Field of Mars Environmental Education Centre

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Telephone02 9816 1298

Emailfieldofmar-e.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Nature's gift incursion program

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Teacher checklist

Location

Your school
Risk management plan
Cost

2025 DoE $18 per student - GST free

2025 Non-gov school cost $20 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 screen or projector, for all participating classes for the duration of the day. The space needs to accommodate multiple classes.
Supporting resources

Invertebrate Explorer - available free from Apple Books

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

 
The suggested timetable is suitable for up to four classses. Max 64 students per session.
 
This program works best in two hour blocks. This might require some classes to start recess or lunch early or late.

Time

Classes
9.00 - 11.00

Class 1 and 2
11.30 - 1.30

Class 3 and 4

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Nature's gift incursion

Creative arts

Program 

Nature's gift is an incursion program where nature and digital art intertwines.

Learning intention

We are learning to make a digital artwork that represents nature.

Activities 

Art from nature

In the hall or large learning space, students will learn about various artists who use natural materials to create artworks. We’ll explore their techniques and tools, helping students understand how artworks are made.

Nature's treasures

Students explore their school grounds, finding inspiration in natural treasures like leaves, flowers, and stones. Each student will take photos of these materials to create digital specimens for their artworks.

Imagination workshop

Students will learning to create digital artworks inspired by various artists. They’ll review, edit, and enhance photos using iPad apps, learn to create layers of digital imagery with natural materials, and add drawings using a digital pencil.

Students will choose their favourite artwork to print on A4 photo paper at Field of Mars EEC. They’ll receive the frame and artwork at school later. Students must frame their artwork.

All artworks will be saved to Google Drive for school access.

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Syllabus outcomes and content 

Creative Arts K-6 Syllabus (2024)

Visual Arts

Outcome

  • Makes artworks in intentional ways to represent ideas about their world, and explains ways artists are influenced by contexts and how artworks are interpreted by audiences CA3-VIS-01

Content

Making: Artists represent their world in intentional ways through their artmaking practice 

  • Represent ideas or prespectives of their world and intentions in own artmaking and practice
  • Apply understanding of materials, digital technologies and processes to represent intended ideas in artworks
  • Explore artistic conventions and ways to represent subject matter and ideas in compositions
  • Demonstrate safe artmaking practices with respect for physical, social, digital and cultural safety

Exhibiting: Artworks are displayed and curated to communicate intentional ideas to audiences

  • Reflect on personal experiences and contributions as an artist, explaining how choices and decisions influenced the artwork and the ways it is understood by audiences

Creative Arts 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

Creative Arts K-6 Syllabus (2006)

Visual arts

Outcomes

VAS3.1 Investigates subject matter in an attempt to represent likenesses of things in the world.

  • closely observes details of things in the world and seeks to make artworks about these using various techniques such as proportion, perspective, composition, foreshortening 

Creative Arts K-6 Syllabus © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2006

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