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The Nature School

Playgroup - Primary School - Secondary School

Where children learn and shine in nature!

19/06/2026

We love big days of learning on Country! At Sea Acres Rainforest Centre students compared how the Birpai people and Ancient Egyptians adapted to their environments, exploring how access to reliable water sources provided the food and resources essential for sustaining these communities. They also learnt about the application of push, pull, and twist forces used in traditional Aboriginal technologies.

At Pandanus Cove students experimented with driftwood levers in a challenge to move a heavy boulder using the least amount of force.

Kiah also taught our students how to harvest Xanthorrhoea sap, which will later be ground into resin for spear making.

18/06/2026

What do you find in the garden, frogs, fungi... fairies? These Nature School students are making garden signs to remind us to keep our eyes open.

17/06/2026

Literacy is so much better in the sunshine!

Here, students are working on unjumbling scrambled sentences that contain the homophone by/bye/buy and playing Thrass Bingo - a class favourite!

16/06/2026

Year 5 visited Queen's Lake to explore the fascinating world of Fungi. Students collected samples and compared their findings, deepening their understanding of how fungi grow and vary in different environments.

What a peaceful classroom!

15/06/2026

Year 3 & 4 students ventured to Oxhill Organic Farm to explore alternative farming practises.

Students learnt about sustainable farming and why it is so important for our Earth. We watched the cows being milked and then grazing on a lush field planted with over 20 varieties of forage plants. We also learnt about mulching and composting systems that regenerate the property. Thank you Chris and Anne for welcoming us to your farm, we had an amazing time!

12/06/2026

Dooragan Brother Mountain.

Our Kindy's spent a day learning about our local area from a different perspective (culturally and from a higher altitude) and exploring the rainforest for wildlife homes.

Thank you Sooz for being our thoughtful guide and teacher!

11/06/2026

We love the concentration on Ruby's face here. Her music group filled glass jars with water and tuned them to the piano.
The kids learned how changing the amount of water, as well as the shape and size of the jars, affects the frequency of the notes produced when they are struck with a stick. They arranged the notes in a pentatonic scale and created some sweet tunes!

10/06/2026

Do you have this much fun making Sushi? These boys love their cooking group and we love the wafting aromas that creep into the office!

09/06/2026

The green team have been busy over the past few weeks. The broad beans, garlic and spring onions are in; the compost bins have had a deep clean; the pasta machine has had a work out (thanks Nannas!) and when life gives you lemons… of course, we had to make some lemon curd!

05/06/2026

Auslan Appreciation Day was a fantastic celebration of language, learning and leadership!

Our Year 8 students shared their Auslan knowledge with primary students through a fun afternoon of games and activities, celebrating the language of Australia’s Deaf community.

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Port Macquarie, NSW
2444

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+61265815392

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http://thenatureschool.org.au/

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