Poetic adventures incursion program

Teacher checklist

Location	Your school
Location	Risk management plan
Cost	2025 DoE $25 per student - GST free 2024/25 Non-gov school cost $28 per student - 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).
School preparation	If possible provide one extra large learning space, with a smart board, for all participating classes for the duration of the day. The space needs to accommodate multiple classes.
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
Medical or special needs	Notify Field of Mars staff prior to incursion.
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

Time
9.00 - 11.00	Session 1 Macro adventure
11.30 - 1.00	Session 2 iMovie studio
2.00 - 3.00	Session 3 Post production (if required)

Poetic adventures incursion

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

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.

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 recognise that their understanding of the worlds in texts are shaped by their own personal experience and their own culture.

They learn that views of the world in texts:

may differ from each other
are based on selections
may be represented in various ways in different modes and media.

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

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