We offer engaging, educational & hands-on environmental programs & resources aligned to meet NSW and Australian Syllabus outcomes while stimulating curiosity & passion for local biodiversity.

PROGRAMS
INCURSION PROGRAMS STAGE 1, 2 or 3
Our workshop comes to you – anywhere in the Greater Sydney Region!
Designed to Compliment Science & Geography:
Paddock to Plate, Pollination, Life Cycles, Mini Beasts, Sustainability, Environmental & Biodiversity Studies
Students make an insect hotel in our hands-on workshop!
Includes models & a display of over 200 invertebrates
The Super Pollinators Incursion
VIRTUAL PROGRAMS STAGE 1, 2 or 3
The Super Pollinators Workshop comes to you LIVE via a screen!
Check out our Virtual Pack for details
The Super Pollinators Virtual
EXCURSION PROGRAM STAGE 1, 2 or 3
We are thrilled to be partnering with the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney to offer The Super Pollinators in bee paradise!
Plan Bee Excursion

INCURSION PROGRAM STAGE 2 or 3
The author of A Hollow is a Home will visit your school – anywhere in the Greater Sydney Area!
Themes: Animal Biodiversity, Habitats & Ecosystems, Threatened Species, Conservation & Sustainability
Understand the needs, behaviour, relationships & adaptations of over 340 Australian animals for whom a Hollow is a Home
Hollow Heroes Incursion

VIRTUAL PROGRAM STAGE 2 or 3
Presented LIVE via a screen by the author of A Hollow is a Home
Themes: Animal Biodiversity, Habitats & Ecosystems, Threatened Species, Conservation & Sustainability
Understand the needs, behaviour, relationships & adaptations of over 340 Australian animals for whom a Hollow is a Home
Hollow Heroes Virtual

EXCURSION PROGRAM STAGE 2 or 3
Hosted by The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, come and meet the author of A Hollow is a Home, learn about Australian biodiversity and make a nest box to encourage hollow loving critters in your school.
Themes: Animal Biodiversity, Habitats & Ecosystems, Threatened Species, Conservation & Sustainability
Understand the needs, behaviour, relationships & adaptations of over 340 Australian animals for whom a Hollow is a Home
Hollow Heroes Excursion

WORKSHOPS & SPECIAL EVENTS FOR YOUNG AND OLD
We regularly provide workshops for councils, school holiday programs, scouts and guides, and special events. We can tailor something to suit your needs.
For a current list of community workshops press the button or if you would like to host a workshop for your community group, call us for a chat!
Community Workshops
Stay tuned for more exciting environmental workshops near you!
Shortlisted for the Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards 2020 & also the Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children’s Literature 2020!
A HOLLOW IS A HOME
by Abbie Mitchell, illustrated by Astred Hicks
Paperback | October 2019 | $ 29.99
Colour illustrations and photographs throughout | 104 pages | 250 x 215 mm
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Colour illustrations, Colour photographs
ISBN: 9781486308057
Teacher Notes available.

Download a flyer here
Take a peek into the world of tree hollows and the Australian animals that call them home.
Do you know what a tree hollow is?
To you and me, a tree hollow is just a hole, cavity or tunnel in a tree or branch. But to an animal, that hollow may be a bedroom, hiding place, nursery or shelter. It is the ultimate tree house!
Come and take a peek inside the amazing world of tree hollows and discover more than 340 species of incredible Australian animals that call hollows home. With colour photos of glorious gliders, darting dunnarts, minute microbats and many more, this book is full of fun facts about animals that use tree hollows as places for resting, nesting or hiding.
Find out how hollows are created, why they are threatened and meet scientists who spend their time hollow-hunting. There are also plenty of tips on how you can spot hollows yourself, help to protect the environment and encourage habitat for hollow-dependent animals. Download the list of Australian hollow dependent species here
What our customers say
Great for students to create something related to their learning. Abbie was full of energy and clearly passionate about bees and educating students of their importance.
This program has broad reaching benefits including real world application of syllabus outcomes and deeper long term influence on sustainable approaches to living and conserving the living world.
The students were engaged throughout the entire session. They learnt useful information to transfer into their learning.
Great information that is going to stimulate some great literacy tasks.
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 engaging, stimulating, hands-on activity full of amazing information. Very well prepared and presented.
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.
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.
I would highly recommend this incursion to link science and geography units
Great incursion – one of the best – an excellent intro to our science unit, stimulating kids cursiosity
Extremely relevant, well prepared and knowledgeable. Really well structured and accessible for students. A great way to consolidate learning.
Very clear content. Linked well with what we have been learning in class. Great presentation and props.
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.
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.
Kids (and teachers!) were highly engaged. Abbie was an excellent presenter who was obviously very knowledgeable and passionate. The perfect way to end our “Living Things’ program on bees!
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!
The bee incursion was amazing. I would recommend it to every school in Australia.
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!
Fabulous! Expressive, dramatic, super clear info. So professional! Fantastic resources!
A stimulating and informative workshop using all the elements of STEM lessons.
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 great – the kids loved it!
The kids loved the bee hotel lesson. It was very hands-on, super engaging yet challenging.
It was a wonderful experience for our students. They have a greater awareness of native bees.
I liked it because it was very interactive and taught me a lot about the different types of bees. –
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.
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.
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.
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
Abbie was great with the kids, engaging and knowledgeable
Very well linked to science and geography outcomes. Very interactive and informative.
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.
My favourite bee is the teddy bear bee. I liked participating with my partner.
Fantastic for our minibeast habitat theme and a new hands-on experience
Very enjoyable! The cute hats were a great way to illustrate how pollination occurs
Outstanding workshop that covered everything curriculum wise with hands-on construction and all students thoroughly engaged.
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.
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!
Great team exercise, achievable in a short time
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.
Children learnt and consolidated a lot of knowledge. A great capstone experience for our unit on bees and sustainability
Abbie was calm, professional and her enthusiasm was contagious!
It was right at the students level. Very entertaining. Highly recommend.
Worked well over zoom. Kids really engaged. Thank you so much for being so accommodating and for working with us through COVID and technology. The kids loved it and learned heaps!