High Schools' Program

Please complete our

Information/Booking sheet (1.5MB PDF) and fax back to (07) 5598 1764

Aged 12 - 18: $11.50 per student including entry, educational presentation, student workbook, all shows and talks, train rides and lorikeets feeding. Minimum group size 10 .

Teachers: 1 FOC to every 10 paying students.
Admission for additional teachers will be at a rate of $19.50 per person.

Educational Presentation: No additional charge for Educational 30- 45 minute session presenting different animals and topics, including:

Adaptations
Food Webs
Threatened / Endangered Species
Conservation
Classification
General Biology for each animal
Captive Management
Physiology
Tourism Marketing & Management Studies
Art & Photography
Education sessions can be tailored to your curriculum requirements, please indicate topic needs on bookings form.

Structure your day with our 2010 in-park activities

Custom Make Ed. Encounters
Highly recommended additional activities (subject to availability)

Sustainability Tour
Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary has recently become Eco Certified in Advanced Eco Tourism. Our aim is to operate our park as sustainably as possible and we are proud to have made some significant changes to meet these goals.

Your class will meet with a dedicated Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary staff member and engage in a tour of the park. Areas and topics visited include:

Water tanks
Water recycling
Solar Initiatives
Waste recycling
Practising energy audits- including wattage, bulbs, cost effectiveness
Paper use and printing
Planting schemes

If you wish to include a Sustainability Tour with your visit to Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, please complete the Custom Made Education Session on the bookings form - the cost is an additional $2 per student.

Aboriginal Appreciation Experience
Your class can engage in an outdoor presentation conducted by Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary’s own Aboriginal Dance Troup. Some of the cultural appreciation topics include:

Bush Tucker
Hunting and Gathering- tools and weapons
Dwellings
Music and Dance
Dreamtime (understanding dreaming)

If you wish to include a Aboriginal Appreciation Experience with your visit to Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, please complete the Custom Made Education Session on the bookings form- the cost is an additional $5 per student.

Adventure Parc Green Challenge

The Green Challenge Adventure Parc is a high ropes adventure course that is located within the Wildlife Sanctuary. The course comprises of up to 65 elements including 2 Tarzan swings and a 17m high flying fox. Please note to do this activity you must be able to reach 160cm with arms stretched above head and feet flat on ground. Please note that there are height restrictions. Your students is must reach a height of 1.6m with their arms extended above their head and feet flat on the ground. While on the course, students develop skills in balance, hand-eye coordination, teamwork, communication and of course have fun!

The Green Challenge Adventure Parc is a fully supervised activity by trained staff including one of our education officers.
At the moment we have a special package involving school groups wishing to participate on the Green Challenge, it will be admission plus $15.00 entry onto the Green Challenge Adventure Parc.

If you wish to include this activity as part of your day at the Sanctuary, please read the following rules and conditions and ask each student’s parents to sign the accompanying form to bring in.

Click here to view Green Challenge Adventure Parc waiver >> (107.9kb PDF)

Get Closer

Koala Photos ( $14.00 per student)
Enjoy an individual "cuddle shot" photo with a Snake or Koala - 6 x 8 inch colour portraits.

Kangaroo Feeding ($1.00 per bag of roo food)

Please complete our

Information/Booking sheet (1.5MB PDF) and fax back to (07) 5598 1764
For enquiries: phone (07) 5534 0846, or send us an email at eductaion@cws.org.au

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