City Experience – Royal Botanical Gardens

Develop a greater understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and practices.

Students will
– Discover indigenous plants and their uses and significance to First Peoples
– Learn how First Peoples care for plants and Country
– Prepare and paint with ochre
– Examine tools and technologies designed and made by First Peoples
– Go on a discovery walk

Key Focuses
– First Peoples and their connection to Country
– Use of plants for food, tools, shelter and medicine
– Exploring connections to the land and our sense of belonging

Following our time at the Royal Botanical Gardens, students and staff will return to the city and will have time in small groups before departing the city.
 

Students will have limited access to food outlets earlier in the day but will have the ability to buy food later in the day if they choose to. Students should bring a drink bottle with them.

Students will be dismissed when the train arrives at Ringwood Station (scheduled to arrive at 3:01pm).