splash into sea school
Marine Program 3-5
STARTS APRIL
Sea School
Make a song and dance about it because Sea School is back with a splash! AQWA's pre-school program for ages 3 to 5 runs for 8 weeks and incorporates music, movement, fine-motor skills and age-suitable science! In our ocean classroom each week you'll meet a new sea creature through fun-facts, sign-language, a craft activity and Storytime! To keep things moving, everyone will get jiggling like a jellyfish to a familiar tune and stretch like an octopus into yoga poses. To finish, you'll enjoy a tour to a your creature's home habitat with your friendly Ocean Guide for an up-close encounter. Plus you'll collect a take home 'creature report' each week to continue the learning at home.
Course Outline
- WEEK 1: Shark - Search for shark teeth then make your own shark tooth fossil - Tour Underwater Tunnel
- WEEK 2: Coral - Experiment with shapes, space and glow in the dark finger paint - Tour Glowing Ocean & Coral Conservatory
- WEEK 3: Crocodile - Make a crocodile skin rubbing then practice fine motor skills with some snapping & zig-zag folding - Tour Far North
- WEEK 4: Anemonefish - Find fish in a bowl of slime & colour and create a colourful anemonefish scene - Tour Kids Cave & Mysterious Creatures
- WEEK 5: Starfish - Become a super star stamper - Tour Touch Pool
- WEEK 6: Jellyfish - Make a wiggly wobbly jellyfish - Tour Perth Coast
- WEEK 7: Turtle - Craft a clacking turtle maraca - Tour Turtle Rescue Centre
- WEEK 8: Schooling Fish – Investigate with mirror play then add sparkles to dough and form shimmering fish – Tour Marina Bay
Includes
- 8 Sea School sessions for 1 Child and 1 Adult guardian
- Each fun-filled 45 minute session will focus on one sea creature, where you will;
- Go on a tour to the sea creature's home - what's it doing today?
- Discover 5 fun facts about the featured creature
- Learn to sign each animal in sign language
- Dance & sing to a familiar tune, with a Sea School twist
- Meet your sea creature as a memorable character in Storytime
- Make a take-home craft
- Collect a 'creature report' fact sheet
- NOTE: Sea School bookings include restricted AQWA entry - session is fully guided and participants will exit the aquarium with their Guide at completion of each workshop.
Availability and Bookings
Course Timetable
Term 2 2024 runs for 8 weeks:
- Tuesdays commence April 23
- Thursdays commence May 02
Sessions run for 45 minutes, commencing at at 9.15am
Bookings Terms
Bookings are essential and non-refundable.
Places are strictly limited with a maximum of 15 children per workshop.
You only need to make one booking to enrol for all 8 sessions.
Partial enrolments or payments are not available. You must book and pay for the full 8 week course upfront.
Please select either Tuesday or Thursday, which be your allocated day. You cannot change/swap days once the course has commenced (unless availability allows).
AQWA Annual Members receive 10% off. Select the MEMBER price when booking. Must present at least 1 active membership pass upon arrival.
Good to know
The course fee includes 8 sessions (held only once per week) for one child and an accompanying Adult guardian.
Parents/guardians are expected to stay with their child during the session.
At the completion of each session, participants will be required to leave the aquarium (Full Day AQWA Entry is not included, only restricted guided access). Over the course of the 8 weeks, most exhibits/aquariums will be visited during the guided Tour component of the session.
AQWA Annual Members are welcome to remain in the aquarium once their Membership Pass has been checked-in at reception.
Missed sessions will not be refunded or rebooked. However, the take-home course materials of the missed session (including craft activity and fact sheet) will be provided at your next session to complete at home.
Non-participating Infants aged 0-2 are free to attend with a participating sibling. Any child aged 3+ (or a keen 2+ year old wanting to participate), will need to enrol and pay the course fee.
AQWA’s Sea School is created by a qualified Marine Biologist who has 20 years’ experience in creating public education programs that generate wonder and inspire respect for our oceans.
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