A Storythread Experience for Grade Six
Blanket Role - Environmental Advocates
Environmental Advocates embody ‘Dadirri’* in nature
* The word, concept and spiritual practice that is dadirri (da-did-ee) is from the Ngan'gikurunggurr and Ngen'giwumirri languages of the Aboriginal peoples of the Daly River region (Northern Territory, Australia). We have been gifted permission from the Miriam Rose Foundation to share Dadirri. Whilst we acknowledge there may be a local language word more appropriate to the lands on which we teach, in the absence of this being gifted to us by local Elders, our consulting Elders here at PEEC support our vision to share Dadirri. If you speak of Dadirri, please be mindful of respectful protocol, including acknowledging the original source and seeking your own permission from the Foundation. You can find out more at the official site of the Miriam Rose Foundation.
Environmental Advocates take action for their place by communicating their knowledge, passion and solutions to problems to help others understand, connect to and care for natural places.
The Wander the Way of the Water Storythread is centred around the real-life story of Bernice Volz, a passionate environmentalist who was instrumental in saving Karawatha Forest from development, as well as the practice of Dadirri, which is a practice of 'deep listening' or attentiveness, as a key strategy to growing knowledge and care for place (as well as self and others). Through embodied engagement with both, Wander the Way of the Water leads students to consider the connections between people and natural places that lead to environmental action.
Availability:
| Term 2
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| Time: | 8.45am - 2.10pm
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| Venue: | Karawatha Forest
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| Max no. of classes / day: | 1
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| Cost / student: | $48
(includes PEEC's program fee and hire of a seatbelted bus for transport between your school and Karawatha Forest)
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If you are interested in attending this program with your students, please submit a Booking Request form.
This is step 1 in our Booking Procedure - please note that by engaging in this booking procedure, you are also agreeing to meet our booking terms and conditions.
Further information
See Booking Information for current Booking Request period and general availablility information.
The Wander the Way of the Water excursion day takes place off-site at Karawatha Forest. See Maps and Transport for location details, and the Route Map below for an outline of the walk undertaken through Karawatha Forest.
For more information on excursion day content and an overview of curriculum links, please see our Prospectus.
For more details regarding curriculum alignment, visit the Wander the Way of the Water Curriculum Alignment page.
Preparation (pre-excursion) and reflection (post-excursion) activities and materials (including the PEEC story pre-text, Interview with Bernice Volz OAM) will be provided in the Wander the Way of the Water Essential Teacher Guide and Additional Resources PDFs, emailed to class teachers towards the end of term 1.
For further inquiries, please email the PEEC bookings team.
Walking Route - map and outline
Students will start their day at the Acacia Picnic area, near the Karawatha Forest Discovery Centre. The bus will then transport them to a water reservoir via a restricted access entrance off Compton Rd (bus route marked in blue), and will pick them up at the end of the day at the Garfield St exit. Circled areas indicate bus drop off and pick up locations. The tracks walked throughout the day are highlighted in yellow, and include sections of the Entolasia Trail, Rocks Track, Wallaby Trail, and Dentata Trail. This walk is approximately 4.5km.
Please note, this walk route is preferred, but is only accessible via mini-bus (max 39 seater). If for any reason you choose not to attend in the PEEC-organised mini-bus, and your vehicle is not of the required size for access to the water-tower, the group will need to walk in from Acacia Picnic area (an uphill 1.2km additional walk). While all paths taken are grade 3 bushwalking paths, this route does require a slightly higher level of fitness across the group, and will also necessitate truncating program content throughout the rest of the day. See adjusted route map for this option below.
