Week

Topic

Monday

11AM

Tuesday

10AM

Friday

10AM

1

1st February

2^nd February

5^th February

Lovely Lizards

Story: Do lizards eat ice-cream? How to beat the heat by Etta Kaner

This session has a focus on the warm weather and how some of our animals cope in the heat. This session will have focus on texture and patterns of animals such as lizards.

2

8^th February

9^th February

12^th

February

Enormous Emus

Story: Where’s Stripy by Wendy Binks

This session explores emus and their unusual qualities, focusing on Emu’s feet, feathers and eggs. With a focus on sensory learning. Children will have the opportunity to have a close encounter with an emu.

3

15^th February

16^th

February

19^th

February

Spiders those 8 Legged Critters

Story: The very busy spider By Eric Carle

This session will explore the characteristics of the spider group, using movement and visuals to help us along the way. We may even try to build our own web!

4

22^nd February

23^rd

February

26^th

February

Kangaroos, Kangaroos

Story: What’s in your pocket? By Ruth Symons and Laura Watkins

This session focuses on kangaroos and their unique characteristics and animal care. This session ends with children meeting and feeding a resident kangaroo.

5

1^st

March

2^nd March

5^th

March

Interesting Insects

Story: Heads and tails- Insects by John Canty

This session has a focus on bugs using sensory and exploration to discover these cool creatures. Kids may even meet a resident insect.

6

8^th March

9^th March

12^th March

Sneaky Potoroos and Bandicoots

Story: Scoot, Scoot, Bandicoot by Karen Treanor and Mary Woodwand.

This session focuses on bandicoots and potoroos. These animals are great diggers, let’s go on a potoroo hunt and see if we can track them around the park.

7

15^th March

16^th March

19^th March

Look out for Snakes

Story: Hide and Snake by Keith Baker

This session has a focus on scaly snakes and their special characteristics and snake safety, when walking in the bush.

8

22^nd March

23^rd March

26^th march

Beautiful Butterflies

Story: Secret World of Butterflies by Courtney Sina Meredith and Giselle Clarkson.

This session gets kids to explore butterflies characteristics through a variety of ways, including movement and visuals.

9

29^th March

30^th March

N/A

Good Friday

Brilliant Bilbies – Easter

Story: Hunwicks Egg by Mem Fox

This session focuses on Australia’s Easter Bilby. Where they live and what they look like. Are they similar to a rabbit? This session will be Easter themed.

Week

Topic

Monday

11AM

Tuesday

10AM

Friday

10AM

1

N/A ANZAC Day

27^th April

30^th April

Turtles

Story: The Foolish Tortoise by Eric Carle

This explores turtles and tortoises and their similarities and differences, through sensory learning and movement.

2

3^rd May

4^th May

7^th May

Busybird Beaks

Story: Busy Beaks by Sarah Allen

This session focuses on the different shapes of bird beaks and what they are used for. This session has a focus on big and small.

3

10^th May

11^th May

14^th May

Dingos and Tasmanian Devils

Story: Wombat Stew by Marcia Vaughan

This session is focused on dingos and Tasmanian Devils and their special characteristics. Using their sense of sights and hearing kids will explore these wonderful animals.

4

17^th May

18^th May

21^st May

What’s that noise?

Story: Kookaburras love to laugh by Laura and Philip Bunting.

What noise does a kangaroo make? What about a koala? This session focuses on the unusual sounds our Australian animals make. Bring your listening ears and let’s find out!

5

24^th May

25^th May

28^th May

Fantastic Frogs

Story: Leap Frog By Jane Clarke and Britta Teckentrup

Let’s learn about frogs and their unique characteristics. We will may even get a chance to meet one of our resident frogs.

6

31^st May

1^st June

4^th June

Bugs Bugs Bugs

Story: Twig by Aura Parker

This session focuses on out 6 legged critters and

7

7^th June

8^th June

11^th June

Possum Magic

Story: Possum Magic by Mem Fox

This session has a focus on the possums and their wonderful characteristics, Where do they live? What do they eat? Come along and find out.

8

N/A Public Holiday

15^th June

18^th June

Who can hop?

Story: Kangaroos Hop By Ross Moriarty Balarinji

Kangaroos hop, frog’s hop, what other animals hop? Some and find out. This session has a focus on movement.

9

21^st June

22^nd June

25^th June

Wonderful Water birds and their nests

Story: Edwina the Emu by Sheena Knowles and Rod Clement

A focus on Pelicans, kids will be exploring the amazing pelican characteristics. This session will be located at the Wetlands area.

