Poetic adventures excursion

Program

Students will collaborate on a digital communication product. They will develop vocabulary to create a five-senses poem and use photography and digital storytelling to bring their poem to life.

Learning intention

We are learning to compose an illustrated poem from the perspective of a miniature character.

Activities

Composing

Equipped with an iPad, students will visit various outdoor locations in the Field of Mars Reserve. At each location they will work in pairs to write a line of poetry from their miniature character's perspective. Students will be exposed to a variety of tier 2 and 3 words for describing natural subjects. They will then use digital photography and visual literacy to capture each line of poetry.

Publishing

Students will use iMovie to compose their illustrated poems. They will create a sequence of images to support their poem, narrate each line of poetry, add titles and select a soundtrack.

Completed products will be sent back to school via Google Drive.

This program is also available for Stage 2 and can operate as an incursion.

Location

Field of Mars Reserve

Main location – including bus maps, risk assessments, track overview

Essential information

Cost and details


Cost 2025	DoE $25 per student – GST free Non-gov school $35 per student – GST free, min charge $750
Cost 2026	DoE $27 per student – GST free Non-gov $37 per student – GST free, min charge $750 per class Term 1 – Non-gov weeks 3 to 6 cost = DoE cost – GST free, min charge $750
Classes	Maximum 4 classes.
Bring	Sports uniform, backpack, medication, low-waste food, water bottle, sunblock, raincoat, hat, sturdy shoes, reusable name tag.
View	Preparing for your excursion
Welfare	Rugged bushwalking, limited wheelchair accessibility. May not suit recently unwell participants. For medical or special needs notify staff prior to program.
Extreme or wet weather	Program may be modified, postponed or cancelled due to predicted extreme temperatures, bush fire danger, heavy rainfall, high winds or dust storms.
Booking policy	Confirm student numbers and classes 7 days in advance.
Cancellation fee	Less than 30 working school days – $600 Less than 7 working school days notice – full cost Weather or fire danger cancellation – $0

Suggested timetable


Time	Activities
9.45 - 10.30	Introduction, toilets and recess
10.30 - 12.45	Poetic adventures - location scouting - poem development - digital photography
12.45 - 12.15	Lunch and toilets
1.15 - 2.00	iMovie studio
2.00 - 2.15	Pack up, toilets and depart

Tier 2 and 3 vocabulary

Poem, onomatopoeia, simile, metaphor, imagery, personification, alliteration, repetition, hyperbole, composer, perspective, sequence, stanza, digital, composition

Syllabus outcomes and content

English K-10 Syllabus (2022)

Vocabulary

Outcome

Extends Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary through interacting, wide reading and writing, morphological analysis and generating precise definitions for specific contexts EN3-VOCAB-01

Content

Learning and using words

Identify newly encountered words from interactions and wide reading, and use them in writing, discussions and presentations

Creating written texts

Outcome

Plans, creates and revises written texts for multiple purposes and audiences through selection of text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language EN3-CWT-01

Content

Text features for multiple purposes

Use word repetition and word associations as cohesive devices across texts
Experiment with figurative language for effect and to engage the reader, including metaphor, hyperbole, oxymoron and allusion
Create written texts that include multiple paragraphs with clear, coherent transition of ideas
Choose multimodal features suited to a target audience and purpose, to reinforce and extend ideas

English textual concept

Perspective

Students understand that perspectives may differ and that these differences need to be considered

They learn that:

perspective may be expressed in different ways including the values expressed and the form of expression

Other syllabus links

Learning experiences will also support but not explicitly teach the following outcomes and content.

Science and Technology K-6 syllabus (2024)

Living things may change over millions of years, in response to their environments

English K–10 Syllabus © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2022.

Science and Technology K-6 Syllabus © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2024