Bowerbird builders | Early Stage 1 Science and technology incursion

Cost and details

Cost 2026	DoE $18 per student – GST free Non-gov $24 per student – GST free, min charge $750 per class
Risk assessment	Risk management plan
Classes	Maximum 3 program sessions per day. Maximum 2 classes per session.
School preparation	Program length is 1.5 hours. Schools to provide one learning space, for all participating classes for the duration of the day eg hall or empty classroom.
Welfare	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	Classes
9.30 - 11.00	Class A, B
11.30 - 1.00	Class C, D
1.30 - 3.00	Class E, F

Please include your school's bell times in the notes section of your booking form.

Tier 2 and 3 vocabulary

Construct, decorate, design, observe, bower, habitat, behaviour, structure

Syllabus outcomes and content

Science and Technology K-6 Syllabus (2024)

Observations and questions spark curiosity

Outcomes

• Identifies and describes characteristics of living things, properties of materials, and movement STE-SCI-01
• Poses questions based on observations to collect data STE-PQU-01

Content

Living things have characteristics that help them survive in their environment

• Identify and use tools to aid and extend sensory observations
• Describe how living things get air, water and energy to survive in their environment
• Recognise that plants produce their own food, and animals need to find their food
• Examine animal bodies, their body coverings, and how and what they eat
• Observe and group animals based on their characteristics and justify the grouping

Living things and objects move in different ways

• Observe, describe and categorise the ways in which living things move

Observations and questions initiate design and digital solutions

Outcome

• Identifies and uses technologies to make products to address user needs or opportunities STE-DDT-01

Content

Understanding user needs inspires design and digital solutions

• Examine designed structures that animals build to help them survive in their environment

Other syllabus links

Learning experiences will also support but not explicitly teach the following outcomes:

English K-10 Syllabus (2022)

Outcomes

• Understands and effectively uses Tier 1 words and Tier 2 words in familiar contexts ENE-VOCAB-01
• Understands and responds to literature read to them ENE-UARL-01

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

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