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 Students enjoying one of The Forest workstations |
Teacher's FAQs
General Questions
- Student bookings: Monday to Friday.
- School bookings: taken for 30+ students $10.00 gst included. Teachers / Supervisors free.
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sheltered picnic area exists for the students with a basic kiosk. The Kiosk sells
beverages and ice-creams.
- We suggest recess on arrival, as a student orientation. Worksheet C relates to the picnic area, and may be used along with the other Pre-walk Activities, as an introduction to the forest and as a method for grouping the students.
The Walk
- The average time for the entire walk is about 100 mins.
- Teachers are in control of the duration they spend on the walk.
- Teachers determine how they 'access' the walk. For example, teaches may choose to have their students walking with worksheets, or make use of the 8 study stations.
Picnic Area
The panoramic interactive vista (Click here) helps plan the student entry to the forest walk using the following Pre-walk Activities.
Pre-walk Activities
- Worksheet C
- Landuse and environmental comparison study.
- Navigation. To draw a map of the track.
- Logging Display
- Logging History at large log (before kiosk).
- Weather Gauges (near the entrance to the forest walk).
- Study Station 9 (behind kiosk):
» Map Centre
» History of land use and Management program
» Sundial-true north; Compass-magnetic north. - The Kiosk is within the picnic area, surrounded by an exclosure fence accessed by the native fauna. It is a 'no hand feeding' zone.
- Ball play area prior to kiosk-please bring your own equipment.
- Toilets are within picnic area.
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