Health and Wellbeing in Nature

Through gentle exploration of Melbourne gardens, explore the physical, mental and emotional benefits of nature and spending time outdoors.
Students will learn wellbeing strategies such as mindfulness, tuning in with the senses and observing the natural world. This program helps students to understand the impacts of technology and stress on their wellbeing and learn tools for self-regulation through spending time in nature.

This program is also recommended as an immersive experience for students learning English as an additional language, or City Experience excursions.

Students will:

• Discover health benefits of plants and the outdoors

• Participate in a range of nature connection activities such as bird watching, nature journaling, or creating land art using natural materials

• Experience the benefits of a mindfulness walk

• Make scented herb bags to take home

Key focuses:
 

• Healthy habits and health benefits of plants and the outdoors

• Benefits of being outdoors in nature

• Strategies for mental and physical wellbeing

Curriculum links:
 

• Personal and Social Capability

  • Levels 7 and 8

    • How to distinguish between productive and unproductive help-seeking and other coping strategies when responding to challenge or adversity; strategies for peer support and empathetic communication when others encounter challenge or adversity VC2CP8S02

• Health and Physical Education

  • Levels 7 and 8

    • Participate in physical activities that utilise community spaces, outdoor environments and aquatic settings safely, and evaluate strategies to support the increased use of these spaces VC2HP8M06

  • Levels 9 and 10

    • Participate in and evaluate physical activities designed to enhance health, fitness and wellbeing VC2HP10M05

    • Participate in physical activities that promote health, safety and social outcomes in outdoor environments and aquatic settings to design and evaluate participation strategies for themselves and others   VC2HP10M06
       

Teacher Resources

Health and Wellbeing in Nature Teacher Resource

Health and Wellbeing in Nature Social Script