Down at Your Local Creek- An Educational Program

Particks Road School students examine sampled fish for identification purposes

Down at Your Local Creek (DAYLC) is aimed at upper primary students (years 5-7) from schools in the catchment of Kedron Brook. However, we can adjust the program to cater for students from year 4 as well.

DAYLC is an interactive program providing students with an opportunity to learn about and protect their local waterway environment by developing their understanding of catchments, land use impacts on waterway health, and the use of ecological monitoring to make decisions. The program is designed to instil a sense of environmental stewardship and to provide students with the knowledge and awareness required to protect local waterways.

The program involves two sessions. A classroom session and an outdoor session.The classroom session enhances the learning outcomes of the outdoor session by introducing concepts and preparing students for action. The classroom component is facilitated either by the Kedron Brook Creek Ranger, a KBCB educator, or the teacher, while the outdoor activities are facilitated by educators with experience in waterway monitoring.

The Down At Your Local Creek Flyer (pdf, 1.13 MB) provides an outline of the program including how it fits in with curriculum and costs.

Working with schools in the catchment is a key strategy to help achieve the Branch’s aim to protect and improve the environment of Kedron Brook by encouraging communication, coordination and education of those who live in, manage and influence the catchment. Members of our organisation have worked with a number of Kedron Brook schools over the years to this effect. Through this program, we are aiming to provide a quality learning experience that links with curriculum outcomes, and is locally relevant and interesting to students in a structured and consistent way.

If you have any queries regarding the program please contact us by or on 3407-0925.