Through a bush walk, sense activities, art and craft and traditional games students explore Indigenous culture. The program is specifically aimed at the early childhood years and gives students the opportunity to engage in hands-on activities in a bush setting in a safe and challenging environment.
Program details
Venue: Amaroo EEC, Kleinton
Student participation fee - see Booking Information
Duration: 4 hours
Program overview
The program overview provides:
a synopsis of the program
links to relevant parts of the Australian Curriculum
an indication of pedagogical strategies for the program's activities—based on Amaroo EEC's Pedagogical Framework (PDF, 198KB)
an outline of the teaching sequence.
Elements of the teaching sequence are colour-coded, showing which parts will be taught during the excursion by the Amaroo teacher/s and which should be covered by the classroom teacher (prior to or following the excursion) to fully cover the program's objectives. Suggestions are also given for relevant pre- or post-excursion activities and
assessment tasks.
Program Overview (PDF, 486KB)
Curriculum Activity Risk Assessments (CARAs)
Because the activities associated with Amaroo's Marvellous Mini Murris program are rated at a low or medium inherent risk level, specific curriculum risk assessment documents for this program are not required. The risk assessment document below has, however, been prepared by Amaroo staff if you would like to use it. It covers all the activites associated with the Marvellous Mini Murris program. CARAs should be approved by your school principal and filed for your records.
Amaroo Risk Assessment - Marvellous Mini Murris Program (191KB)