold his nerve? Can you help them have a real adventure in their own backyard?
These beloved characters come to life on zoom in this interactive, funny and enchanting performance that introduces today’s children to the wonderful world of May Gibbs.
In Association with THE EATON GORGE THEATRE COMPANY and Centennial Parklands
ADAPTED FROM the book Tales of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie BY MAY GIBBS
by arrangement with The Northcott Society and Cerebral Palsy Alliance
This 30-minute session will be held live on Zoom. You will need internet access and the Zoom app to participate in this session. Two days prior to the program, we will email you the Zoom link, plus a worksheet and a list of items so you can be ready to do the activities during or immediately after the session if you wish.
This program is part of Greater Sydney Parklands’ School Holiday Program Going Bush Online – check out our live offers for the rest of the spring holidays and our on-demand program, Swamp to Scrub Snugglepot and Cuddlepie: An Online Theatrical Experience Greater Sydney Parklands Live Event – Scheduled Homeschool Specials
Join our Bush School and let your child connect to Australia’s unique nature.
Bush School is a nature play program that combines storytelling, a nature based activities, and nature games.
This week at Bush School Online we’re going to try and find out what it’s like to be an animal in your local area.
For most animals, the way they find out about the space around them- where food is, where their friends are, where dangerous predators might be – is through their sense of smell. Using their sense of smell, they can find out where something is or has been without ever seeing the animal.
Listen to the story of Wanda the Wallaby and find out what it’s like to be an animal in your local area. Engage your sense of smell and experience the world like one of our furry friends. Follow Wanda the Wallaby with our ‘collecting smells’ activity and ‘test your nose’ guessing games!
You can then use these skills to test the noses of your family!
Our video and activity pack will ensure that you will not forget your newly-learned skills!
Please only book one ticket per computer access!
This program is run as a zoom meeting with limited capacity
Please contact us on [email protected] to book in classes or groups!
Two days before the program, we will email you the Zoom link, plus a worksheet and a list of items so you can be ready to do the activities during or immediately after the session if you wish.
This program is part of Greater Sydney Parklands’ School Holiday Program Going Bush Online – check out our live offers for the rest of the spring holidays and our on-demand program, Swamp to Scrub Bush School online: Wanda the Wallaby and her Wonderful World of Smells! Greater Sydney Parklands Live Event – Scheduled Free Homeschool Specials
Make the best of your time outdoors in lockdown by creating a “bush kitchen” in your garden or local green space!
Weeds are for the bin? Not with us!
Join our Wild Chef Ranger Alasdair online for a morning of foraging, selecting, and cooking. You may have walked past an overgrown patch of weeds before, but Alasdair will help you identify the edible and nutritious weeds and turn them into a delicious lunch for you to enjoy. Many of these edible weeds are higher in vitamins, minerals and nutrients than those bought at the store – giving you improved gut-health, whilst keeping the garden tidy.
When you book for each online session, you will receive an ingredient and equipment list, plus a safety briefing and worksheet so you’re ready to go after watching the show! **
The skills you learn in these sessions can be used for camping trips, picnics and ‘bush birthday parties’ at any time in the future!
We will also send you links to videos on foraging, fire-making and bush tucker so you can keep exploring and building your bushcraft skills!
This is a 30minutes live online workshop delivered via zoom. You will receive an activity sheet and the zoom link two days before the program starts.
Our video and activity pack included in your booking will ensure that you won’t forget your newly-learned bush chef skills!
Skills: Cooking, Foraging, Survival
This program is part of Greater Sydney Parklands’ School Holiday Program Going Bush Online – check out our live offers for the rest of the spring holidays and our on-demand program, Swamp to Scrub Bush Chef Online: Make a Green Omelette Greater Sydney Parklands Live Event – Scheduled Homeschool Specials
Join our experienced Educators for a fun morning of Tracks, Trails and Treasure Hunts. Children will use their skills of investigation to identify some of their feathered and furry neighbours found in our parklands and in your neighbourhoods. Learn some fun mapping skills to create your own Treasure Hunt to share with your family, friends or neighbours (virtually of course!).
Our video and activity pack ensures that you will not forget your newly learnt skills!
Skills: Investigation, Team Work, Mapping Skills
This 30-minute live online workshop delivered via Zoom. You will need internet access and the Zoom app to participate in this session. You will receive an activity sheet and the zoom link two days before the program start so you can be ready to do the activities during or immediately after the session if you wish.
