Assistant Principal's Report
Fun for children at virtual Victoria Nature Festival
The online festival running from 11 to 26 September offers students a range of events and resources to engage with nature.
The upcoming Victoria Nature Festival will offer Victoria’s students the opportunity to tune into nature while learning from home.
The Victoria Nature Festival begins on Saturday 11 September and will run until Sunday 26 September, offering a great range of engaging digital resources and events for students of all ages.
The festival offers content such as videos, virtual excursions and webinars sourced from festival partners including Traditional Owners, Parks Victoria, Zoos Victoria, the Royal Botanic Gardens, the Phillip Island Nature Parks.
Highlights of the online program include:
- Phillip Island virtual penguin parade.
- Virtual meditation in the Royal Botanic Gardens.
- Digital resources that support year three to six teachers to embed nature-based learning in the classroom.
- An online nature seminar.
- Zoos Victoria’s Animals at Home.
Victoria Nature Festival videos
Refer to the list below to access the range of videos available on the festival website:
- Meet one of our Cultural Ambassadors for the Victoria Nature Festival, Tammy Gilson.
- Once thought to be extinct, watch the recovery of the Mountain Pygmy-possum.
- Be immersed in the splendour that is nature.
- Learn about a Wadawurrung-led cultural burn, with many organisations working together to improve the grasslands of the Victorian Volcanic Plains.
- See how expert teams from Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria are working to salvage and protect threatened plants after the 2019-20 bushfires.
- Learn more about frogs and how they play an important part in our eco-system and find out about how to participate in an important citizen science program.
About Victoria Nature Festival
Victoria Nature Festival is delivered by the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning with partners Parks Victoria, Phillip Island Nature Parks, Zoos Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens, Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation, Federation of Victorian Traditional Owner Corporations, Vic Catchments, EPA Victoria, Trust for Nature, Sustainability Victoria, Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability and Remember the Wild.
Find out more
For more information, refer to the Victoria Nature Festival website to access the full list of resources and events available.