Children can re-enact this story in its real setting. Get Growing Infants and primary students all enjoy growing plants. We work with your class to help students master horticultural skills ranging from sowing seeds to taking cuttings and managing garden beds. Aboriginal People of Sydney Infants and primary students all want to know about Aboriginal people. Take this opportunity to have your students interact with local Aboriginal people.
Activities range from storytelling to tasting bush tucker to discovering how to survive in the bush.
Interaction with Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney staff provides a constructive environment for questions and discussions about issues of importance to your students. First Encounters Place your students at the site of the first European farm in Australia. Students consider these historical times while they become involved in a range of activities that contrast lifestyles of the two cultures. Wet and Dry in the City Students explore wet and dry environments in the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. The Harbour setting of the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney provides a rich environment for comparisons with natural and constructed wet and dry environments.