Poetic adventures incursion

Program

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

Learning intentions

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

Activities

Macro adventure

Students will walk to various locations around your school. At each location, they’ll work in pairs to write a sentence from their minifigure’s perspective. They’ll learn about descriptive tier 2 and 3 words for natural areas and natural objects.

Students will learn about macro photography and use visual literacy to illustrate their poem.

iMovie studio

Students will review and edit field images using iMovie or a similar app. They’ll create a sequence of images to support their poem, narrate it, add titles, and select a soundtrack.

Post-production

If needed, the session can be extended to give students more time to finish their digital project.

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

This program is also available as an excursion to the Field of Mars Reserve. This program is also available for Stage 3.

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
Risk management	Risk management plan
Classes	Maximum 3 classes per day.
School preparation	This is a full day program. Schools to provide one extra large learning space, with a screen or projector, for all participating classes for the duration of the day. The space needs to accommodate all classes. Place students into groups of two.
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	Activities
Session 1	Macro adventure
Session 2	iMovie studio
Session 3	Post production (if required)

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

Tier 2 and 3 vocabulary

Stop motion animation, invertebrate, external features, environment, habitat, setting, script, camouflage, scene, perspective, sequence, stanza

Syllabus outcomes and content

English K-10 Syllabus (2022)

Vocabulary

Outcome

Builds knowledge and use of Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary through interacting, wide reading and writing, and by defining and analysing words EN2-VOCAB-01

Content

Learning and using words

Build personal Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary through social and learning interactions, reading and writing

Creating written texts

Outcome

Plans, creates and revises written texts for imaginative purposes, using text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language for a target audience EN2-CWT-01

Content

Imaginative purposes

Experiment with different poetic forms using stanzas
Experiment with poetry to include innovative use of punctuation to suit purpose and for effect

Text features for multiple purposes

Select and use multimodal features to add meaning

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 depend on energy and materials to survive

Human Society and its Environment K-6 Syllabus (2024)

People have responsibility to care for Australia's environments

English K–6 Syllabus © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2022

Human Society and its Environment 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

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