Primary school incursions | K–6 | Field of Mars EEC

Field of Mars Environmental Education Centre delivers curriculum-aligned K–6 incursions for Early Stage 1 to Stage 3 students.

Led by qualified NSW Department of Education teachers, incursions bring environmental learning, sustainability, fieldwork skills and creative projects into classrooms and school grounds.

Programs support Science and Technology, HSIE, English and Creative Arts, with hands-on activities that connect students to living things, places and local environments.

Use our fact sheets to explore animals, plants and habitats linked to your incursion, classroom and school grounds.

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Early Stage 1 incursions

Early Stage 1 - Kindergarten (ES1) incursions use play-based and sensory learning to introduce living things, local places, storytelling, observation and caring for environments.

Magnifying glass used to investigate the shape and texture of a green leaf during a Stage 1 incursion.

Stage 1 incursions

Stage 1 - Year 1 and 2 (S1) incursions provide hands-on investigations of living things, habitats and sustainability while building vocabulary, speaking and early inquiry skills.

Watercolour drawing of a leaf recorded in a student nature journal during a Stage 2 incursion.

Stage 2 incursions

Stage 2 - Year 3 and 4 (S2) incursions help students collect data, explore ecosystems and human-environment connections, then communicate learning through creative or digital products.

Blue-tongue lizard showing adaptations such as a blue tongue, small legs and scales.

Stage 3 incursions

Stage 3 - Year 5 and 6 (S3) incursions build deeper inquiry, critical thinking and sustainability understanding through environmental investigations and high-quality multimodal projects.

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Learning resources

Access digital learning resources, social stories and preparation materials that support primary incursions.

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Fact sheets

Explore animal, plant, habitat, ecosystem and environment fact sheets for classroom learning, research and fieldwork preparation.