Students explore the WildPlay Garden to develop an understanding of place, connection and care for the environment.
Early Stage 1 HSIE Geography
Students step into the Wild Play Garden to explore, investigate and make sense of the environment through hands-on, engaging experiences. This dynamic outdoor space invites curiosity and active learning, providing a rich setting for students to observe, question and discover.
Students use geographical tools to observe how people move through and use the space, identifying areas designed for different purposes and levels of activity. They explore how park staff manage these environments to support safe, engaging and sustainable use, including the role of ongoing care and volunteer support.
Grounded in real-world experiences, this program develops geographical thinking as students analyse how places are organised and managed, while building a stronger understanding of shared responsibility in caring for public spaces.
Learning intention
Students will:
- explore the natural and built features of the Wild Play Garden, considering what makes it special and how it is cared for
- identify, map and describe natural and human features within a space
- recognise places that are meaningful to them and reflect on how they can care for these places
Activities
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Discovery walk: Students listen, observe and identify how different areas in the Wild Play Garden are used by visitors and explore how the spaces is organised. They consider what makes the Wildplay Garden special special.
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Resource Management Hunt: Discover the various ways resources are managed in the Wild Play Garden, and where this happens. Make suggestions on how this could be improved.
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Volunteering: Students become real-world parkland volunteers. Participating in propogation or planting activity to directly contribute to the future of Centennial Park.
Curriculum links and syllabus outcomes
HSE-GEO-01 identifies and locates places people connect with, using geographical information
Vocabulary
Place, map, natural feature, human feature, care, environment, park, shelter, sustainable.
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This program is funded through the Legacy Fund of the Centennial Parklands Foundation.