Bunyaville Environmental Education Centre | Government organisation

Bunyaville Environmental Education Centre

Phone: 07 33534356

Address: Bunyaville Conservation Park 4053 off Old Northern Road Everton Hills

Website: http://www.bunyavilleeec.eq.edu.au

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25.01.2022 Calling all Bush Explorers. Tomorrow is ‘Floral Friday’ as we begin our learning thread about Torres Strait Islander culture. Meet Emma in the Picnic Area at 9.30am in your colourful clothes Explorers (for families with chn aged 0-6yrs).

24.01.2022 We have an AWESOME team of women staff at Bunyaville EEC. Here is the mob that worked today . It was lovely to find a little surprise on our desks this morning .

24.01.2022 Today we welcome Eaton’s Hill State School Indigenous students from P-6 for our Camping on Country program. Students are cooking Johnny Cakes, putting up tents, playing Indigenous games before walking on Turrbal and Yuggera Country with Bec and Julie. Details can be found on our website: https://bunyavilleeec.eq.edu.au//junior/camping-on-country Bookings for 2021 are filling fast. Book online at: https://bunyavilleeec.eq.edu.au//booki/online-booking-form

23.01.2022 Calling all Bush Explorer families for tomorrow. Emma is going to delight your taste and smell senses with some cooking on her Kelly Kettle. I wonder what she's going to cook? 9.30-11.30am at the Centre. Bunyaville Conservation Park, off Old Northern Rd, Everton Hills. Follow the signs once you enter the Park.

19.01.2022 During NAIDOC week, Bush Explorers continue their Torres Strait Islander learning thread this Friday. Sissy and Barlow will be waiting for you Explorers in the Picnic Area from 9.30-11.30am. Don’t forget to wear your colourful clothes for #floralfriday and #connecting2nature

19.01.2022 Today I had an amazing time teaching Senior students from Mitchelton Special School all about the water cycle. We played the Whizzy’s Waterwise Quiz, investigated the properties of water in the replica catchment and finally, walked to the dam to scoop for macro-invertebrates. We found lots of fish. Thank you Mrs Zane, Mr Bawden and crew, your students were so engaged in their learning. Deb Ledger, Principal

18.01.2022 Thank you to our wonderful part-time teaching staff and to all the teachers we team teach with throughout the year. You are all AMAZING . #ThankQldTeachers

18.01.2022 Wishing all our school communities a wonderful holiday. Thank you to all the students, teachers and parents who worked with us this term, it was very busy AND very rewarding. Bookings open Day 1, term 4 so get in quickly if you'd like to visit us, or our teachers visit your school next year: https://bunyavilleeec.eq.edu.au/ https://bunyavilleeec.eq.edu.au//booki/online-booking-form

17.01.2022 This week is Endangered Species Week. Our precious bilbies are one of our Australian species still on the brink... thank you Save the Bilby Fund for all that you do! Here is one way you can support bilbies too!

17.01.2022 A fantastic day of learning during our Going Bush program. https://bunyavilleeec.eq.edu.au/cu/junior-school/going-bush Thanks for sharing Bardon State School and see you next year .

16.01.2022 Problem solving uses creative thinking which is inspired by our imaginations. Young children need to free play to use their imaginations. Preps from Kelvin Grove State College have solved so many problems during our Bush Play Adventure program this week.

14.01.2022 G’day Bush Explorers... we are looking for baby bilbies in the bush this Friday 9.30am-11.30am. How many bilbies can you see in this photo? All families with chn aged 0-6yrs welcome. See you at the Centre.

13.01.2022 Thank you to all Bush Explorers for an awesome Term 3. We have explored camping out, putting up our own tents, bush cooking, water play, a visit to the dam and lots more. We look forward to seeing you all after the holidays for new adventures. Our first session back is Friday, the 9th of October. Have a fun holiday everyone.

13.01.2022 Calling all Bush Explorers, tomorrow we are playing in the water. Come explore our replica water catchment...flowing water from the mountains to the mangroves. Pump the water down the gully into the lake. There’s a bubbling spring, water fall and mini-dam. Bring a change of clothes and a towel. If you have an older sibling who is now in Prep or Yr 1, who was a Bush Explorer in the past, they may visit too tomorrow . Friday 9.30-11.30am at the Centre. Bunyaville Conservation Park, off Old Northern Rd, Everton Hills.

13.01.2022 Windsor SS Year 2 students had a hoot learning about catchments today. At the beginning of the program, one student out of 50 said they lived in a catchment... at the end of program 32 students said they lived in a catchment . Hands on, real-life learning is GOLD .

12.01.2022 Absolutely stunning day to teach and learn outside... Julie and Kim are ready for you Year 3’s from Nundah State School....see you soon .

12.01.2022 Very excited to be welcoming Cashmere Village Natural Learning Centre Kindy students to ‘kick off’ Term 4. See you Tuesday .

