Students will investigate how the local community interacts with and cares for these special environments.
Students will use natural materials from the bush to design/build their own gunyas and discuss how Aboriginal Peoples cared for the environment.
About this excursion
Join us for an exciting exploration of Rumbalara or Kincumba Mountain Reserves!
Students will investigate how the local community interacts with and cares for these special environments. They will collect data on natural and human features and create their own sketch maps. Along the way, students will discover how Aboriginal Peoples have traditionally cared for the land and have the unique opportunity to build their own mini gunyah, connecting with cultural heritage in a hands-on experience.
Learning Intentions and Success Criteria
We are learning to:
collect data
care for Australian environments
We can:
draw a sketch map
recognise Aboriginal Peoples’ responsibility to Country.
recognise how people can work together to care for places and each other
Learning Experiences
Geographical Tools
Students will use a map and key to identify how people use the Reserve and then make their own sketch map of human and natural features (crayon rubbings).
Bushwalk
Students will enjoy a bushwalk within the Reserve and will observe the different ways people, including Aboriginal Peoples, use and care for this special environment.
Aboriginal Shelters
Students will use natural materials from the bush to design/build their own gunyas and discuss how Aboriginal Peoples cared for the environment.
Treasure Hunt
(Rumbalara only)
Students will follow clues to solve a mystery in a narrative about a ringtail possum. This activity is interactive and involves a short stroll near the Rumbalara Centre. Students will learn about where local animals might shelter and how we can help protect animal homes
Important information
Locations
Rumbalara Reserve, Gosford
or
Kincumba Mountain Reserve, Kincumber
Cost
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Key syllabus outcomes
HSIE K-6 (2024)
People are connected to places and groups
❀ HS1-ACH-01 describes interactions between Aboriginal Peoples and Country
❀ HS1-GEO-01 describes ways people connect to and care for places, water environments and each other, using geographical information
Please let us know if you are working on an alternate syllabus version so we can adapt accordingly.
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Additional Resources
Upon booking, you will receive our full program resources along with the relevant Risk Assessments.