Week

Topic

Monday

11AM

Tuesday

10AM

Friday

10AM

1

19^th July

20^th July

23^rd July

Reptiles are Rad!

Story: Beware of the Crocodile by Martin Jenkins

Let’s learn about scaly retiles like crocodiles, lizards and snakes. Some dinosaurs are reptiles too. Come along and find out more.

2

26^th July

27^th July

30^th July

Animal Homes

Story: The Little Aussies Bush Babies by Dawn Hawthorn-Jackson

This session explores the various homes. Where does a bird sleep? Where does a Tasmanian devil live? Through visual and sensory exploring we discover the answers.

3

2^nd August

3^rd August

6^th August

Geese please

Story: Boo to a Goose by Mem Fox

This session focuses on cape barren geese and magpie geese, the things they get up to and the unique features they have.

4

9^th August

10^th August

13^th August

Wombats

Story: Wombat Goes to School by Jackie French

This session focuses on the unusual sounds of our wonderful animals we have here at Cleland such as emus, possums, dingos, curlew, cockatoo, rainbow lorikeet, Tasmanian devil. This session will end at the Woodland aviary, listen to the unusual birds that reside there.

5

16^th August

17^th August

20^th August

Colourful Birds

Story: A Parrots Wish by Heather Freeman

This session has a focus on birds and the wonderful variety of feathers and colours they can have. Including lots of sensory activities and observing the lorikeets flying in the trees.

6

23^rd August

24^th August

27^th August

Wallabies

Story: Look and See by Shane Morgan

This session looks at the similarities and differences of wallabies and kangaroos, as well as getting the chance to meet some up close.

7

30^th August

31^st August

3^rd September

Who lays eggs?

Story: Have you seen my egg? Penny Olsen

Exploring the different sizes of eggs, nests and birds. This session has a focus on big and small and gets kids to match eggs and nests to birds.

8

6^th September

7^th September

10^th September

Wonderful Worms

Story: Yucky Worms by Vivian French and Jessica Ahilberg

Animals come in all different colours and have different body textures. Let’s discover who has the brightest colours – while observing them in their natural habitat.

9

13^th September

14^th September

17^th September

Marsupials Manners

Story: Hana and the Koala by Heather Freeman

Did you know koalas and wombats are related? Let’s discover what they both like and don’t like.

Week

Topic

Monday

11AM

Tuesday

10AM

Friday

10AM

1

11^th October

12^th October

15^th October

Night time creatures

Story: Goodnight Possum by Coral Vass

Who comes out at night time? Possums, potoroos and bandicoots these little animals all around the park. Are they sleeping today? Let try and find some. This session focuses on animal care

2

18^th October

19^th October

22^nd October

Rare Rock Wallabies

Story: Benny Bungarra’s Big Bush Clean – up by Sally Morgan

Who knows what a yellow-footed rock wallaby is? How do they move? Where do they live? Let’s find out through movement and interactive exploration. This session has a bit of walking and will be located down at the rock wallabies.

3

25^th October

26^th October

29^th October

Story: The Story of the Little Mole Who knew it Was None of His Business by Wolf Erlbruchand Werner Holzwarth

This session focuses on different animal tracks and the poos they leave behind. I

wonder what a wombat poos looks like.

4

1^st November

2^nd November

5^th November

Ducks Rock

Story: Duck by McKinlay

This session focuses on ducks and their unusual characteristics that help them to swim and walk.

5

8^th November

9^th November

12^th November

Scales-Fur-Feathers Wowee

Story: I went walking by Sue Machin

Some animals have fur, some have scales, and some even have feathers. This session focuses on different animal textures.

6

15^th November

16^th November

19^th November

Curious Cycles

Story: Lyssie the Butterfly by Eva-Marie Welsh

This sessions explores butterfly cycles. From munching crawling caterpillars to flying butterflies. Using visual and movement based learning to engage children.

7

22^nd November

23^rd November

26^th November

Safe snakes

Story: The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson

This session focuses on reptiles and teaching kids not to approach strange animals in the wild. Snake safety and maybe even meet a resident snake.

8

29^th November

30^th November

3^rd December

Echidna

Story: Puggles Problem by Aleesah Darlison

This session explores the unique characteristics of echidnas, through sensory activities and exploration of their environments.

9

6^th December

7^th December

10^th December

Nothing but Nests –

Story: Bird Builds a nest by Martin Jenkins,Richard Jones

Exploring the different sizes of eggs and the nest and materials used for nests. This session has a focus on nests and how they are built, using a storytelling and construction approach.

Note: Children will make a mini Christmas wreath using their newly acquired nest building skills - Nature wreath for Christmas.