Years 3-4 (Stage 2)
The following educational programs are available for Years 3-4, Stage 2 students.
- PDHPE - Get Active Day
- HSIE/Science & Technology - Our Australia:You're Standing In It
- HSIE - State & National Parks
- Science & Technology - Cycles in Our World
- Science & Technology - Mini-Worlds
- Enviro Numeracy - Mathematics NEW!
- Sport - School Sports Program
- Sport - Weekly Sport
- Teacher Preview - a great opportunity for you to prepare for your Bicentennial Park excursion
Excursion Times: 9.30-11.30am or 12.30-2.30pm
For an action packed experience, combine the program with a PDHPE activity to enhance student's physical fitness and increase sports skills! Specially designed kits with suggested activity instructions and support equipment such as balls, hoops, witches hats, parachutes, team sashes etc are available for loan. This self-service extension option is FREE. For more information, enquire while booking.
For all bookings: Call 02 9714 7888
1. Call our Customer Service and Sales Coordinator on 02 9714 7888 for excursion date availability.
2. Download the Excursion Booking Form (PDF 289KB)
3. Download the Excursion Booking Kit (PDF 258KB)
4. Complete and sign booking form to acknowledge you understand our Booking Terms and Conditions, Student Behaviour Policy and Bicentennial Park Regulations contained within the Excursion Booking Kit.
5. Fax your booking form to 02 9714 7135
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Get Active Day
KLA: PDHPE
Location: The Overflow.
Description: Get Active Day provides K-6 students a fun day of physical activities that are dedicated to achieving PDHPE outcomes. It is an action-packed day of basic fundamental movement skills in the morning followed by fun games, races and competitions in the afternoon. The program has been developed in partnership with the Australian College of Physical Education, is delivered by leading sports instructors and all equipment is supplied.
Dates: Last two weeks of Terms 1, 2 and 3. Last three weeks of Term 4.
Duration: 10am-2pm
Cost: $14.50 per student. (min 50, max 150 students)
Risk management: Download the Get Active Day Venue & Safety Information (PDF 25KB)
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Our Australia: You're Standing In It
KLA: HSIE / Science & Technology
Location: Bicentennial Park Field Studies Centre
Description: 'Our Australia: You’re standing in it' consolidates concepts about the uniqueness of Australia's plants and animals in a maintained parkland environment. Education officers discuss the significance of mangrove wetlands and how humans have altered this environment over time. Through hands-on activities students investigate and describe the wetland area, list the living things that are found in it and describe relationships between them. The Badu Mangroves and planted forest offer opportunities for students to learn how Aboriginal people used the area and how it has changed since European settlement.
Using significant features within the Park, students develop an understanding of why people create specialised environments. The benefits and problems associated with human change will also be investigated in the development of ideas for the management and care of the Park's natural and built features.
Duration: 2 hours
Cost: $10.90 per student
Risk management: For Bicentennial Park excursions download the Venue & Safety Information (27KB)
Map: Download Education Centre Bicentennial Park Map (PDF 1.6MB)
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State & National Parks
KLA: HSIE
Location: Bicentennial Park Field Studies Centre
Description: State & National Parks provides students with an opportunity to experience first hand the issues, values and attitudes associated with a State Park. The field experience will enhance student’s geographic skills of gathering information through direct observations using appropriate investigative tools and build on the concept of the need for ecological sustainability. The students will observe primary evidence of human activities within and around the Park, will be challenged to consider the impact of these activities on the natural environment and make informed decisions on how it can be cared for.
Duration: 2 hours
Cost: $10.90 per student
Risk management: For Bicentennial Park excursions download the Venue & Safety Information (27KB)
Map: Download Education Centre Bicentennial Park Map (PDF 1.6MB)
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Cycles in Our World
KLA: Science & Technology
Location: Bicentennial Park Field Studies Centre
Description: Cycles in Our World provides students with a first hand opportunity to experience a range of living and non-living cycles as they occur in a natural setting. Investigations in the mangrove forest focus on the life cycle of a mangrove tree from seed to mature tree, and cyclic tide motions. The dry environment component will explore seasonal and cyclic patterns of plants and animals and provide an opportunity for the students to create a food web. Macro – invertebrate observation enables students to see tiny creatures that they never knew existed in our waterways and learn how they are part of the cycle in an aquatic environment. Students will also observe the life cycle of insects that rely on water for part of their life cycle, including the dragonfly and the mosquito. Children will discover why wetlands have large mosquito populations. To consolidate life cycle knowledge students will develop a wetland food web gained from the knowledge that they have brought to the excursion and information they have found out.
Duration: 2 hours
Cost: $10.90 per student
Risk management: For Bicentennial Park excursions download the Venue & Safety Information (27KB)
Map: Download Field Studies Centre Bicentennial Park Map (PDF 1.6MB)
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Mini-Worlds
KLA: Science & Technology
Location: Bicentennial Park Field Studies Centre
Description: Mini-Worlds introduces students to an array of animals living in unique built and natural environments. The program offers hands-on and challenging exploratory activities within the mangrove forest. Students will develop an appreciation for the natural environment and be inspired to continue investigations within their own school or local ecosystem.
Duration: 2 hours
Cost: $10.90 per student
Risk management: For Bicentennial Park excursions download the Venue & Safety Information (27KB)
Map: Download Education Centre Bicentennial Park Map (PDF 1.6MB)
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Enviro Numeracy
KLA: Mathematics
Location: Newington Armoy EnergyAustralia Education Centre
Description: The Enviro Numeracy excursion program is a hands-on, problem solving experience that challenges the students to apply their mathematical skills in a relevant and practical way. The program offers a scenario-based approach to learning where students embark on an adventure trail through the wetlands and surrounding parkland area. The activities enable students to apply and enhance their numeracy skills and knowledge of volume, ratio, mass, numeration, shapes and angles whilst learning about the natural environment. This exciting program will have the students enjoying maths without knowing they're doing maths!
Duration: 2 hours
Cost: $10.90 per student
Risk management: For Newington Armory excursions download the Venue & Safety Information (27KB)
Map: Download EnergyAustralia Education Centre Newington Armory Map (PDF 546KB)
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School Sports Program
KLA: Sport
Location: Sports Centre, Hockey Centre, Sports Halls
Description: Students participate in a program consisting of two or three sports conducted by qualified and experienced coaches. Sports offered: Badminton, Basketball, Floorball, Futsal (Indoor Soccer), Gymnastics, Handball, Hockey, Netball, Strength and Conditioning, Table Tennis and Volleyball.
Duration: 2 or 3 hours
Cost: $13.00 per student.
Bookings: 02 9763 0111
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Weekly Sport
KLA: Sport
Location: Sports Centre, Hockey Centre, Sports Halls
Description: The three venues are available for schools to hire at an off-peak rate. Sports that can be played include Badminton, Basketball, Floorball, Futsal, Gymnastics, Handball, Hockey, Netball, Strength and Conditioning, Table Tennis and Volleyball.
Duration: as required
Cost: From $32 per hour
Bookings: 02 9763 0111