🌿 FREE Nature Journaling Incursion for Nature Play Week

Looking for a simple, meaningful outdoor activity for your students to encourage students to get involved in Nature Play Week? 

Bring your class outside for a fully facilitated 1-hour Nature Journaling session where students slow down, observe their surroundings and record what they notice through drawing and simple written observations.

The session is fully run for you, so teachers can relax and enjoy the experience alongside their students.

Best of all, it’s completely FREE for eligible schools.

✏️ What is Nature Journaling?

Nature journaling blends science, creativity and mindfulness.Students take a short nature walk around their school grounds and record what they observe through sketches, labels and notes. They may draw leaves, insects, birds, textures or patterns they notice in nature.

It’s not about artistic skill — it’s about curiosity, observation and connection to the natural world.

🌱 Benefits for Students

Nature journaling helps students:

• Build a stronger connection with nature

• Improve observation and scientific thinking skills

• Develop creativity and drawing confidence

• Support student wellbeing through calm outdoor learning

📌 Booking Conditions

• Schools must be ResourceSmart Schools (RSS) Active on the day or prior

• Maximum of 1 booking per school across the incursion series

• One class or Green Team per session

• Only available to schools in Melbourne's Western Metropolitan Region.

 

It’s easy to get RSS Active if you’re not already. Simply:

1️⃣ Log into the RSS Portal
2️⃣ Click School Settings (left-hand menu)
3️⃣ Scroll to the 2026 section and update your student & staff numbers.

That’s it. You’re officially 'Active' and ready to book! 🎉

Prefer a little support?
📅 Book a time with Graziella (our RSS Facilitator). She’ll walk you through it step-by-step: https://calendar.app.google/mP2qQC5HSL4wFyPh7

 

📣 Book Now

Places are limited.

Give your students the chance to step outside, explore their school environment and capture nature through their own journal.

Register your interest today!

Please note: One free incursion per school.  Only available to schools in Western Metropolitan Melbourne who become Active ResourceSmart Schools.