Learning Experiences Prep - Year 6

2012 bookings are now open. Contact the Education Team for your 2012 Learning Experiences guide and booking form.

Discovery Session or Self-guided?

There are plenty of learning experiences available for students from Prep - Year 6.

Your first step is to decide which experiences suits your needs: Your class can participate in an interactive Discovery Session hosted by Lone Pine's Education Team or enjoy a self-guided day.

All confirmed bookings gain access to complimentary teaching resources to assist in making the most of your experience.

Bookings are essential and we recommend you book well in advance. Contact the Education Team to making a booking and to discover more about Lone Pine's 2012 Learning Experiences.

Please note: Registration of your interest does not automatically guarantee an excursion date. Dates are held once a booking form is received.

Self-guided

Enjoy Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary on your own with a self-guided excursion.

Lone Pine offers many public presentations throughout the day that you may incorporate into your self-guided day. Please discuss your options with the Education Team when you book.

Discovery Sessions

Our unique, interactive Discovery Sessions are linked to the National Curriculum and have been developed in conjunction with Education Queensland teachers. All Discovery Sessions hosted by the Education Team are 45 minutes in duration and include animal encounters. Each student booked into a Discovery Session receives complimentary animal food to feed the free range kangaroos, wallabies and wallaroos during free time.

Please note: There is a maximum of 30 students per session. Sessions are available at set times throughout the day during the school term, for example 10.00am, 11.15am and 12.30pm.

Discovery Session: Farm Friends
Prep - Year 2

Join Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary's 'Farm Friend' on a tour of the Barn Yard. Along the way your group will identify farm animals, life cycles and the products and services farm animals provide. Discover the requirements of caring for animals from egg to adult by carrying out farm tasks such as egg collecting and fertility inspection, enclosure set up, day-old chick handling, and cleaning up after the animals.

Discovery Session: Backyard Explorers
Prep - Year 2

Recently returned from a journey of exploration, Lone Pine's 'Backyard Explorer' has lots to share! Solve the mystery of wildlife by piecing together clues animals have left behind. This program introduces diets, habitats, adaptations and plenty of problem solving. Your class will even come face to face with the animals they identify!

Discovery Session: Wildlife Scientists

Prep - Year 2

Lone Pine's resident 'Wildlife Scientist' and trusty sidekick, 'Fred the Magnifying Glass', guide your class on a journey of scientific discovery. Classification using body coverings is the focus of this experience, with a mix of adaptations and a healthy dose of close encounters of the wild kind! Naturally, your class will be inducted as brand new Wildlife Scientists at the completion of this experience.

Discovery Session: Backyard Explorers
Year 3 - 6

Backyards are amazing places full of secret clues suggesting wildlife might live nearby. Your class will learn the skills necessary to get outside and identify local species, simply by linking artefacts such as scales, food items and noises to animals. Students' problem solving skills will be rewarded by meeting backyard buddies up close and personal.

Discovery Session: Guardians of the Endangered

Year 3 – 6

Your class will investigate artefacts representing threatening processes currently impacting Australian wildlife. Students will teach each other that threats are not black and white. Ethical issues are involved and we need to work together to identify practical solutions. Each threatening process has an ambassador animal which the students will meet to further connect to the issues Australian wildlife face daily.

Discovery Session: Talkin' 'Bout Your Biome!

Year 3 – 6

Students are grouped into some of Australia's main biomes and must work with their teammates to meet and match native animals to the correct biome. This game show style session investigates the main biomes of Australia while exploring the fragile ecological links within these complex habitats.