Term 3 – 2022, Wednesday

9.30am-10.15am & 10.30am - 11.15am

NOW TAKING REGISTRATIONS 

Experiential outdoor education for families (parents/grandparents/carers) and children 0-6 years in beach, bush and botanic spaces.

Week 1: 20th July. Meet ‘Betty and Basil our Beneficial Bats’

Week 2: 27th July. Delight in a ‘Dinosaur Discovery Day’

Week 3: 3rd August. Practice ‘Permaculture for kids’

Week 4: 10th August. Wander on a ‘Wombat Walk’

Week 5: 17th August. Help by being ‘Habitat Heroes’

Week 6: 24th August. Enjoy ‘Wonderful Winter’ fun in the sun

WEEK ONE

Wednesday 20th July

Meet ‘Betty and Basil our Beneficial Bats’

Locate the trees where these beneficial little micro-bats live that call the Mornington Peninsula home. Learn how to construct a backyard bat box.

Make and decorate a ‘bat hat’, play bat games. Walk the boardwalk at Balcombe Estuary Recreational Reserve in Mount Martha.

WEEK TWO

Wednesday 27th July

Delight in a ‘Dinosaur Discovery Day’

Learn about these prehistoric creatures that lived 115 million years ago.

Examine particular species that existed locally. Locate natural materials that remain from the dinosaur era. Romp and stomp your way across rugged terrain, retracing dinosaur footsteps. Construct a habitat for dinosaurs at Beauty Park in Frankston.

WEEK THREE

Wednesday 3rd August

Practice ‘Permaculture for kids’

Discover the secrets of soil. Dig for wiggly worms in the earth.

Feed compost critters delicious fruit and vegetable scraps. Be super snail snoopers and beneficial bug hunters at ‘Joy of the Earth’ Community Garden in Frankston.

WEEK FOUR

Wednesday 10th August

Wander on a ‘Wombat Walk’

Explore native bush-land and look for evidence of animal scats and tracks.

Help to make a huge Wombat Stew. Discover Ellie and Evan Echidna’s habitat and ‘antics’ they’re involved in! Create a cozy habitat suitable for a little ‘puggle’ at the Briars in Mount Martha

WEEK FIVE

Wednesday 17th August

Help by being ‘Habitat Heroes’.

Learn from the local green team how trees are life giving!

Experience being a natural reserve ranger for the morning. Plant habitat for swamp skinks in the beach dunes, help create a haven for our native birds, fauna & insects along the Frankston-Seaford foreshore.

WEEK SIX

Wednesday 24th August

Enjoy ‘Wonderful Winter’ fun in the sun

Come ‘ice-blocking’ down a big hill and experience invigorating winter fun without snow!