Stage 3 HSIE Geography | Sustainable fishing incursion

Georges River EEC

Program overview

Sustainable fishing is a Stage 3 HSIE Geography incursion that investigates global citizenship and how we can protect and sustainably use aquatic environments. This incursion offers elements from our popular Stage 3 HSIE Geography full day Sustainable fishing excursion adapted for in school learning.

This hands-on and interactive incursion introduces students to ethical and sustainable fishing practices, drawing on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledges and international Indigenous perspectives to highlight deep cultural connections to waterways and long-standing ecological practices.

Students play a sustainable fishing game, explore a sustainable fishing kit for recreational fishers and practise tying knots to attach ethical fishing hooks to lines. They examine a sustainable hand line and learn how to cast a hand line accurately to minimise tangles that lead to environmental damage. The session concludes with a casting competition.

Sustainable fishing incursion is practical, fun and promotes the many health and wellbeing benefits of fishing and how it connects people to place.

Program length - 2 hours

'It was so wonderful to have you visit our school and share so many fun activities with our Stage 3 students. Student feedback was fantastic with favourite parts being 'everything'. The program aligns with our unit perfectly and added the fun!'

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Program information

Suggested timetable

Time

Classes
Morning session - 2 hrs Classes 1 and 2
Middle session - 2 hrs Classes 3 and 4

Syllabus outcomes and content

Human Society and its Environment K–6 Syllabus (2024)

Focus area outcomes

Geographical information is used to plan for sustainable futures
  • HS3-GEO-01 examines global citizenship and how people organise, protect and sustainably use the environment, using geographical information

Content groups

People can protect global environments and use sustainable practices for the future
  • Compare sustainable practices used by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and international Indigenous Peoples
  • Research and present practices people can engage with to sustainably manage or protect global environments into the future
People of Australia are global citizens
  • Explain the ways Australia is connected to the world

Human Society and its Environment K-6 Syllabus © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2024

Teacher information

Cost 2026

NSW Department of Education schools $12 per student

Non-government schools $18 per student

The total cost of the program will be based on the number of students confirmed at least 3 working days before your program.

If the number of students is not confirmed by this time, the total cost will be calculated using the number of students listed on the original booking form or the actual number of students who attend, whichever is greater.

An Interschool Journal request or sales order will then be prepared and sent to your school for payment.

Student numbers

2 sessions per day

Maximum 2 classes per session with up to 30 students per class.

Risk management plan

Risk assessment provided in location tile.

Location information

Preparation

Please meet the Georges River EEC staff member/s up to 1 hour before first session.

This program contains a large amount of equipment. If possible please provide a car space on level ground in close proximity to the program introduction learning space.

Learning spaces – please provide suitable learning spaces for the duration of the program:

  • program introduction

    • indoor or outdoor classroom or school hall

  • large outdoor area for relay games and fishing casting competitions such as a school oval. In the event of wet weather please provide an undercover space such as a COLA.

Program length – 2 hours

Staff and student welfare

 For medical or special needs notify staff prior to program.

Extreme or wet weather

Program may be modified, postponed or cancelled due to predicted extreme temperatures, bush fire danger, heavy rainfall, high winds or dust storms.

Please view our trigger points for postponement and cancellation.

Trigger points for cancellation

 See our bookings page

Cancellation policy

Cancellation or major changes to bookings will incur the following cancellation fees:

  • within 30 days of excursion or incursion date - $600 administration fee charged
  • within 7 days of excursion/incursion date - total fee charged based on confirmed student numbers.
  • Weather or fire danger cancellation – $0

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