Primary School Meet a Researcher Incursions

Our school incursion sessions are suitable for students in Years 3, 4, 5 or 6. We can tailor the session to suit the year level of the students whom our researchers are visiting.

If you’re interested in organising an incursion for high school students, please contact our Education & Outreach team.

The cost for a ‘Meet a Researcher’ school incursion is $120 plus GST for 2 classes. Our researchers can stay for a maximum of 2 hours.

Our researchers are generally able to visit schools within the Perth metro area as part of the school incursion program. If your school is located outside the Perth metro area, please get in touch with our Education & Outreach team so we can discuss your options.

Once we have received your initial enquiry and arranged a suitable date and time, you will be asked to complete an incursion Booking Confirmation Form and a New Customer Request Form if applicable. An invoice will be sent to your school for a total of $120 plus GST two weeks before the school incursion. 

If you decide to cancel a booked school incursion, please provide at least 30 days’ notice so we can offer another group the opportunity to book this incursion. Unless there are exceptional circumstances, if you do not provide the required notice the school will be charged a $50 cancellation fee. Schools that do not provide the required notice of cancellation and fail to attend the school incursion on the day will be charged the full flat rate of $120 plus GST. 

Due to the hands-on nature of the ‘Meet a Researcher’ school incursion program, there is a strict number of students that can be accommodated per session. Consumables and equipment will be provided for a maximum of 35 students per class. Our researchers can stay for up to 2 hours and visit 2 classes at that time (1 hour max per class). 

Yes, all Telethon Kids Institute staff who will be visiting your school as part of the ‘Meet a Researcher’ school incursion program, have a current WWC check and Police Clearance that can be presented upon request. 

Yes. While the Telethon Kids researcher and staff member will run the incursion with your students, duty of care remains the responsibility of school staff. School staff must always remain present in the room as the school incursion is taking place.

In the lead up the booked school incursion, we will send through information about the hands-on activity or game the researcher will conduct with your students at least one week prior to the incursion date. Please inform us of the type of presenting space(s) we will have access to during the session so that we can plan suitable activities for the space.

Please note that our ‘Meet a Researcher’ school incursion sessions also require a projector, interactive whiteboard, screen or similar, with audio, to enable the researcher to do their presentation.

Please let our Outreach & Education team know if any students have special needs or allergies, prior to the school incursion taking place. It is the responsibility of school staff to advise Telethon Kids any information relevant to the visit. Our school incursion Terms & Conditions document contains the most up-to-date information to help you plan and prepare for the session.

We also have a range of Science Activities for Kids for pre and post learning prior to and after the school incursion has taken place. The Meet Superhero Researchers section has a variety of child-friendly and fun activities to engage your students in the life-saving work that our researchers do at Telethon Kids Institute. We have also created hands-on lesson plans designed for the classroom on topics of health and science in our Science Lesson Plans section.

Yes, and we highly recommend that you do! The Discovery Centre is FREE entry and open to the public every Monday to Friday, 9-3pm, throughout the school term and school holidays. We are closed on public holidays and between Christmas and New Years’ Day.

We also host Science & Sip Educators’ Evenings throughout the year where you are welcomed to try out an excursion program and meet our researchers and Outreach & Education team before planning a visit with your class. Make sure to sign up to the Discovery Centre + Schools mailing list to be first to know when the free tickets to the next Science & Sip event are released.