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Thank you so much for entering! Here's a special thank you video from the Elephant Keepers to your class. https://vimeo.com/1096137703?share=copy

If you'd like to learn more about Zoos Victoria's Fighting Extinction Schools Program, head to https://www.zoo.org.au/education/fe-schools/

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As part of our current inquiry unit, the students in grade 1 and 2 have been learning all about different animals and the places they live (their habitats). The students took a close look at the new elephant enclosure at Werribee Zoo and compared it to where elephants live in the wild, as well as the enclosure at Melbourne Zoo. Inspired by what they learned during their Art lessons the students used watercolour paints to design and create their own version of an elephant habitat. They then made a beautiful elephant using collage techniques and added it to their artwork.The results were wonderful! creative, colourful, and full of thoughtful detail! The 5 grades did an amazing job and were all super proud of their efforts. We have many more photos although can only seem to upload one. Please let me know if you would like me to send through each classes work.

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Middle Kinglake Primary and their landscape designer enclosures

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Middle Kinglake Primary and their landscape designer enclosures

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Would elephants like a jacuzzi? Who knows until you try

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Kinglake Primary School Elephant Exhibit

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Kinglake Primary School Elephant Exhibit

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Kinglake Primary drew inspiration from the Zoo itself to inspire their designs

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Last ine! Super proud of all the grades and their beautiful work!

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Sorry had to share each classes amazing work

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As part of our current inquiry unit, the students have been learning all about different animals and the places they live (their habitats).The students took a close look at the new elephant enclosure at Werribee Zoo and compared it to where elephants live in the wild, as well as the enclosure at Melbourne Zoo.Inspired by what they learned, the students used watercolour paints to design and create their own version of an elephant habitat. They then made a beautiful elephant using collage techniques and added it to their artwork.The results were wonderful! creative, colourful, and full of thoughtful detail!

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Had to share all the grades work

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Another class

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More work from the students

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More work from the amazing student

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The Grade 3/4 students created elephant teddys using old clothing and material. After hearing about the elephants moving home to Werribee each student used the elephant pattern to cut and sew together a recycled teddy. Learning the basics of sewing using old unwanted wool from home proved extremely rewarding for the class. Our wandering elephant teddys were then filled with recycled shredded paper from the school's office.

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The P/1/2 students at Woodford created a sign "Welcome Home Elephants". Everyone donated old unwanted clothing and material to make a patchwork over each letter in our welcome message. Unwanted animal print clothes proved to be a popular choice amongst the students - or maybe it was just the parents clearing out some bad fashion choices from the cupboards.

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The girls at Strathewen Primary loved using natural materials to make a enclosure for the elephants

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As part of our current inquiry unit, the students have been learning all about different animals and the places they live (their habitats). The students took a close look at the new elephant enclosure at Werribee Zoo and compared it to where elephants live in the wild, as well as the enclosure at Melbourne Zoo.Inspired by what they learned, the students used watercolour paints to design and create their own version of an elephant habitat. They then made a beautiful elephant using collage techniques and added it to their artwork.The results were wonderful! creative, colourful, and full of thoughtful detail! The student really did try their best and were sooooo excited at the fact that they may have the chance to see and experience the real Werribee Zoo.

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Our Grade 5s have been learning about using recycled materials to create sculptures. To welcome the new elephants to Werribee Zoo, we created a (somewhat) life-sized baby elephant sculpture using recycled materials such as cardboard, newspaper, and plastic bottles. Our artwork highlights creativity through sustainability, transforming everyday waste into a majestic and meaningful piece.

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We smashed out these enclosures in an hour for a STEM activity

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The entire Moe Primary School (Elizabeth Street), students and staff alike have been extremely busy in the Art Room and Music class celebrating all things Werribee Zoo, please do check out our Padlet page to see all of the wonderful creations https://padlet.com/debmckimmie/esps-werribee-zoo-competition-uuxrafh875bzqcn8

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The smiles in this short clip say it all! 😊The students at Horsham Special School have been extremely enthusiastic and excited to enter this wonderful competition.

Living about three and and half hours away (some four or five hours away) from Melbourne, the majority of Horsham Special School students have not yet experienced the absolute joy, delight, awe and wonder of seeing beautiful elephants in real life. I don’t think we would be able to wipe the smiles off their faces if they won! It would be an absolutely unforgettable experience for them to see the elephants in their AMAZING new home at Werribee Zoo.

