Stage 2 incursions | Years 3–4 | Field of Mars EEC

Stage 2 (S2) incursions bring environmental and sustainability learning into Year 3 and Year 4 classrooms and school grounds.

Led by qualified NSW Department of Education teachers, students investigate ecosystems, protected places, storytelling, digital media and creative responses to the natural environment.

Programs support Creative Arts, English, HSIE and Science and Technology, with a focus on fieldwork skills, observation, collaboration, inquiry and environmental understanding.

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Connect schoolyard investigations to fact sheets about ecosystems, habitats, plants, animals and caring for environments.

Creative Arts incursions

iPad displaying a close-up photograph of a gecko on moss-covered rock.

Digital woodlands incursion

Stage 2 | Creative Arts

A Creative Arts incursion where Stage 2 students use iPads outdoors to photograph natural features, create digital artworks and tell visual stories inspired by nature.

Nature-inspired digital collage displayed on an iPad beside colourful leaves and moss.

Nature’s gift incursion

Stage 2 | Creative Arts

A Creative Arts incursion where Stage 2 students use iPads, natural materials, patterns, textures and colours to create nature-inspired digital artworks.

English incursions

Nature documentary being edited in iMovie on an iPad.

Documentary in a day incursion

Stage 2 | English

An English incursion where Stage 2 students plan, script, film and review a short nature documentary while developing speaking, listening and multimodal storytelling skills.

Minifigure photographed from a miniature perspective and displayed on an iPad.

Poetic adventures incursion

Stage 2 | English

An English incursion where Stage 2 students collect sensory words, environmental vocabulary and outdoor observations to create poetry and visual texts.

HSIE Geography incursions

Owl figurine and magnifying glass representing investigation in a protected area during an incursion.

National parks incursion

Stage 2 | HSIE Geography

An HSIE incursion where Stage 2 students investigate protected places, plants, animals, conservation strategies and ways people care for natural environments.

Science and Technology incursions

Lizard beside a field sketch and handheld environmental meter during an ecosystem investigation.

Ecosystem explorers incursion

Stage 2 | Science and Technology

A Science and Technology incursion where Stage 2 students investigate schoolyard ecosystems, living and non-living features, habitats and food chains.

Plasticine invertebrate stop-motion scene displayed on an iPad.

Science animated incursion

Stage 2 | Science and Technology

A Science and Technology incursion where Stage 2 students create simple digital animations to explain science ideas such as ecosystems, habitats and animal features.