Poetic adventures excursion program

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Location	Field of Mars Reserve, Pittwater Road, East Ryde Wallumedegal Country Google maps - Apple maps
	Supply bus driver with Field of Mars Reserve bus information No bus entry into Field of Mars Reserve.
	Field of Mars Reserve risk management plan
	View the YouTube track overview videos. Buffalo Creek Track Doyle and Warada loop track
Cost	2025 DoE $25 per student - GST free 2025 Non-gov school cost $35 per student - GST free, minimum charge $750 Term 1 - Catholic school Weeks 3 to 7 cost = DoE cost - GST free, minimum charge $750 Schools are to confirm the number of students and classes at least 7 days prior to attending. Schools will be charged based on the number of students confirmed or number of students who attend on the day (whichever is greater).
Welfare	Participants will be bushwalking during the day in rugged terrain. Limited wheelchair accessibility. This excursion may not be suitable for people who have been recently unwell.
Bring	Backpack, medication, low-waste food, water bottle, sunblock, raincoat, hat, sturdy shoes. Students wear reusable name tag and sports uniform.
View	Preparing for an excursion
Supporting resources	Eucalypt forest digital book - available free from Apple Books English textual concepts website NSW Department of Education English support site Animal and plant fact sheets
Bin access	All student waste to be taken home by students.
Parent/carer helpers	Optional one parent per class, no siblings. Closed shoes essential.
Medical or special needs	Notify Field of Mars staff prior to excursion. Students, staff and visitors must not attend if unwell, even with mild symptoms.
Extreme or wet weather	Days predicted to be above 35ºC, high winds, extreme bush fire danger and dust storms may result in the excursion being modified, postponed or cancelled.
Cancellations	Cancellations with less than 30 working school days notice will incur a $600 administration fee. Cancellations with less than 7 working school days notice will incur the full cost for the program based on the original booking. Cancellations due to weather or fire danger are exempt from fees.

Suggested timetable for up to three classes

Time	Classes A, B, C
9.45 - 10.15	Introduction
10.15 - 10.30	Recess
10.30 - 10.45	Equipment distribution
10.45 - 12.45	Poetic adventures location scouting poem development macro photography
12.45 - 1.15	Lunch
1.15 - 2.00	iMovie studio - Visuals and audio
2.00 - 2.15	Pack up and depart

Poetic adventures excursion

English

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 intention

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

Activities

Composing

Students will visit various outdoor locations in the bushland of Field of Mars Reserve. At each location, they will work in pairs to write a sentence from their minifigure’s perspective. They’ll learn about descriptive tier 2 and 3 words for bushland and natural objects.

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

Publishing

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

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

Syllabus outcomes and content

English K-10 Syllabus (2022)

Vocabulary

Outcome

Extends Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary through interacting, wide reading and writing, morphological analysis and generating precise definitions for specific contexts EN3-VOCAB-01

Content

Learning and using words

Identify newly encountered words from interactions and wide reading, and use them in writing, discussions and presentations

Creating written texts

Outcome

Plans, creates and revises written texts for multiple purposes and audiences through selection of text features, sentence-level grammar, punctuation and word-level language EN3-CWT-01

Content

Text features for multiple purposes

Use word repetition and word associations as cohesive devices across texts
Experiment with figurative language for effect and to engage the reader, including metaphor, hyperbole, oxymoron and allusion
Create written texts that include multiple paragraphs with clear, coherent transition of ideas
Choose multimodal features suited to a target audience and purpose, to reinforce and extend ideas

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 may change over millions of years, in response to their environments

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.

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

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Field of Mars Environmental Education Centre

address Field of Mars Reserve
Pittwater Road
East Ryde NSW 2112

telephone 02 9816 1298

email fieldofmar-e.school@det.nsw.edu.au

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Poetic adventures excursion program

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Suggested timetable for up to three classes

Time

Classes A, B, C

Poetic adventures excursion

English

Program

Syllabus outcomes and content

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