At the beach or at your centre, children will explore some wonders of our local coastline and learn how to help protect it.
Activity description
We’re lucky to live by the beach, and we all enjoy it in different ways. In this interactive activity, children will be offered things to safely touch, while learning about our amazing local wildlife, our coastal environments, and how we all help care for the coast.
This activity can be held at the beach (e.g. during a beach kinder session) or in your centre, where we’ll bring aspects of the ocean to you!
This activity will cover topics such as:
- Wadawurrung connections to Country
- Ways people use and enjoy the beach
- Marine and coastal environments – ocean, rockpools, beach, sand dunes
- The Great Southern Reef and its unique marine life
- Threatened species – the Hooded Plover
- Caring for the coast – e.g. leaving shells behind, avoiding waste and picking up litter, protecting sand dunes, dogs on beaches, fishing regulations, Hooded Plovers.
Location: At your centre or a beach in Ocean Grove or Barwon Heads.
Available to: Kindergartens and early years services in Ocean Grove and Barwon Heads.
Available days/times: Monday to Thursday between 9am-4pm.
Curriculum links: Early Years Learning Framework – Outcome 2: Children are connected with and contribute to their world.
Suggested resources related to this activity:
- Cool.org – Early Learning Teaching Resources – Oceans
- Bukareeyoo – YouTube video
- The Great Southern Reef by Paul Venzo and Prue Francis (picture book)
- Friends of the Bluff
- Melbourne Down Under – Life in Port Phillip Bay – YouTube video
- Wadawurrung Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation – browse the Resources tab
