Abbie was calm, professional and her enthusiasm was contagious!
Teacher Balgowlah Nth PS August 2017

This incursion was probably the best incursion we have ever had in the school. The content fit in perfectly with what we are teaching the students about bees and the skills we are looking at in Geography. I would highly recommend it!

I liked it because it was very interactive and taught me a lot about the different types of bees. –

The bee incursion was amazing. I would recommend it to every school in Australia.

The bee hotels were so much fun to make and we had a great time.

It provided a great experience for the students to develop an awareness of bees and develop team work skills.

The Super Pollinators Incursion was interesting and well presented. Students were engaged and asked interesting questions which arose from the presentation.

It was a wonderful experience for our students. They have a greater awareness of native bees.

It was great – the kids loved it!

Fabulous! Expressive, dramatic, super clear info. So professional! Fantastic resources!

The kids loved the bee hotel lesson. It was very hands-on, super engaging yet challenging.

A fantastic and engaging workshop!

The students and teachers all gained some important and useful information on bees!

Fits in perfectly with unit (of study for year 1).

Very interesting; lots of unknown facts.

Our year 3’s were captivated by Abbie’s fascinating facts about bees. They loved checking out all of the different specimens Abbie brought in too. The highlight of the day by far was definitely the hands-on opportunity for the students to build their very own bee hotels. It allowed for the important skill of team work to flourish and the results were amazing. Overall it was a fun filled day with lots of learning opportunities. Abbie was so knowledgeable and her enthusiasm was infectious. Thank you for a wonderful day Abbie!

Abbie and her fun presentation on native bees inspired our children and added so much to their knowledge of pollination. We have a large vegetable garden and orchard here in which the children spend allocated lesson time each week. We have spent the winter looking at pollination, seeds and flower parts whilst doing the Primary Connections unit Plants in Action. This workshop ties in nicely with the unit. Thank you Abbie!

Thank you to you and your team at Kids Connecting Nature for running a fantastic and informative workshop for our primary students! It was amazing to discover so many wonderful facts about bees, especially Australian bees. The students thoroughly enjoyed all the activities, especially creating and painting their bee hotels…and some have already been put to good use! We will treasure this enriching experience for a long time.

You should have a bee incursion in the classroom, because you can learn a truckload of things: like how to make a fantastic bee house. The bee house will let bees have somewhere to rest and lay their eggs, especially bees who cannot fly long distances. I like how the bee house looked after we painted it. We learned a lot and so did our teachers. The day was awesome.

My favourite bee is the teddy bear bee. I liked participating with my partner.

Abbie the bee lady came to our school she taught us how to use a hammer and nails to build a bee house. We all cooperated together as a team to make a bee house.

A stimulating and informative workshop using all the elements of STEM lessons.

Today’s workshop was amazing- an exciting, hands on learning experience that linked well with Stage 2 Living World outcomes. The students were engrossed in the construction of their bee hotels and will be talking about it for years to come! Abbie was an engaging presenter, full of enthusiasm and knowledge on the topic. Her invertebrate displays, construction materials and overall presentation were of a very high quality. A highly recommended activity for primary school students.

From the moment Abbie arrived at our school we knew this was going to be a great incursion. She came very prepared with outstanding resources. Her Powerpoint presentation and supplementary information were perfectly pitched at our year 1 students. They loved building the bee hotels and viewing her amazing display.

An interesting and informative presentation that stimulated the children’s curiosity. The construction aspect was a great move from information to real action.

Abbie was great with the kids, engaging and knowledgeable.

Abbie was a dynamic presenter and great to deal with prior to our incursion. I highly recommend the Super Pollinators for connecting kids with the local fauna.

The Super Pollinators Incursion was the perfect learning experience for years 3 and 4. The content was informative and the hand-on activity was very engaging and fun

The activity was a very different experience for our kids – very engaging

Abbie was informative, confident and patient

Thank you Abbie for your presentation at St Canice’s today. Our students really enjoyed your presentation and the learning from it. The bee hotel making was a hit! Very engaging, hands-on and purposeful

Clear and easy to understand – pitched it perfectly for our students

Great team exercise, achievable in a short time

Abbie was great with the kids, engaging and knowledgeable

Very well linked to science and geography outcomes. Very interactive and informative.

Outstanding workshop that covered everything curriculum wise with hands-on construction and all students thoroughly engaged.

Excellent resources, all set out, easy to use, SUPER!

The incursion provides lots of extension! The information was relevant and explained in a fun, simple way! Very engaging workshop that has real world applications. Loved it!

Our students were engaged and motivated by the build. Complimented our teaching very well.

Very enjoyable! The cute hats were a great way to illustrate how pollination occurs

Perfect in meeting the outcomes. The workshop certainly gave a purpose to the current learning. Engaging presenter, very knowledgeable. Resources supplied were very useful as a followup.

Presenter was very knowledgeable and engaging with students

An informative, educational, hands-on workshop. The presenter was approachable, informative and warm.

Abbie is a very entertaining, engaging presenter – the slides were informative and paired with her humour made for a wonderful show. I was hanging off every word. I was worried about the hammering but the students proved to be very capable – surprising and impressing me! The teaching resources were of really high quality and the students loved the real life artifacts. Extremely engaging, informative and worthwhile.

A stimulating presentation on bees. The students were highly engaged during the presentation – especially the role play – and workshop activity. Friendly, caring and informative presenter who answered all questions at the child’s level. A wonderful incursion for stage 1 students.

Abbie was so helpful from the first moment I made contact with her. Visual presentation was interesting and informative. My students just loved building the bee hotel. A great experience!

Fantastic for our minibeast habitat theme and a new hands-on experience

Excellent workshop developing students understanding about bees and the importance of bees in our environment. Hands-on activities provided many students with opportunities to use a hammer and nails while making a bee hotel.

Extremely relevant, well prepared and knowledgeable. Really well structured and accessible for students. A great way to consolidate learning.

Children learnt and consolidated a lot of knowledge. A great capstone experience for our unit on bees and sustainability

100% satisfaction: Learning through a variety of ways. Informative presentations with interaction with students followed up by an outstanding set of resources and info boards to deepen understanding and aid interests – not to mention the hands-on making. So very well structured and organised.

Great incursion – one of the best – an excellent intro to our science unit, stimulating kids cursiosity

Kids (and teachers!) were highly engaged. Abbie was an excellent presenter who was obviously very knowledgeable and paaionate. The perfect way to end our “Living Things’ program on bees!

Great links to syllabus. Well planned and very manageable. A fantastic incursion that incorporated education and hands-on experience.

Workshop was incredibly engaging and achievable for all students. Small groups mean all students had equal opportunity to participate and all kids learnt something new.

An engaging, stimulating, hands-on activity full of amazing information. Very well prepared and presented.

Very clear content. Linked well with what we have been learning in class. Great presentation and props.

Great information that is going to stimulate some great literacy tasks.

I would highly recommend this incursion to link science and geography units

It was right at the students level. Very entertaining. Highly recommend.