Community Engagement

Local Primary Schools

The Balmain Foreshore Project engaged the broader community through the Peninsula Engagement Program. The Peninsula Engagement Program (PEP) is an enrichment, extension and transition program for high potential and gifted students on the Balmain peninsula. Students were invited to select a program from six different options, and the Balmain Foreshore Investigation was one of those options.

The Balmain Foreshore Investigation was promoted as a community project that enables primary students to develop their skills in geoscience fieldwork and data collation using the real-world environment of the harbour areas surrounding Sydney Secondary College using various scientific methods and modern electronics including underwater and aerial drones. 

Primary students were led through some hands-on activities that the high school students have taken part in as part of the Balmain Foreshore Project, as well as some activities specifically designed for them. Students used drones, conducted field sketches and explored and designed mock seawall panels using air dry clay to replicate the panels created by Living Seawalls to encourage biodiversity in our waterways. 

Balmain Bushcare

Discussions have taken place between the Balmain Foreshore Project Team and the Balmain Bushcare volunteers regarding collaborations that could take place in the future. The conversations have  centred on signage which ties the two projects together to inform the public and to be used in teaching and learning. The signage would relate to the interconnections between land and water management and include student learning activities to encourage real-world active learning to support environmental education.