Primary Creative Arts excursions and incursions | K–6 | Field of Mars EEC
Field of Mars Environmental Education Centre offers Creative Arts excursions and incursions for Early Stage 1 to Stage 3.
Students create artworks inspired by natural and urban environments using photography, digital design, natural materials, observation and reflective art-making.
Programs are led by qualified Department of Education teachers and support the NSW Creative Arts K–6 Syllabus (2024) through making, responding and creative practice.
Why choose Creative Arts at Field of Mars EEC?
- Students use real places as stimulus for making and responding.
- Programs support the NSW Creative Arts K–6 Syllabus (2024) through observation, experimentation, design, refinement and reflection.
- Creative Arts learning is connected to outdoor environments, visual language, composition, pattern, colour, texture and artistic intent.
What will students do?
- Students observe natural and built environments to collect ideas, images, textures, colours, patterns and forms.
- They create artworks or digital products using processes such as photography, drawing, collage, digital design, construction and reflective documentation.
- Students use Creative Arts vocabulary to describe materials, techniques, composition, meaning and artistic choices.
Featured Creative Arts excursions and incursions
Bush Christmas incursion
Early Stage 1 | Creative Arts
Students make and respond through story, music and visual arts, using an Australian bush context to explore sound, movement, colour and pattern.
Nature’s gift incursion
Stage 1 | Creative Arts
Students collect natural stimulus, experiment with materials and digital tools, and create resolved artworks inspired by patterns, textures and shapes.
Digital woodlands excursion
Stage 2 | Creative Arts
Students use photography and digital processes to create artworks that explore composition, viewpoint, visual storytelling and bushland environments.
The art of wellbeing excursion
Stage 3 | Creative Arts, PDHPE
Students create artworks that communicate meaning about wellbeing, then reflect on how materials, processes and place shape artistic choices.
Creative Arts excursions by Stage
Early Stage 1 excursions
Students respond to place through sensory exploration, story, music/drama play and simple making, using natural colours, shapes and textures as stimulus.
Stage 1 excursions
Students experiment with materials and processes to represent observations (line, shape, texture, pattern), then share and talk about artworks using simple art vocabulary.
Stage 2 excursions
Students use photography/digital tools and making processes to develop artworks inspired by bushland environments, then reflect on choices and meanings.
Stage 3 excursions
Students plan and resolve artworks with stronger intent (composition, viewpoint, techniques), documenting process and producing short artist statements.
Creative Arts incursions by Stage
Early Stage 1 incursions
Story and making experiences that explore colour, pattern and sound, producing simple artworks and performances connected to nature.
Stage 1 incursions
Students create artworks from nature stimulus using drawing/collage/digital tools, focusing on experimenting and representing ideas.
Stage 2 incursions
Students design and produce a digital or physical artwork series, using photographs/textures/patterns from the school environment, then curate and share.
Stage 3 incursions
Students apply design thinking to plan a finished artwork or digital product, refining technique and using feedback to improve outcomes.
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Learning resources
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Fact sheets
Use our fact sheets as stimulus for visual artworks, photography, design and artist statements.