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The Harbour School Sydney

The Harbour School Sydney delivers a range of excursions and incursions, and facilities environmental projects including experiences for Living Seawalls. It provides and facilitates education, skills and training experiences across diverse harbour sites. It provides a valuable connection between educational facilities, harbour sites, research institutions and businesses, and fosters interdisciplinary learning about ocean literacy and environments.

Taking Bookings for your Year 12, 2026 cohort.

We are currently taking bookings for Year 12 from Term 4, 2025.
Options for Year 12 Geography include:
- Kelp Forest - Great Southern Reef excursion at Clifton Gardens
- Kelp Forest - Great Southern Reef incursion - in-class presentation
- Darling Harbour Precinct excursion

Visit the "Excursions" tab for more details.

Riverfest: Balmain Foreshore - Learning about Living Seawalls

The Harbour School Sydney was happy to support the Parramatta River Catchment Group’s flagship community event Riverfest. Riverfest celebrates Parramatta River, its tributaries and the whole catchment.

Below is a series of photos from the event.

NEW! Incursions

A range of new incursions are available.

Primary incursions include: Seagrass and Seahorses, an introduction to the Great Southern Reef, and Living Seawalls.

Secondary incursions include: Ecosystem Restoration, the Great Southern Reef and Living Seawalls.

View the Incursions page.

Harbour School Excursions and Incursions

Living Seawalls excursions

Click to view our "Excursions" page.

Professional Learning

NEW! Resources

Living Seawalls Launch

We were happy to be invited recently to be part of the launch of a new Living Seawalls installation at Blues Point Reserve. This installation was a collaboration between Living Seawalls and SailGP. The launch involved a beautiful kayak led by Sydney By Kayak, and the event was also attended by students and staff from Reddam House.

Blue Schools Australia Network

If your school undertakes, or has undertaken, a practical project to engage students in learning about the ocean, harbours or local waterways, you should consider joining the Blue Schools Australia Network.

Aims of the Blue School Australia Network are: to improve ocean literacy; to promote school projects which engage students with the ocean, harbours or local waterways; to improve understanding about the blue economy and opportunities for students to engage with it.

Interested schools and individuals should be committed to engaging students in projects to facilitate learning about issues such as water quality, aquatic and intertidal ecosystems, the interconnectedness between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, aquatic ecosystem restoration, catchment management, etc.

Schools should be open to exploring the Blue Schools concept more fully, with the possibility of more formalised structures and standards for Blue Schools in the future.

https://forms.gle/5BW4ehAye9WxoYhJ6

Testimonials

Kelp Forests - Great Southern Reef
"Our day with you was excellent and we all agreed that the excursion was so valuable. Thank you for being so flexible both before and on the day to create a series of activities and lectures that were both informative and engaging. The students commented on how helpful it was. It's nice to be on holidays this week and reflect on how beneficial our time with you was.
Louise was excellent at designing a syllabus focussed and engaging fieldwork day - it was excellent!"
- Kylie, Tamworth

Geographical Investigation
"Thank you for the excellent experience. We all enjoyed it and it was valuable field work for the students."
- Frederico, Mosman

White Rock Screening
"Thank you so much for leading the viewing of 'White Rock' and the substantial presentation afterwards for the students studying the HSC. The students enjoyed the experience immensely and I know that they now have great foundational knowledge on this topic. The follow up presentation and talk specific to HSC studies was so valuable."
- Gloria, Westmead