Wetlands To Waves environmental education program
The Wetlands to Waves program offers local schools a range of environmental education for sustainability activities, to assist teachers to deliver best practice education linked to the current curriculum.
To find out more about any of the activities, or to book an excursion, please contact the City’s Environmental Education Officer by phoning 08 9411 3444 or email us
Activities on offer to schools include:
Clean up day
We can help you to tailor a clean-up day to suit the needs of your class. Coogee Maritime Trail excursion
Clean-up days can be run at wetlands, parks, bushland or beaches.
Exploring climate change excursion
The Coogee Maritime Trail provides an interactive experience into maritime archaeology and marine biology experience.
The trail includes both land and sea attractions, including:
- Underwater wreck and sculptures
- Artificial reef
- WA Museum artifacts.
Half day snorkelling and walking excursions can be arranged for small groups.
Suitable for students aged 10-12 years, this excursion provides insight into what the City is doing to mitigate and adapt to climate change.Revegetation for habitat creation excursion
The excursion includes site visits to coastal and wetland ecosystems where students can see how climate change is impacting the City and what restoration activities are being undertaken.
Half and full day excursions are available.
This excursion offers student the opportunity to help in restoring and rehabilitating a local area, with a focus on revegetating habitats for native fauna (including bandicoots, reptiles, water birds and the endangered Carnaby’s Black Cockatoo). Turtle watch program
Half and full day excursions can be arranged for small groups.
Environmental education kits and tours
This program provides an opportunity for students to learn about the Snake-neck Turtle (Chelodina colliei)
of the south-west of Western Australia. Other than the critically endangered western swamp tortoise, they are the only native freshwater turtle species found throughout Perth and have an important role to play in wetland and river health.
The program includes classroom activities, an excursion to the Wetlands Precinct at Bibra Lake and free resources.
Classes work towards a Turtle Watch School Accreditation.
The program is offered in partnership with the Australian Association for Environmental Education Western Australia (AAEEWA) opens in a new window
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The City offers the following environmental education kits to encourage your class to discover our natural environment:
- Bird identification class kit
- Ocean fauna snorkel class kit
- Beachcomber’s class kit
The kits are designed for self-guided groups However, by arrangements, the City does offer guided tours.
Additional Round to open in August 2020
Due to COVID-19 the Environmental Education grant will be open again for submissisons in August and due 30 September 2020. Contact the Environmental Education Officer on 08 9411 3444 if you have any queries.
Environmental education grants
The Environmental Education for Schools Grants
provides schools with funding for one-off activities, to be delivered by professionals in the field of environmental education for sustainability.
Other grants available to schools include the Sustainability Grants Program (A Better Tomorrow)
and the Native Plant Subsidy
World Environment Day School Festival - June 2021
This free school festival provides ten lucky schools (one class/school) with the chance to inspire students to celebrate and take responsibility to care for the earth.
Packed full of fun and interactive environmental education, the festival includes:
- Native animal encounters
- Tree planting
- Cultural sessions
- Water themed investigations and more!
Bus transport is provided.
The festival is provided in partnership with The Wetlands Centre, Cockburn opens in a new window
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. and Bibra Lake Scouts.
Be quick to secure your spot!
Catchments, Corridors and Coasts - professional development sponsorships
Catchments, Corridors and Coasts opens in a new window
s a three-day professional development course for environmental educators, including teachers and sustainable school’s initiative participants.
Participants are taken on a journey, exploring environmental issues of importance to us all. Topics cover living sustainably and how each one of us can make a difference. Participants are exposed to issues and solutions while establishing valuable networks with other participants and presenters.
Two Cockburn sponsored positions are available. To express your interest, please contact the City’s Environmental Education Officer by phoning 08 9411 3444 or email us
Catchments, Corridors and Coasts is presented by the Australian Association for Environmental Education Western Australia (AAEEWA)
More information and contact
To find out more about environmental education for schools and educators, please contact the City’s Environmental Education Officer by phoning 08 9411 3444 or email us