PROGRAM:
TUESDAY
TERM 4, 2025
TUESDAYS
Term 4, 2025.
Tuesday 7 October to Tuesday 18 November 2025
Cruden Farm Langwarrin.
9.30am and again at 10.30am
(each for 45 minutes)
Week 1: 7 October. Spring Splendour
Week 2: 14 October. Backyard Bird Count
Week 3: 21 October. Summer Snake Safety
Week 4: 28 October. Wriggle and Jiggle
Week 5: 11 November. Wild Pollinator Count
Week 6: 18 November. Colours of the Rainbow
NOW TAKING REGISTRATIONS
Experiential outdoor environmental education for families (Parents/Grandparents/Carers) and children 0-6 years
WEEK ONE
Tuesday 7 October
Spring Splendor
Stimulate your senses amongst beautiful bulbs waking up from winter!
Observe the insects attracted to daffodils, wattle and lemon scented gums. Engage in a contemporary, bright creation using traditional methods of pigment extraction from colorful, fragrant flowers and plants.
WEEK TWO
Tuesday 14 October Backyard Bird count.
Meet our ‘feathered friends’ that frequent bush, botanic and wetland spaces. Use binoculars to spot birds and locate some interesting nests. Construct a special little bird using items found in nature.
WEEK THREE
Tuesday 21 October Summer Snake Safety.
Learn ‘snake safety’, essential knowledge for a childhood outdoors and identify the different types of snakes that live where we do. Practice safe ways to walk and play outdoors in our Australian natural environment and examine how snakes help humans. Create a rainbow serpent using natural items.
WEEK FOUR
Tuesday 28 October
Wriggle and Jiggle and make some music.
Bounce along for songs, puppets, movement, games, dancing and singing. Recycle, repurpose and up-cycle! Make your own magnificent musical instruments using ‘windfall’ found in nature.
WEEK FIVE
Tuesday 11 November
Wild Pollinator Count.
Learn about the benefits of bugs and observe the plants that provide both food and habitat in your garden. Create your own favourite beneficial bug using items found in nature. Contribute to citizen science by helping with a wild pollinator count.
WEEK SIX
Tuesday 18 November
Colours of the Rainbow.
Stimulate your senses in this magical garden.
Perform a ‘colour hunt’ in nature. Construct a fragrant group ‘petal’ rainbow and paint a magical rainbow complete with a pot of gold to take home.
FEES
Costs to attend 6 week sessions are $174 for 1st child and $90 for others attending from same family (over 14 months old).