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Wild Creations – Teacher Professional Development

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Date:
September 18, 2025
Time:
3:45 pm - 5:45 pm

Unlock the power of nature to inspire creative expression in students.

With specialist educators: Ellie Carless, Zoos SA, English teaching specialist and Jade Cornish, SA Water, Art teaching specialist

This session offered online after popular demand focuses on using natural surroundings as a springboard for creating texts through writing or art. Teachers will participate in a range of writing, and artistic activities – all designed to foster a connection to the natural world, bridging conservation to the imagination. Participants will leave equipped with tools to enhance creativity, improve literacy skills, and connect students with nature.

Price: $15 Non-Department Teacher, $10 Department Teacher or pre-service teacher

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What’s included:

  • Certificate for 2 hours of Professional Development
  • Workshop materials

Location: Online
Duration: 2 hours (3:45 pm – 5:45pm)
Price:$15 Non-Department Teacher, $10 Department Teacher or pre-service teacher

 

Teaching Standards:

APST 2.5: Literacy and numeracy strategies.
APST 3.4: Select and use resources.
APST 6.2 Engage in professional learning and improve practice.
APST 7.4 Engage with professional teaching networks and broader communities.

Curriculum Links:

ACARA: English (Creative Writing, Texts in Context, and Creating Literature)
Cross-Curriculum Priorities: Sustainability.
General Capabilities: (Critical and Creative Thinking, Literacy)

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About Zoos SA

Zoos SA is a not-for-profit conservation charity that exists to connect people with nature and save species from extinction.

Zoos SA acknowledges the Country on which we stand always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land and we pay our deepest respect and gratitude to Kaurna (Adelaide Zoo) and Ngarrindjeri (Monarto Safari Park) Elders, past, present and emerging.

We undertake critical conservation work throughout Australia and acknowledge the traditional custodians of these lands.

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63 Monarto Road
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