Stage 1 students get hands-on experience designing and constructing with waste materials, encouraging them to develop important problem-solving skills.
Many of our workshops are based around group exercises that encourage kids in Year 1 and Year 2 to work collaboratively and share their skills and knowledge.
We’re currently running the workshops below but customised workshops with are available on request.
Reverse Garbage workshops take students through a design process, aligned with NSW Syllabus outcomes, to facilitate creative thinking and collaboration essential to sustainability.
Our most common excursion is the a three hour visit with three rotating activities for three classes but we can cater your visit to suit your time and budget.
Venue: your place or ours
Pricing: An individual quote will be provided depending on the number of educators required, your minimum expected numbers and the length of your visit as provided in your booking inquiry form.
As an indication prices for 1.5 hour visit range from $10.00 to $16 (incl. gst), alternatively you might like us to work to your budget.
The following travel fees apply: 5km to 15km from Reverse Garbage (one way as determined by Google maps) $25, 16km to 30km = $50, 31km to 50km = $75, over 50km =$100
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KOOKY CHARACTERS
Focus: Characters, personality, narrative, reuse, landfill.
Bring characters to life with materials that were destined for landfill. Students will work with a variety of re-used materials to make toys, puppets and dolls. Students will develop problem-solving skills and design and construction skills using re-used materials. Students will a variety of re-used materials to make toys, puppets and dolls.
Duration: 60 minutes
Venue: Your place (a small travel fee may apply) or ours
Age: Designed for Stage 1 students (can be adapted to other levels)
Capacity: maximum 25 students (or 1x class)
NSW Syllabus links: HT1-2, EN1-6B, DRAS1.1, DRAS1.2, DRAS1.3
BIG BOX CITY
Focus: City environments, packaging waste and STEM construction techniques. recycling and landfill.
Construct your own buildings, cars, parks, roads and people and bring them together in a big box city! Students will work collaboratively to create a city using packaging materials typical of any household recycling bin.
This activity does not use glue and teaches joining using more sustainable methods.
For this activity we encourage the children to collect and bring small packaging boxes from home (eg, cereal boxes, small gift boxes from light cardboard). This encourages conversations at home about packaging and it’s impact.
This activity is also great as an ongoing whole school activity if your school has the space.
Duration: 90 minutes
Venue: Your place (a small travel fee may apply) or ours
Age: Designed for Stage 1 students (but can be adapted to other levels)
Capacity: maximum 25 students (or 1x class)
NSW Syllabus links: ST1-14BE, ST1-12MW, ST1-13MW, ST1-5WT, ST1-4LW-S
CREATURE COMFORTS
Focus: STEM science habitats, insect features, needs & wants, human impact on habitats.
Explore the hidden world of mini-beasts. Using materials saved from landfill, students make their own bug, spider, snail or butterfly and a habitat for it to live in.
We will explore how different bugs and insects have different body parts and the importance and features of habitats.
Students will develop simple construction techniques and an understanding of visual representation.
Duration: 90 minutes
Venue: Your place ( a small travel fee may apply) or ours
Age: Designed for Stage 1 students (but can be adapted to other levels)
Capacity: maximum 25 students (or 1x class)
NSW Syllabus links: ST1-11LW, ST1-12MW, ST1-13MW, ST1-5WT
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‘GIANT’ LOOSE PARTS PLAY
Focus: Open ended exploratory play, landfill & reuse, STEM: science & engineering.
This workshop is a fantastic way to give the children a chance to explore ‘loose parts play’.
Our giant kit of loose parts are reuse materials that can be moved around, put together, taken apart and rebuilt. Loose Parts Play sessions promotes social, active play, stimulates the imagination and inspires innovation, creativity and collaboration.
We can provide your students with an open-ended Loose Parts Play session or present them with a group construction challenge such as building a bridge, transporting an endangered animal or any other scenario that supports your learning goals.
It works with every age group and keeps them engaged for hours.
Inquire about a Loose Parts Play session
Coming to visit us at Marrickville?
Why not stay longer and add one of these activities to your visit.
Waste Sorting Challenge
Recycling can be confusing. How well do you and your students know which bits of household waste can and can’t be recycled – and how to do it? Our waste-sorting game will clarify all the different waste streams and give students the lowdown on what goes where.
Cost: Please speak to our educator to price this activity
Duration: 30 min
Max. students per session: 30
Worm farm and composting facility talk
Visit our Secret Garden and we will introduce your students to all the ins and outs of worm farms and composting without using any new plastic.
Cost: Please speak to our educator to price this activity
Duration: 30 min
Max. students per session: 30