SeaSpray 17

All photography on this page by Kian Bates

Ocean Photography + Haiku Poetry = the perfect gift for ocean lovers.

This book holds wide appeal & is recommended for ages 6 – 106. There is a theme of ocean appreciation & conservation throughout this book.

Not just a beautiful coffee table style book for all ages to enjoy, SeaSpray17 is a valuable resource for children to inspire their creativity, knowledge, love of the natural world & the art of haiku.

For use in schools & at home learning, teachers, parents & librarians will find links to Australian Curriculum to support student learning across multiple year levels in Science, Arts & English. Free Downloadable Teachers’ Notes for SeaSpray17 are available below.

A range of interactive, cross-curriculum student workshops have been developed by author Dannika Patterson using SeaSpray17 as a reference text. These can be run in person or via Zoom. The ‘Sea Stories’ workshop is adaptable from Prep-Year 6, as well as for adult learning, while Dannika’s ‘How to Haiku’ workshop is particularly well-aligned for those studying poetry units in Grades 3- 6.

Take a peep inside the pages of this book by watching the book trailer video further down the page.

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Teacher’s Notes

Bates & Patterson convey that the ocean needs to be more than a source of a muse, it’s something we can fiercely protect as a mother would a child, or a lion would its pride.

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JUNE PERKINS – Ripples Poetry

Sea Stories

OCEAN APPRECIATION WORKSHOP

Poetry
Photography
Science

Story
Art

AGE GROUP Prep – Year 6
Can be adapted to other year levels & adult learning

This creative workshop encourages participants to enjoy, respect & protect our oceans. Dive into a multi-disciplinary exploration of ocean environments, using books by Dannika Patterson, as reference texts.

Presented by author Dannika Patterson, this workshop was developed to help foster a deeper understanding & appreciation of the sea and its creatures, through creative word & picture pairings, plus a splash of science.
Using working examples from her ocean-inspired books; SeaSpray17, Beach Kindy & Sera, The Shell and the Storm, Dannika's workshops aim to inspire ecological awareness & a love of books in a gentle, joyful, highly-engaging way.
Participants will learn about the life cycle, habitat & migratory patterns of the Greenback Turtle, & will have the opportunity to create their own artistic interpretation of 'Mr Greenback' from reference text SeaSpray17.
Curriculum-links built into this workshops include; narrative writing, poetry, science inquiry skills, environmental science, habitats, life-cycles, earth systems, ethical understanding, cultural understanding & sustainability.

This workshop is 100% waste-free, with all materials being either recycled, upcycled or compostable.

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The works within Seaspray17 invite the reader to engage not only with the ocean & its creatures but time itself.

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JUNE PERKINS – Ripples Poetry

Kian Bates

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Kian’s passion for the ocean is what makes Raw Edge Photography so unique. For him, being able to freeze a breaking wave in a moment of time is incredibly rewarding.