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:

Melbourne

Also available in: Sydney

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.

Our Under the Sea drama workshop allow children to explore the wonders of ocean life through hands-on role play and immersive learning experiences. Whether your children are pretending to be colourful fish, majestic sea creatures, or underwater explorers, our Under the Sea dramatic play activities encourage creativity, communication, and social skills development in a fun and engaging way.

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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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

If you are looking for an incursion which is both highly engaging, with strong educational storylines, then book a visit from The Drama Toolbox. Our presenter was amazing and soon had children participating - even the ones who were a little unsure at the start. We have a mixed 3 and 4 group and it ran smoothly.

Eildon Parade Preschool

Such an AMAZING incursion. The presenter was so enthusiastic and really brought the drama out of the children. The children loved the costumes and really got into character.

Epping Views Kindergarten

As always, the Drama Toolbox team are amazing as they allow the children to be themselves while exploring all the creatures under the sea and those cheeky scuba divers and their rubbish. It's lovely that each child get a turn to have fun, try on 2 costumes, and learn something along the way. They children already want The Drama Toolbox to come back again. Thanks Drama Toolbox team!!

Macleod Preschool

The Under the Sea program with The Drama Toolbox was fantastic for our 4-5yo group. They were able to relate to the theme, enjoyed the variety of costumes (the jellyfish are particularly amazing!), and even some of our more shy children got involved. The themes around protecting our marine life and oceans was well understood by the children, and relatable to activities and learning that we do on a daily basis at Kinder. The teacher was fantastic, as always!

Manchester Preschool Inc

Thank you for the wonderful opportunity. The whole experience was entertaining, the content was perfect - it kept the children engaged and the costumes were breathtaking.

Keon Park Kindergarten

A fun, interactive and engaging way to teach children about the sea and how we can behave responsibly to look after it.

Upper Beaconsfield Kindergarten

The Drama Toolbox are wonderful. They are enthusiastic and bring a wonderful energy to each session. We have booked them for many years and will continue to do so in the future. The children always have a fantastic experience.

Acacia Avenue Preschool, Mentone

Under the Sea

Spark Curiosity and Imagination with Ocean Life Education

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Curriculum Suitability

Reviews of this Incursion

Such an AMAZING incursion. The presenter was so enthusiastic and really brought the drama out of the children. The children loved the costumes and really got into character.

Thank you for the wonderful opportunity. The whole experience was entertaining, the content was perfect - it kept the children engaged and the costumes were breathtaking.

A fun, interactive and engaging way to teach children about the sea and how we can behave responsibly to look after it.

The Drama Toolbox are wonderful. They are enthusiastic and bring a wonderful energy to each session. We have booked them for many years and will continue to do so in the future. The children always have a fantastic experience.

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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

Such an AMAZING incursion. The presenter was so enthusiastic and really brought the drama out of the children. The children loved the costumes and really got into character.

Thank you for the wonderful opportunity. The whole experience was entertaining, the content was perfect - it kept the children engaged and the costumes were breathtaking.

A fun, interactive and engaging way to teach children about the sea and how we can behave responsibly to look after it.

The Drama Toolbox are wonderful. They are enthusiastic and bring a wonderful energy to each session. We have booked them for many years and will continue to do so in the future. The children always have a fantastic experience.

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