This program is part of Greater Sydney Parklands’ School Holiday Program Going Bush Online – check out our live offers for the rest of the spring holidays and our on-demand program, Swamp to Scrub Bushrangers online: Tracks and Treasure Hunts Greater Sydney Parklands Live Event – Scheduled Homeschool Specials
Everybody needs a piece of rope or string!
Cordage is the ancient skill of making rope from natural fibres of plants. This is essential bush craft has been used for millions of years to join, catch, or weave things together! Find out which Australian plants are best to use. Join our education rangers to learn this essential bushcraft by twisting and weaving your own homemade rope.
You can even harvest your own plants for this – we will send you a guide to native plant fibres in the activity sheet!
Share the love and make friendship bracelets to send to friends and family near and far!
Our video and activity pack ensures that you will not forget your newly learnt skills!
Skills: motor skills, plant knowledge
This 30-minute session will be held live on Zoom. You will need internet access and the Zoom app to participate in this session. Two days before the program, we will email you the Zoom link, plus a worksheet and a list of items so you can be ready to do the activities during or immediately after the session if you wish.
This program is part of Greater Sydney Parklands’ School Holiday Program Going Bush Online – check out our live offers for the rest of the spring holidays and our on-demand program, Swamp to Scrub Bush Craft online: Make your own Cordage Greater Sydney Parklands Live Event – Scheduled Homeschool Specials
May Gibbs’ quintessentially Australian classics have fascinated and delighted generations of children and families, introducing them to the wonder and magic of the Australian bush.
This online adaptation captures a short scene from the iconic Tales of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie.
After hearing a story from Professor Kookaburra, the Gumnut Babies are on a mission to have an adventure near their own tree. They will explore some other animal homes and come up with fun games and activities that everyone can do safely to add a bit of adventure to being stuck at home.
Help Snugglepot find the way! Will Cuddlepie hold his nerve? Can you help them have a real adventure in their own backyard?
These beloved characters come to life on zoom in this interactive, funny and enchanting performance that introduces today’s children to the wonderful world of May Gibbs.
In Association with THE EATON GORGE THEATRE COMPANY and Centennial Parklands
ADAPTED FROM the book Tales of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie BY MAY GIBBS
by arrangement with The Northcott Society and Cerebral Palsy Alliance Snugglepot and Cuddlepie: An Online Theatrical Experience Greater Sydney Parklands Live Event – Scheduled Homeschool Specials
Become a Bushranger these spring holidays and learn about the rules of survival in the outdoors!
Shelter is the first and most important survival skill when out in the bush. Let’s explore why we need shelter and how we can build our cubbies outdoors and indoors. In our interactive workshop our rangers will show you how to find the best sticks and connect them – or what you do if there are no sticks around!
Children will understand the foundations of building both a Tarp Shelter and Debris Shelter. This program will spark their imaginative cubby building skills.
This is a 30minutes live online workshop delivered via zoom. You will need internet access and the Zoom app to participate in this session. Two days before the program, we will email you the Zoom link, plus a worksheet and a list of items so you can be ready to do the activities during or immediately after the session if you wish.
This program is part of Greater Sydney Parklands’ School Holiday Program Going Bush Online – check out our live offers for the rest of the spring holidays and our on-demand program, Swamp to Scrub Bushrangers online – Shelter Challenge Greater Sydney Parklands Live Event – Scheduled Homeschool Specials
Join our Bush School and let your children connect to Australia’s unique natural environment.
Bush School is a nature play program led by our expert team of education rangers. It inspires love for the natural world through stories, games, and bushcraft activities.
Learn more about the importance of children’s nature play by watching our video.
Join us for half an hour of storytelling and engaging nature activities that will give your children the opportunity to connect to the outdoors wherever you are.
We supply a list of suggested pre- and post-session activities that can be used to build your child’s connection to nature and they can experience away from the screen.
Session themes are:
Bats – Big and Small and why we need them
Wanda the Wallaby and her Wonderful World of Smells
Get tracking – Find signs of wild animals in your outdoor space
The Great Whale Migration – When the wattle blooms, the whales are on the move!
FREE ACCESS Centennial Parklands Foundation covers the costs for schools with an FOEI over 120 or for organisations looking after disadvantaged community groups. Please contact us directly through [email protected]
Please find Curriculum links and links to the Early Years Learning Framework under “Instructions”.
If you want older children to experience Bush School, please get in touch and we can amend the program. Preschool/Early Childhood Bush School – Virtual Excursion Greater Sydney Parklands Live Event – By Request Zoom Primary EYLF Belonging, Being, and Becoming Special Event Homeschool Specials