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 Last term the grade 6 students  explored amazing animals in our world, investigated the biodiversity of different environments and learnt about their role in helping to support the animals that live in those habitats.  This term we are learning about different Asian countries, their cultures and the animals that live there.  An important goal is to support our students to constantly make connections  in their learning. Two grade six girls investigated the amazing elephants, their habitats and the importance of providing an environment that is as close to the wild as possible. This mural was independently planned, drawn and coloured in by the girls. This is an acknowledgement of these amazing animals and the Werribee Zoo who are providing a wonderful habitat that these animals can live in as a herd, just like the wild!

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Big Day at the zoo- Buddy Project Foundation with Year 4/5/6

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Big Day at the zoo- Buddy Project Foundation with Year 4/5/6

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For this project we have made a zoo inspired by

Erik Carle  and his book’ 123 To The Zoo!’The  Foundations have been reading a lot  of  his books such as  The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Grouchy Ladybird and  from head to toe. We have been working hard on this because it means so much to us, especially the Foundations. We have made an animal from each section of the zoo. These are the animals that we have made: Butterflies, Gorillas, Red Zebras ,a Python, Red Pandas, Japanese Koi Fishes, Limas, and penguins.

If  you check you will find one animal from every section of the zoo, making it a complete map of the zoo.

Summary:  The Melbourne Zoo is a place of wonder, creativity, exploration and discovery leading kids down a path of love for animals and nature!!!!!!

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Grade 5 Students from St Peter Apostle would like to welcome the elephants by introducing them to some of the local features and attractions we have around Wyndham. The colours and designs of the heading represents the flags of Wyndham's multicultural population.

We hope the elephants enjoy their new home in Wyndham at Werribee Open Range Zoo.

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Students from 6A at Cranbourne South Primary School have put together this amazing slide show, song and dance and beautiful drawings of the elephants. They are all very excited to welcome the elephants to their new home at Werribee Zoo. The students all worked together to come up with this amazing collaboration, we hope that you all enjoy it.

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Tembo the Cardboard Elephant was developed by incredible Amy through passion and love. Tembo has been made entirely out of cardboard, and paper, with no tape or glue or plastic. Cardboard was chosen as it is a recyclable and sustainable material which is often discarded and thrown away. Tembo is a reminder of how we can use materials which are normally not valued to create incredible monuments to the amazing animals in our world. Tembo has a fully moveable trunk, and tail, allowing you to interact with him. He has ears you can wiggle as he says hello and show some incredible elephant behaviour. Tembo was made in recognition to welcome the elephants to their new enclosures and celebrate the work that Zoos VIC is doing to create a natural environment for them and ensure the best of their life

Measurements

62 cm tall

72cm long

60cm wide from ear to ear

This was made by an incredible year 8 student - Amy. Amy is an amazing dedicated student, who spends her time supporting the development of our conservation program and caring for our insects and reptiles. She is so passionate about animals and the environment and such an awesome example to our other students!

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Trunk Tales: Investigating Elephants in Art and STEM

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Trunk Tales: Investigating Elephants in Art and STEM

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The students at Dillbadin Primary School have been exploring elephants in both STEM and Visual Art. In STEM they have been creating fact files and constructing a baby elephant out of recycled materials and paper mache. In Visual Arts the students have been using different media and techniques to paint and draw elephants including charcoal, ink, and recycled mosaic paper.

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As a part of our Biological Science unit of inquiry our Year 1 and 2 students have created this colourful banner warmly welcoming the 9 new Asian Elephants to Werribee Open Range Zoo. Each elephant is beautifully decorated with vibrant patterns and labeled with names, showing the students’ excitement and care. The cheerful design, complete with a sun and green leaves, makes the display bright and inviting.

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Our Year 5 students put together a ‘welcome pack’ for the wonderful elephants. It includes mud sunscreen, a tusk sharpener, a giant toothbrush, and many other things the elephants might need to feel comfortable!

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I have two students in my class (and some from other classes) that have madly taken this project on and they have engaged every student in Year 6 to believe that they are going to win! Today they showed me the lengths that they went to including making the materials and filming. Very proud of their efforts here.

