The submission of this form is a formal request for an excursion booking at Centennial Parklands on the date/s and time/s specified. Once we receive your form we will allocate your booking based off of our availability and will respond with a booking confirmation document.
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A quote for your excursion will be sent to you with your Booking Confirmation. Teachers and assisting adults are free of charge.
For details on Excursion costs please see Plan Your Excursion
To allow us to invoice your school following your excursion, please complete the following.
The receiving of a booking confirmation document by email constitutes an agreement that your lesson/s are booked and confirmed and subject to our cancellation policy.
Please make a note of the contact details below in case you do not hear from us within a week.
Education Office Centennial Parklands Locked Bag 15 Paddington 2021
Phone: 02 9339 6645 (Phone is staffed Mon, Tue and Thu 9am - 12pm) Email: education@centennialparklands.com.au
Centennial Parklands is home to a variety of living things, many with a unique life cycle to investigate. Life Cycles is a hands on science program full of engaging field work activities for Stage 2 students.
Go on a bug hunt and see if you can catch an invertebrate during one of its life cycle stages, see if you can spot one of the Parklands’ famous eels and help it complete its final life-cycle stage by designing a migration invention. Visit the Flying Foxes in Lachlan Wetland to learn about their role in the lifecycle of a fig tree.
Use bug nets and bug pots to catch invertebrates during one of their lifecycle stages
Visit Lachlan Wetland and the Grey-headed flying fox colony to learn about their special role in the life cycle of a fig tree
Hear the story of the journey that freshwater eels take to complete their final life cycle stage and use clay to construct a prototype to solve their migration problems.
ST2-1WS-S questions, plans, and conducts scientific investigation, collects and summarises data and communicates using scientific representations
ST2-2DP-T selects and uses materials, tools, and equipment to develop solutions for a need or opportunity
ST2-4LW-S compares features and characteristics of living and non-living things The Education Access Pass Program covers all program and transport costs for schools with an FOEI higher than 125 and community organisations that work with groups in need. Please contact us directly with the name of the program and your group size and we can help you organise a free program. This programs is funded through the Legacy Fund of the Centennial Parklands Foundation.
education@gsp.nsw.gov.au