Welcome to the Animal Rescue Centre!

Pick your favourite animals, design their perfect shelters, and create a centre where every animal gets the care they need.

Start the Rescue Adventure
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About this Project

Animal Rescue Centre blends creativity, compassion, and hands-on learning.

Designed for learners in years 5-6, this project invites children to step into the role of animal rescuers while exploring real-world issues like habitat, wellbeing, and human impact on the environment.

With open-ended activities and flexible pacing, it’s built to spark curiosity while supporting registration requirements.

What You’ll Get

  • Parent Guide

    Step-by-step instructions, tips to adapt activities, and ideas to extend your child’s learning

  • Student Guide

    Written directly to your learner, with invitations to explore, create, and reflect

  • Registration Pack

    Curriculum links, plus a list of optional books, videos, and websites to enrich the project

  • Reporting Pack

    Simple templates to capture learning, tick off outcomes and demonstrate progress with ease

  • Flexible pace

    Designed as an 8-week project, but fully flexible. Go faster or slower depending on your child.

  • Flexible format

    Printable PDFs you can use online or offline.

  • Flexible subjects

    This project covers English, Maths, Science and Technology, HSIE, PDHPE and Creative Arts.

  • Flexible support

    Designed for Stage 3 learners (approx. years 5-6), with built-in suggestions for neuro-affirming adjustments.

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Why kids love it

They get to design, imagine and role play their very own rescue centre.

They can choose how to show their learning - drawing, building, writing or creating.

It’s hands-on, creative, and connected to the real world.

Why parents love it

Curriculum-aligned.

Registration and reporting packs included.

Flexible pacing and open-ended activities to suit your child’s needs.

Ready to Start Your Adventure?

Choose the version that suits your registration needs

Animal Rescue Centre is available in both NSW Curriculum and Australian Curriculum versions.

The learning journey is the same in both. Only the assessment and documentation language differs to support different registration requirements.

  • NSW families: choose NSW Curriculum

  • Families in other states or territories: choose Australian Curriculum

NSW Curriculum
Australian Curriculum