Under the Sea

Spark Curiosity and Imagination with Ocean Life Education

Dive into our Under the Sea preschool incursion with engaging dramatic play, ocean life education, and play-based learning.

Suitable for:

Preschool 3-5 year olds

Available in:

Sydney

Also available in: Melbourne

Duration:

60 minutes

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Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF)

Dive into an unforgettable adventure with our Under the Sea preschool incursion for ages 3-5 years.

Perfect for early years children, this interactive and engaging experience is designed to inspire imagination, promote dramatic play using costumes, and support key EYLF outcomes in your classroom.

Key Features of Our Under the Sea Incursion:

Ocean Life Exploration: Children engage in movement, music, and group drama to discover marine life, with costumes enhancing the experience.
Play-Based & Dramatic Learning: Through imaginative play and teacher resources, children develop cognitive, social, and emotional skills beyond the session.
Costume-Driven Storytelling: Two costume changes immerse children in dramatic play, fostering creativity, teamwork, and problem-solving.
Curriculum Aligned: Linked to EYLF Outcomes, the incursion supports identity, well-being, communication, and critical thinking.
Sustainability Focus: Hands-on activities teach ocean conservation, fostering environmental awareness and responsibility.

How does it work?

One awesome drama educator will visit your centre bringing 30 costumes that represent sea creatures and sea environments.
The session is available for a maximum of 30 children aged over 3 years using music, movement and a guided narrative around managing pollution in the ocean.
Costumes provided include jellyfish, octopuses, seaweed, rainbow fish, sharks or whales and deep sea divers.
All children have two costume changes in the one hour session.
A Social Story is provided so you can prepare your children for our arrival to help with any anxieties.

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Keep the drama alive!

Extend dramatic play with costumes, lesson plans, learning prompts, and analysis—available in our popular add-on bundle

Marine Exploration Dramatic Play Box

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Curriculum Suitability

The “Under the Sea” workshop addresses the following Early Years Learning and Development Outcomes (Birth to 5 years)

Outcome 1: Identity

Children have a strong sense of identity, when they:

cooperate and work collaboratively with others to teach the divers not to pollute the sea;
use role play to pretend to be sea creatures adopting their features, movement and habits eg. seaweed swishes and sways, jellyfish wobble;
express the emotion of anger, when the divers throw their rubbish into the sea and the emotion of joy when the divers throw their rubbish in the bin.

Outcome 2: Community

Children are connected with and contribute to their world, when they:

use drama to broaden their understanding of sea creatures; their habitat, features, movement and survival instincts;
recognise the negative impact of the diver’s actions on the sea creatures, showing care for the environment;

Outcome 3: Wellbeing

Children have a strong sense of wellbeing, when they:

use physical skills and activity to adopt the sea creature’s features and movement eg. use arms to wriggle octopus tentacles.
make new discoveries about the effects of polluting the ocean with rubbish eg. the fish are sick after nibbling on the rubbish.

Outcome 4: Learning

Children are confident and involved learners, when they:

use their imaginations and creativity to explore the ocean environment and its inhabitants;
use role play to act out a story about polluting the ocean and recognise the negative impact this has on sea creatures.

Outcome 5: Communication

Children are effective communicators, when they:

interact non-verbally by pretending to be sea creatures to demonstrate an understanding of their features, movement and the negative effects of pollution.
engage with the Under the Sea story by acting it out;
use drama and creative movement to express ideas and make meaning of a story.

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Reviews of this Incursion

This incursion was a wonderful way to celebrate our learning about under the sea. The dramatic play built on children's regulation skills and the pace of the presentation was perfect. Everyone was deeply engaged and had a wonderful time. Bonus, the costumes made for some excellent photos!

May Murray Early Learning Centre, Marrickville

The children were in fits of laughter, all of them enjoyed getting involved. They all got lots of opportunities to participate and they enjoyed sharing their knowledge of octopus with the teacher too.

MLC Kindle

The incursion was highly engaging and educational, with beautiful resources and a great range of activities to hold children's attention and encourage participation. It ticked all the boxes for us!

Wattle Planet ELC

Under the Sea

Spark Curiosity and Imagination with Ocean Life Education

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Curriculum Suitability

Reviews of this Incursion

This incursion was a wonderful way to celebrate our learning about under the sea. The dramatic play built on children's regulation skills and the pace of the presentation was perfect. Everyone was deeply engaged and had a wonderful time. Bonus, the costumes made for some excellent photos!

The children were in fits of laughter, all of them enjoyed getting involved. They all got lots of opportunities to participate and they enjoyed sharing their knowledge of octopus with the teacher too.

The incursion was highly engaging and educational, with beautiful resources and a great range of activities to hold children's attention and encourage participation. It ticked all the boxes for us!

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Under the Sea

Spark Curiosity and Imagination with Ocean Life Education

Suitable for:

Available in:

Duration:

Links to:

Gallery

Curriculum Suitability

Reviews of this Incursion

This incursion was a wonderful way to celebrate our learning about under the sea. The dramatic play built on children's regulation skills and the pace of the presentation was perfect. Everyone was deeply engaged and had a wonderful time. Bonus, the costumes made for some excellent photos!

The children were in fits of laughter, all of them enjoyed getting involved. They all got lots of opportunities to participate and they enjoyed sharing their knowledge of octopus with the teacher too.

The incursion was highly engaging and educational, with beautiful resources and a great range of activities to hold children's attention and encourage participation. It ticked all the boxes for us!

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