Excursions and Incursions
The Cooks River Alliance works with Environmental Education Centres (EEC) at Kamay Botany Bay and Georges River (GREEC), to provide excursions and incursions to schools throughout the Cooks River catchment. Programs will be delivered by qualified professional Department of Education teachers and can be done in-school at a range of local sites.
How It Works:
- Teachers identify an opportunity for a curriculum-linked field study activity.
- Contact GREEC or Kamay Botany Bay, depending on which is closest.
- Contact your local council to find out if a subsidy is available (currently available through Canterbury Bankstown and Strathfield Councils).
- Organise a date and time for excursion/incursion. Book the date with your local EEC.
Dates are available for terms 1 & 2, 2024.
Georges River Environmental Education Centre (GREEC)
Email: georgesriv-e.school@det.nsw.edu.au
Phone: 02 9755 3189
Kamay Botany Bay Environmental Education Centre
Email: kamaybotany-e.school@det.nsw.edu.au
Phone: 02 9668 9889 / 0477 742 284
We Are All Cooks River People
This program was developed in 2011, in partnership with Marrickville West Public School. Information about the Cooks River, its history and environmental issues, is immense and detailed. The unit of work presents a slight portion of this information and is presented in a way to give students a sense of the relationship that they have with the river. It is designed to enable teachers, students and the community to enter into learning about the topic with a sequence of specific activities and resources.
Cooks River Rescue
This program develops environmentally literate students to lead changes that positively impact the Cooks River, focusing on the issues and actions that can be championed by school students to address stormwater pollution.
The Cooks River Rescue Education Pack is located here.
Cooks River Catchment Model
The Cooks River Catchment Model is an engaging way to teach students about the catchment and the impacts of stormwater pollution. To enquire about the catchment model availability during school excursions and incursions, contact the Cooks River Alliance team at info@cooksriver.org.au.