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Our incredible Environment and Art Captains have created this beautiful poster to welcome the elephants to Werribee Zoo!

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Students from the Our Lady Help of Christians STEAM Club worked together to decorate large letters spelling out “Welcome.”

Each letter was filled with bright colours, patterns, and elephant-themed drawings to celebrate the arrival of the elephants to their new home at Werribee Zoo. This cheerful artwork shows our excitement and love for these amazing animals!

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Introducing the new Elephants to our local Werribee Open Range Zoo!

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Introducing the new Elephants to our local Werribee Open Range Zoo!

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Let's learn some new facts about these new elephants!

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Echuca Twin Rivers Specialist School welcome the elephants!

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Echuca Twin Rivers Specialist School welcome the elephants!

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The amazing and creative kids from Echuca Twin Rivers Specialist School had a blast learning all about Asian elephants and other animals from the Werribee Zoo. It would be "so cool" if they got to visit the elephants in person rather than in their dreams.

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Our Grade 6's have been learning about unique and wonderful animal adaptations. One of our talented 6E students created this masterpiece after hearing about the elephants move to their brand new home at Werribee Zoo.

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Our amazing 6D students have been learning about unique animal adaptations. As part of this project students used recyclable materials to recreate animals. One of our talented Grade 6 students created Tinny The Elephant using recycled tin foil, cardboard from paper towel and paper scraps.

The students were thrilled to learn about the elephants moving to Werribee Zoo so they could roam freely as this aligns more closely with elephants natural habitats and increases their chance of survival.

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6D Welcome you to our recreation of Werribee Open Range Zoo

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To celebrate the arrival of the elephants at Werribee Open Range Zoo, 6D put together this special video filled with creativity, fun, fascinating elephant facts, colourful artwork, and perhaps even some elephants themselves (you'll have to watch and see).

We hope our message helps the elephants feel right at home.

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6B students couldn't decide on which artwork to submit so we decided to submit a compilation. Our Grade 6 students have been working on researching unique animal adaptations that allow them to survive through changing climates and habitats. We are thrilled these Asian elephants now have Werribee Zoo to call home so they can continue to be protected and thrive for decades to come.

6B students have trunk loads of talent when it comes to drawing!

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Giving a warm welcome to the elephants!

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Welcoming the elephants with a news article!

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Using the Nudel Kart the grade 1 students were challenged to design their dream enclosure. They then had to write about the enclosure explaining what was in it and why. (Swimming pools and TV's seemed to be popular).

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What better way to celebrate our new elephant friends but with Elmer the patchwork elephant sharing colour and joy with us all. 🐘 🌈

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To celebrate the arrival of the elephants at Werribee Open Range Zoo, we’re calling on schools to get creative. Submit a class entry for your chance to win an unforgettable excursion for 100 students to the zoo.

Key Dates
Entries Open: Tuesday 29 April 2025
Entries Close: Friday 30 May 2025

How to Enter
Upload your class’ creative submission to this Padlet. Your students can welcome the elephants in any way they like:

Artwork (drawings, paintings, digital designs)

Videos (songs, performances, welcome messages)

Creative Writing (poems, stories, letters to the elephants)

Signs and Banners

Dioramas (mini elephant enclosures or habitats)

Dance (choreographed routines)

Any other creative idea

* Please remember to use recycled materials where possible

How Winners Are Chosen
This is a most votes competition. Every class entry will be uploaded here on Padlet, and the submissions with the most hearts will win the excursion.

Share your entry with parents, friends, family and other classes and have them vote for your entry!

Get your students involved, celebrate the arrival of these amazing animals, and be in the running for an unforgettable day at the zoo.

Submit your entry now and help us give the elephants a warm welcome!

Zoos Victoria staff will be engaging with class submissions, responding to their creations and sharing their expert insights about the elephants.

Submission Note: File upload must be under 20mb

T&Cs:

This Padlet is publicly accessible for educator use. It is the responsibility of users to seek media consent for any content containing student identifiers before posting.

Zoos Victoria moderates all content.

Terms & Conditions: https://www.zoo.org.au/terms-and-conditions/terms-conditions-education-excursion-competition/