Unique Interactive IN-PERSON Woodwork Incursions
For Grade 5 - Grade 6 Students
Woodwork PACKS also available for smaller budgets! CLICK HERE to learn more.
We use Premium Quality Timber (sustainably sourced untreated Pine) for all our wooden toy projects.
Duration: 60 MINUTES
Perfect for the attention span and fine-motor-skills of Grade 5 & Grade 6 students.
25 students per group/incursion (30 max, conditions apply)
What to expect
Each incursion starts with a short SAFETY TALK. The students get to try on safety spectacles, which is more for effect than any danger involved (see also our FAQ’s).
Then the "serious" woodworking begins.
All students within one group work on the same project. This way each student can easily follow Jim's instructions as he explains and demonstrates each process clearly and facilitates the students where needed.
Jim asks leading questions throughout to help guide them through their own creative process.
Each student gets to make and take home her/his own wooden toy creation.
But wait, there is MORE!
Students then get to use their imagination in their own individual UNSTRUCTURED way with our creative box of random wooden shapes, blocks and dowels.
This often leads to some very surprising results!
In addition…
Our incursions also tie in well with the STEM inquiry units.
If you let us know your Learning Intentions in advance, we will link them in accordingly.
We can incorporate learning areas such as:
History & Geography
Science, Design & Technologies
Critical & Creative Thinking and
Cross-curriculum priorities including Sustainability Education (which is embedded within all our incursions)
Teacher’s most popoluar choice:
The Helicopter
As with all our wooden projects, they can also be painted as a follow up activity. The result could look something like this →
Our current Grade 5 to Grade 6 project choices
VINTAGE CAR
HELICOPTER
LOCOMOTIVE
$675
per incursion/group + GST
25 PER GROUP/INCURSION (30 max at $30 per extra wooden toy over the number of 25)
Includes all Premium Pine Timber Material for take-home wooden toys and unstructured individual projects the students made.
For smaller budgets, CLICK HERE for our hands-on engaging Woodwork PACKS. (Shipping Australia wide.)
TRAVEL DISTANCE & FEE
Our travel fee goes towards both petrol and journey TIME. For return distances less than 25 km, no travel fee applies. Above 25 km we work on a sliding scale per km basis.
For distances over 75 km please refer to our Woodwork PACKS.
We are based near Mornington on the Mornington Peninsula (VIC).
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Covers so many areas of the curriculum
“Jim has such a lovely manner with the students. His passion is evident and the incursion covers so many areas of the curriculum. It was such a joy as an educator to see every student complete the task, gain confidence and have experienced such a sense of achievement. Thank you Jim.”
— Kelly McKenzie, Prep Teacher and Coordinator, PRIMARY SCHOOL, Caulfield
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The children loved every minute
“We thoroughly enjoyed our recent workshop with Jim. The children loved every minute of it. I loved the way Jim spent time prior to commencing the woodwork, talking about wood, trees and the animals that inhabit them. Great teaching by Jim with a most captive audience. Again our sincere thanks. We will definitely have you again next year, most probably in term 4 with our unit on Creativity.”
— Theresa Virgona, Primary School Teacher
ST THOMAS MORE PRIMARY SCHOOL, Mt Eliza -
Very engaging and hands on
“We’ve had Jim from Little Woodworkers come out and do incursions with our students for the past 4 years. The incursions are always FANTASTIC! Very engaging and hands on, and the students really enjoy making their wooden toys. A fantastic incursion that we highly recommend. Thanks Jim.”
— Tamara Furyk , Foundation Teacher
CHELTENHAM EAST PRIMARY SCHOOL
All we need is:
A space for each student to work at. Their usual activity tables are perfectly fine.
A readable NAME TAG on each student. It makes it more personal.
We bring everything else. Materials, tools, safety equipment and more!
If you have questions, we gathered any frequently asked questions into an FAQ page. CLICK HERE to find your answers. :)
If you still have a question, feel free to contact us anytime.
How to book us:
Click the button to secure an incursion date. You will be taken to our quick & easy Booking Enquiry Form.
Once you submit your form, I will check if your suggested date is available. If not, I will email you with alternatives.
Once we have date (or dates) and time confirmed, you will receive a booking confirmation with all the details. EASY! ;)
FREE (printer-friendly) Teacher Resources
Jim and I sat together and spent hours (days really) tailoring the Learning Outcomes to our Little Woodworkers™ incursions to show you all the Benefits.
They can also be used for the student’s portfolios!
The PDF Download LINK is provided with each Booking Confirmation and Invoice.
“Thank you for the wonderful incursion. Jim was fantastic with the children and we loved the information he presented also about the environment and trees. We have done quite a bit over the year on the environment and the importance of nature and trees to sustaining our environment so it was perfect.”
— Tricia McKinley, Primary School Teacher, St Timothy's Catholic Primary School, Vermont
Our Incursions
Fulfill the Learning Outcomes of the VEYLDF and The Victorian Curriculum F-10 (revised guidelines).
Tie in well with the STEM Inquiry Units
Impart an important sustainability message
Have the potential for follow-up lessons and activities
Ensure the students remember this experience for a long time to come
The Students
Extend & enrich their learning
Receive a positive sustainability message
Broaden their knowledge base
Develop confidence with new tools
Develop and encourage fine motor skills
Create positive lasting childhood memories
“Hi Kerstin, Just wanted to say a big thanks for all your organisation to help our incursions to run smoothly. Thank you so much to Jim for the running of our wonderful incursions yesterday - all our students loved it!! It was so engaging and they had such a fantastic time learning how to make their wooden projects! We will definitely look forward to booking another incursion with you again!”
— Allison Weerappah, Foundation Teacher, St Mary's Primary School, Hampton
The quickest and easiest way to make a booking is via our short Booking Enquiry Form here.
The way it works:
Use our quick & easy Booking Enquiry Form to secure your date. It will give us all the information we need to process your booking.
Click the Submit button at the bottom of the form.
We email you to confirm availability or suggest an alternative date or dates.
Once date and time are confirmed, we email you your Booking Confirmation with all the details.
Should you have any other questions, click here for our FAQ section.
Or, if you would like to CONTACT US, click here to get in touch.
Click here for the booking form.
“I'm absolutely loving your work. Some of my fondest memories of my grandfather is him teaching me the wonder of constructing something out of such a lovely material. Wood! We need more hands-on activities like yours for children. The skills you are teaching are being lost. Keep up the fantastic work!”
— Simon Hutchinson, Director & Creator of CLIMBING TREE NATURE PLAY AND SUSTAINABILITY CONSULTANCY