Learning Activities
Seasonal Bushwalk
Students will take part in a guided bushwalk, observing the natural features around them and looking for signs of seasonal change. Along the way, they will pause for a quiet ‘magic spot’—a mindful moment to sit, listen, look, and connect with the environment using their senses.
Mindful Stone Stacking
Balance, focus, and creativity come together in this calming nature-based challenge. Students use small rocks to build mini stone towers, exploring different textures and shapes as they go. They decorate their structures using natural materials like bark, feathers or leaves (without picking living plants). This activity encourages mindfulness and an appreciation for the slow, steady processes of the natural world.
Soil and the Leaf Cycle
Students investigate how soil is formed through the breakdown of organic and inorganic materials. Using a large canvas cycle mat, they collect leaves at different stages of decay to learn how they transform into soil. With magnifiers, they explore their own soil samples to identify broken-down leaf matter and sand grains. The activity reinforces the connection between plants, soil, and seasonal change.
Seasonal Treasure Hunt
Students become nature detectives on a guided treasure hunt for signs of the changing seasons. Using illustrated cards, they search for things like flowering plants, insect activity, shedding bark and more. This active and engaging task builds observation skills and strengthens connections with the environment. Each clue tells a small story about how plants and animals respond to the seasons.
Stone Sorting Challenge
How are rocks different from one another? In this hands-on activity, students explore, and sort rock samples based on texture, colour, weight or grain size. Using magnifiers and touch, they learn to classify natural materials just like young geologists. It’s a simple but powerful way to build vocabulary and observation skills through guided inquiry.
Sample Timetable
NOTE: Variations to timetable based on specific location, group size and weather
| Time |
Class A & B |
Class C & D |
| 10.00am |
Acknowledgement of Country, Welcome, Overview of the day |
| 10.10am |
Morning Tea |
| 10.30am |
Soil and the Leaf Cycle + Stone Sorting Challenge |
Bushwalk including Seasonal Treasure Hunt |
| 11.45am |
Bushwalk including Seasonal Treasure Hunt |
Soil and the Leaf Cycle + Stone Sorting Challenge |
| 1.00pm |
Lunch |
| 1.30pm |
Mindful Stone Stacking |
| 2.00pm |
Conclusion and depart |
