WIRES has an excellent and comprehensive Australian wildlife education kit.

The booklet is a fun educational wildlife activity book for children and teachers to enjoy. It will introduce children to the amazing world of Australia's native animals with the aim of educating young naturalists with details about everyday animals they see and experience.

If you are a teacher or community group leader please download  (2 mb file) our comprehensive education kit at no cost. Details of the pack are described below.

The objective of this resource is to explore and question some of the values and attitudes that we have towards wildlife. We aim to:

• encourage cross-curricular teaching of animal welfare and conservation in the classroom
• provide teachers with a relevant and accessible resource
• provide children with a fun and creative way of learning about animals 
• ignite a spark of compassion in the young generation

Included are activities, information and questions intended to help primary school aged children further develop their knowledge of Australian native wildlife.

Outcomes

On completion of this booklet students will:

• Be familiar with the work of WIRES 
• Have an improved awareness of Australian native animals 
• Be encouraged to take community action to contribute to the protection and conservation of our native animals.

This resource will help to deliver many aspects of the curriculum, including areas of:

• personal, social and emotional development
• physical development 
• language and literacy knowledge and understanding
• creative development.

Some tasks are simple enough for an individual child to accomplish, others are group activities. All can form part of a larger on-going project. Most of which would be very appropriate for presentation in a school assembly or at a parents' evening.

Animal fact sheets

The animal sheets are factual and provide background information about the 53 animals studied in this booklet. They are intended to inform both children and their teachers. Many children will be able to read and understand the sheets for themselves, but some may need help. They can be photocopied on A4 sheets and handed out to students. Download animal fact sheets (8 mb file)

WIRES certificate of achievement

Finally, included is a certificate of achievement that can be given out to pupils when you feel they have gained a certain level of understanding about wildlife or their work is worthy of special recognition.