11.01.2022 It is a glorious day for learning outside. We are teaching 3 programs today. Yr 3’s from North Lakes State College are Camping Out, Mitchy Special School Pathway students are doing reveg with Mr Hall and Yr 12’s from Hubbards College are doing Biology field work. Our Bookings for 2021, open Day 1, Term 4: https://bunyavilleeec.eq.edu.au/

09.01.2022 Yesterday we opened our 'Connecting to County art installation at our new entrance to the Centre. During National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children's Day last year, students from Albany Hills SS created ochre paintings with our artist-in-residence Melinda Serico. Students now at Albany Creek SHS and St Pauls College also returned for the unveiling. Our talented Unit Support Officers Rod, Neil and Jaffa installed the poles. Thank you to the local school communities that attended and of course to our Bunyaville crew for putting on a delicious lunch. The photos also show the next art project students did yesterday with Melinda... clay tiles for our Indigenous language wall. Watch this space!

09.01.2022 Tomorrow, Bush Explorers will be discovering the smells and sounds of the forest on our senses trail. Families with children aged 0-6yrs, come join Emma, our qualified Kindy teacher from 9.30-11.30am at the Centre. Bring a little towel to wipe your feet. We have COVID-19 protocols in place to keep all our visitors safe. See you tomorrow Explorers.

08.01.2022 We are excited to welcome our Bush Explorers to the Centre on Friday from 9.30 - 11.30 am. This week Emma has lots of different activities planned for families with children aged from 0-6 both in our undercover area (if we get some liquid sunshine) and outside in the forest. Bring your raincoats and gum boots and if we are lucky there might be some puddles to splash in!

08.01.2022 Calling all Bush Explorers - this Friday there will be lots of Bilby craft to explore so don’t worry if the forest is a little wet we have plenty of undercover areas. We will also be sharing the story of Easter Bilby and his adventures. We look forward to spending the morning with you: 9.30 - 11.30am, Bunyaville EEC, Bunyaville Conservation Park, Everton Hills.

07.01.2022 Today is Clean Up Australia Day . Thank you Bush Explorers for making a difference in the picnic area of Bunyaville Conservation Park. Such an important message to pass on to our children... pick up after yourselves.

07.01.2022 Calling all Bush Explorers... this Friday is the start of our Camp Out learning thread. Meet us in the picnic area (follow the signs) where we will have some tents for you to put up. Bring along your family's favourite camping items from home like sleeping bags, a torch or chairs to add to your camping experience. See you at 9.30am Campers , oops Bush Explorers in the Bunyaville Conservation Park Picnic Area (off Old Northern Road, Everton Hills).

07.01.2022 Join us for the last Bush Explorers for Term 3 tomorrow 9:30-11:30am meeting at the Centre. If the weather is fine, we will be exploring at the dam with nets and charts. If the rain rolls in then we will have plenty of undercover options. Bring your raincoats and gum boots just in case. Looking forward to sharing the morning with you all.

03.01.2022 Today we welcomed Helen Kenworthy, Regional Director and Kerri Giebel, Director of Early Childhood for Metropolitan Region. Helen and Kerri joined in with our Bush Kindy - It’s DEADLY program with Craigslea Kindy then popped in to see Aspley East SS Year 1’s doing our Possum Bangles Saves the Planet program in the Picnic Area. Thank you Helen and Kerri for visiting and valuing the work we do to improve student learning. We are so proud to be a Department of Education school.

03.01.2022 We can’t wait for you to join the mob at Bunyaville EEC Billy. See you after the holidays .

03.01.2022 Our camping theme continues Bush Explorers and we are cooking on the fire pit this Friday. Meet us up at the Centre to make and cook scones, share camp stories and adventures. If you'd prefer gluten free dough, bring it along wrapped in alfoil and we can pop it in the camp oven. As this playgroup activity is run at a Department of Education school, we follow our strick COVID-19 Risk Assessment guidelines. See you at 9.30am this Friday Explorers (Bunyaville Environmental Education Centre, Bunyaville Conservation Park, off Old Northern Rd, Everton Hills) PH: 3353 4356

02.01.2022 Today is National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day. We are looking forward to hosting Indigenous students and Yr 6 leaders from Albany Hills Stare School. We will be listening, as you are the Elders of tomorrow.

02.01.2022 Endangered species week is coming up in September and bilbies have their special day on the 13th of September. This is a fun way to support them. If you don’t like liquorice, or even chocolate, still open the link and then go to ‘shop’ at the top of the page for alternatives to these ‘scats’.

01.01.2022 Bush Explorers, our community playgroup is still on this Friday as our school is in Moreton Bay Regional Shire. Along with our regular families, if you used to come along to Bush Explorers and are now in Prep or Year 1 and happen to have the day off from school, we would love you to join us. Take part in a bush challenge and heaps of hands on experiences and at the end of the morning, go home with a bush goodie bag. See you Friday from 9.30-11.30am at the Centre. For more info visit: https://bunyavilleeec.eq.edu.au/c/pre-school/bush-explorers

01.01.2022 On Wednesday March 3rd, our Bunyaville teacher Lisa welcomed the students from Nanango SHS. They completed the Mandatory biology pracs 1,2 and 3 at school before they came. During the visit to Bunyaville they were collecting data for their IA2 assignments. We spent the morning working on systematic and random sampling quadrats along a 100m transect line from a ridgeline to a gully in the forest.... Today, Kim taught students from Earnshaw College accompanied by QUT Science Ambassador students. Kristy doing her PHD in geology and Jess, a PHD in chemistry. This mandatory practice work is very heavily booked. Senior teachers, please get your booking in by the end of Term 3 to get your preferred dates for 2022: https://bunyavilleeec.eq.edu.au//booki/online-booking-form