Stage 3 excursions | Years 5–6 | Field of Mars EEC

Stage 3 (S3) excursions develop Years 5 and 6 students’ fieldwork skills, critical thinking and understanding of sustainability through inquiry-based learning in Field of Mars Reserve East Ryde and local Sydney environments. Students examine environmental change, biodiversity, natural processes and human impacts while collecting and interpreting real-world field data. Programs support NSW NESA syllabus outcomes across English, HSIE Geography, PDHPE, HPGE, Creative Arts and Science and Technology.

Creative Arts excursions

Pastel sticks, pencil and paintbrush on lichen-covered rock, suggesting nature-based artmaking.

The art of wellbeing excursion

Stage 3 | Creative Arts, PDHPE

A Stage 3 Creative Arts excursion where students use drawing, painting and nature-based art-making in the bushland of Field of Mars Reserve to explore wellbeing, emotions and connection to place, then reflect on strategies for caring for themselves and others.

Hands holding an iPad showing a close-up lizard on moss, suggesting digital nature photography.

Digital woodlands excursion

Stage 3 | Creative Arts

A Creative Arts excursion for Year 5 and 6 where students use iPads in the bushland of Field of Mars Reserve to capture images and create digital artworks, combining visual arts with digital technologies in an authentic outdoor setting.

English excursions

iPad video-editing timeline with wildlife footage, suggesting filming and editing a nature documentary.

Documentary in a day excursion

Stage 3 | English

An English excursion where Stage 3 students plan, script, film and review a short documentary about nature or place in and around Field of Mars Reserve, building skills in planning, speaking, listening and multimodal texts linked to English outcomes.

LEGO minifigure on an iPad in a shallow creek, suggesting creative storytelling inspired by nature.

Poetic adventures excursion

Stage 3 | English

An English excursion for Stage 3 where students go on a bushwalk in Field of Mars Reserve collecting sensory details, then craft multimodal poetry and creative writing that captures their experiences of the natural environment.

HPGE enrichment programs

Watercolour paints, magnifying glass and butterfly specimen on grass, suggesting creative and scientific extension.

HPGE enrichment programs

Stage 3 | HPGE

Inspire - High potential and gifted education enrichment programs for Stage 3 students that extend creative, scientific and critical thinking through challenge-based learning, creative arts and environmental investigations in bushland settings.

HSIE Geography excursions

Water-quality results sheet and colour chart kit on muddy ground, suggesting geography fieldwork testing.

Factors that shape places excursion

Stage 3 | HSIE Geography

A HSIE Geography excursion for Stage 3 where students investigate natural and human processes that shape places in Field of Mars Reserve and the local area, such as weathering, erosion, land use and settlement, using fieldwork, mapping and data collection.

PDHPE excursions

Logs and natural materials tied with rope, suggesting outdoor team challenge and problem-solving activities.

Challenge + excursion

Stage 3 | PDHPE

An outdoor team challenge PDHPE excursion where Stage 3 students complete physical and problem-solving activities in the bush, developing resilience, communication, leadership and cooperation.

Coiled climbing rope beside hiking boots in bushland, suggesting leadership and outdoor resilience skills.

Natural leader excursion

Stage 3 | PDHPE

A PDHPE excursion where Stage 3 students rotate through leadership roles during bushwalks and group tasks in Field of Mars Reserve, practising decision-making, responsibility and positive risk-taking in a supportive outdoor environment.

Science and Technology excursions

Lizard tail and animal skull on mossy rock, suggesting investigation of animal features and adaptations.

Adaptations excursion

Stage 3 | Science and Technology

A Science and Technology excursion for Stage 3 where students investigate structural and behavioural adaptations of plants and animals in bushland and creek environments at Field of Mars Reserve, linking features to survival in their environments.

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iPad displaying a Field of Mars digital learning resource that supports excursions, incursions and fieldwork skills

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Illustration representing native plants and animals used for Field of Mars flora and fauna fact sheets to support primary and secondary learning.

Flora and fauna fact sheets

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