PROGRAM:

TUESDAY

TERM 3, 2025

TUESDAYS
Term 3, 2025.

Cruden Farm Langwarrin.

9.30am and again at 10.30am

(each for 45 minutes)

Week 1: 22 July. Meet ‘Betty and Basil our Beneficial Bats’

Week 2: 29 July. Delight in a ‘Dinosaur Discovery Day’

Week 3: 5 August. Practice ‘Permaculture for kids’

Week 4: 12 August. Wander on a ‘Wombat Walk’

Week 5: 19 August. Help by being ‘Habitat Heroes’

Week 6: 26 August. Enjoy ‘Wonderful Winter’ fun in the sun

NOW TAKING REGISTRATIONS

Experiential outdoor environmental education for families (Parents/Grandparents/Carers) and children 0-6 years

WEEK ONE

Tuesday 22 July

Meet ‘Betty and Basil our Beneficial Bats’

Locate trees and hollows where beneficial little micro-bats could live. Learn how to construct a backyard bat box. Make and decorate a ‘bat hat’, play bat games. Walk the gardens where species of Mornington Peninsula bats call this magnificent property their home.

WEEK TWO

Tuesday 29 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 your very own dinosaur.

WEEK THREE

Tuesday 5 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 in a garden abundant with food and suitable habitat.

WEEK FOUR

Tuesday 12 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’.

WEEK FIVE

Tuesday 19 August

Help by being ‘Habitat Heroes’

Learn how trees are life giving! Plant habitat to help create a haven for our native birds, lizards, fauna & insects living in and around natural spaces in Langwarrin.