Stage 3 excursions | Years 5-6
Stage 3 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
The art of wellbeing excursion
Visual arts, PDHPE
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.
Digital woodlands excursion
Creative arts
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
Documentary in a day excursion
English
A full-day program 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.
Poetic adventures excursion
English
Students go on a bushwalk in Field of Mars Reserve collecting sensory details, then craft poetry and creative writing that captures their experiences of the natural environment.
HPGE enrichment programs
HPGE enrichment programs
HPGE
High potential and gifted education excursions 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
Factors that shape places excursion
HSIE geography
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
Challenge + excursion
PDHPE
An outdoor team challenge program where Stage 3 students complete physical and problem-solving activities in the bush, developing resilience, communication, leadership and cooperation.
Natural leader excursion
PDHPE
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
Adaptations excursion
Science and technology
A field-based Science and Technology program 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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Flora and fauna fact sheets
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