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School Excursions

Take your learning outside, explore excursions across NSW 

School Children Building a Gunyah on an excursion

There are many fantastic places around NSW that provide learning experiences for school children and specifically focus on the environment or sustainability.

Here is a list of possible excursions to explore. They are listed by geographical area with a suggested focus (e.g. energy, water, waste). Find other destinations and providers via our sustainability education directory Sustainability Connect.

Excursion programs

Environmental Education Centres

The 25 Environmental Education and Zoo Centres across NSW deliver a range of excursion and incursion programs, linked to NSW syllabuses, that utilise the unique features of the centre’s location.

National Parks and Wildlife Service

The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) offers programs for students from primary and secondary schools and also Discovery walks, talks and tours.

DART Learning

Distance And Rural Technology (DART) Learning is a service provided by the NSW Department of Education, offering offer teachers, parents and students incredible educational virtual excursions.

Planning an excursion

The destination is only one aspect of excursion planning. The following questions may help in your planning:

  • Is the excursion of educational value, and where is it sequenced in your program?
  • Does it meet the needs of the school and students?
  • Does it comply with your system or school policy for excursions? (e.g. Department of Education and Communities excursion policy)
  • Have you conducted a risk assessment (or is there one provided by the venue)?
  • Have you developed a risk management plan?
  • Are there pre- or post-excursion activities you could include as part of the learning experience?
  • Can the excursion experience or information gathered be used as the basis of an assessment task?
  • What literacy, numeracy and other learning across the curriculum can be included?

School Excursions by Region

Sustainable Schools NSW acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this nation. We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the lands on which we live, learn and work. We pay our respects to ancestors and Elders, past and present. 

We are committed to honouring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ unique cultural and spiritual relationships to the land, waters and seas and their rich contribution to society. Sovereignty has never been ceded. It always was and always will be, Aboriginal land.