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Bookings |
Bookings are essential. Phone Community Education on: 9231 8134 (Royal Botanic Garden Sydney), 4634 7930 (Australian Botanic Garden) or 4567 3015 (Blue Mountains Botanic Garden) |
| How to book an excursion at the Gardens |
- Select the lesson you would like your students to have from those listed under either Early Childhood, Primary or Secondary. If you would like something different to these then please phone our Education Officers. They can organise an excursion to suit your specific needs.
- Have on hand a few suitable dates for your excursion, number of students, number of classes, school address, phone and fax numbers and email address.
- Phone Community Education Bookings Officer on 9231 8134 (Monday to Friday)
- If the Community Education Unit phone is busy or unattended please leave your name, phone number and the best time to call. We will return your call as soon as possible.
- On completion of you booking we will send you a completed ‘Confirmation of Booking Form’ and a Teacher's Information Kit. Please send back the pink copy of the ‘Confirmation of Booking Form’ and any special requirements for your class.
- Lessons discussed with the Education Officer beforehand will target your specific needs and those of your students so make sure that at least one of your participating teachers phones to confirm your booking and has time to discuss your particular expectations for the lesson.
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| Lesson duration |
Lessons with our education officers are:
- Early Childhood & Primary: 1½ hours
- Secondary: 2 hours
- Full day workshops: 2½ to 4 hours
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Class size |
Due to the nature of our outdoor excursions and taking quality learning and occupational health and safety into consideration, our class size is limited to a maximum of:
- Early Childhood: 25 students
- Primary: 30 students
- Secondary: 30 students
Please ensure that you have no more than our required maximum number of students in each of your class groups. |
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Risk management at the Gardens |
All you require for your excursions at the Gardens in regard to risk management to ensure the health and safety of your students, your staff and excursion volunteers can be found at Risk management at the Gardens - school excursions. |
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Duty of Care |
Following the Department of Education and Training policy in regard to ‘Duty of Care', teachers are required to have a minimum of one teacher for every 30 students. 'Duty of Care' requires that each group is supervised by a teacher from your school and that teachers remain with their student group at all times. Parents and other supervising adults are most welcome. |
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Student discipline |
Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust staff are not responsible for dealing with the discipline of your students. This remains the responsibility of the school’s teachers. |
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Lesson fees |
Click here to view fees for 2012 |
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Joint Study Day fees
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Australian Biota Study Days
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| Payment |
- The Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust is part of the Office of Environment & Heritage. OEHwill invoice the school.
- Please send your cheque to the postal address on the invoice and the Department will send the receipt to the school.
- On the day you will be asked to fill in a ‘Confirmation of Invoice Details for Excursion’ form to verify student numbers.
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| On the day |
- Arrive at the designated meeting point at least 30 minutes before the lesson is scheduled to commence to allow students time to have a bite to eat and go to the toilet (click here for map of the Royal Botanic Garden showing locations of toilets).
- An Education Officer will be on hand to greet you and your students.
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| What if it rains? |
- Garden lessons go ahead even in inclement weather. If it’s raining please bring appropriate wet weather gear.
- Wet weather facilities are available and even in poor weather the Garden takes on a special atmosphere that creates a meaningful learning environment.
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| Lunch at the Garden |
- In the interests of helping and enjoying our environment we encourage you to plan a picnic lunch with your students when visiting the Garden.
- Download information on organising lunch for school excursions
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| Teachers' checklist |
- Download the teachers' checklist before you come for your excursion
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| How to get here |
 Location of the three botanic gardens - click on map to enlarge
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| Disability access |
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| Cancellation policy |
- Cancellations and changes must be received at least 24 hours prior to the scheduled starting time of the excursion. As we rely on casual education officers for excursions, cancellations received after this time will incur a cost of $120 per booked lesson.
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Do you need something a little different? |
If the topic you had in mind does not appear above please contact one of our education officers to discuss your particular needs:
The Royal Botanic Garden: phone 9231 8127 or email
The Australian Botanic Garden: phone 4634 7930 or email
The Blue Mountains Botanic Garden: phone 4567 3015, fax 4567 2037 or email
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| Lessons at our other Botanic Gardens |
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2012 Education Program |
Download 2012 Education Program
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