Primary School Incursions
"If you can’t excite people about wildlife, how can you convince them to love, cherish, and protect our wildlife and the environment they live in?"
- Steve Irwin
We just can’t say it enough - education is the key to conservation.
Our curriculum-based educational programs will engage primary school students’ endless curiosity about the natural world by bringing it right into the classroom!
Your classes will be amazed, entertained and completely captivated by our tertiary-qualified zoologists as they learn about the natural world and the incredible species we share it with through our curriculum-based educational programs.
Each show is tailored to suit your class - we’ll select the best species for the learning outcomes you wish to achieve, and our educators will ensure each and every student has the opportunity to be included. All whilst we provide every student with the kind of experience they’ll remember for a lifetime!
Foundation - Level 2
Foundation, Level 1 and Level 2 students will get up close and personal with a wide variety of native wildlife, and will learn about the basic needs of each species and the ways it survives in its natural habitat, their life cycles, and how their physical features not only help them survive, but help us to group them in different ways.
Victorian Curriculum F-10
Version 2.0
Students group plants and animals based on observable features, and identify how living things meet their needs in the places they live - VC2S2U01 & VC2S2U02
They explain how features of plants and animals enable their survival - VC2S2U03
Our programs that suit Foundation, Level 1 and Level 2 best include…
Wildlife of Victoria
Biodiversity in Our Backyard!
Cold-Blooded Creatures
Australia’s Amazing Reptiles!
Minibeast Mania
Tiny But Mighty!
Level 3 and 4
For your Year 3 and 4 students, we’ll investigate the different ways our animals can be classified, and the different life cycles of a range of native species, We’ll also discuss the different relationships our animals will have with each other, and other living and non-living things within their environment, food chains and food webs, and the roles each species plays within their ecosystem to keep it healthy.
Victorian Curriculum F-10
Version 2.0
Students classify and compare the characteristics of living, once-living and non-living things - VC2S4U01
They compare the life cycles of different plants and animals, and describe similarities and differences between parents and offspring at different stages of growth - VC2S4U02
They identify the roles of organisms in a habitat, and construct food chains - VC2S4U03
Our programs that suit Level 3 and 4 best include…
Wildlife of Victoria
Biodiversity in Our Backyard!
Cold-Blooded Creatures
Australia’s Amazing Reptiles!
Minibeast Mania
Tiny But Mighty!
COMING SOON!
Freshwater Focus
Waterway Wonders!
Level 5 and 6
Humans have had a massive impact on the world around us, and have drastically changed the environment in a relatively short time. For your Year 5 and 6 students, we’ll discuss how changes to a habitat/ecosystem can affect the species within it, the threats they now face, and what we can do in our everyday lives to help protect those species. Our ‘On the Brink’ program really focuses on these topics, especially for species that are now faced with extinction - all whilst showcasing some of our most endangered and amazing species.
We’ll also take a closer look at the different kinds of adaptations our species have evolved in order to survive and thrive in their environment. Every body structure, behaviour and internal process is the result of millions of years of evolution, and your students will discover some of the incredible ways our native animals really are built to survive!
Victorian Curriculum F-10
Version 2.0
Students explain how natural and human-induced changes in the physical conditions of a habitat affect the survival of organisms - VC2S6U01
They provide examples of how organisms have changed over time and explain how the structural features and behaviours of organisms enable them to survive - VC2S6U02
Our programs that suit Level 5 and 6 best include…
Wildlife of Victoria
Biodiversity in Our Backyard!
COMING SOON!
Freshwater Focus
Waterway Wonders!
COMING SOON!
On The Brink
Threatened and Endangered Species!
Other Primary Shows
Looking for an exciting addition to your Activities Week, Science Week, Open Day or School Fete? Aussie Wildlife Experiences provides the exciting, engaging and educational experiences that will be the talking point amongst students, parents and teachers alike!
From a fun classroom activity to a stage show to wowing the crowds at your school fete, our energetic, educational and amazingly fun shows bring our audiences up close and personal with an amazing and diverse range of incredible invertebrates, mammals, birds and reptiles. We’ll help foster a connection between audiences young and old and the wonders of our native wildlife in a way that will continue to grow for a lifetime.
Want to give your students the chance to cuddle a friendly python, poke their tongue out at a lizard, meet an adorable sugar glider or even smile at a crocodile? Our Roving Wildlife gives everyone the chance to see, pat and hold friendly native animals, and provide photo opportunities to make sure everyone remembers this experience for many years to come - making it perfect for entertainment between stage shows at your Open Day, fete or festival.