Acquire - Native Bush Inquiry Learning by M.R. and O.G.

Our class invited Mr Carter to tell us about the native trees around the school. We asked him how we could know the names of the trees. Mr Carter talked about cheap and expensive labels we could use. The cheapest was using an old ice cream container lid and writing with a water proof pen. The dearest, have look at our pictures and you will see an example. Next we went outside into the strong wind and weather to search and name some trees. Keep posted for our next Inquiry stage called 'Use' which means to sort and analyse information to solve our labelling task.

Acquire - Native Bush Inquiry Learning by M.R. and O.G.

Native Bush Inquiry - Acquire by M.F., E.J. and L.M.

Acquire: We went out for a look at native trees around our school. Lots of information was gathered. Questions were developed in our groups. We now hope to ask some key questions at our interview.

More Faulkner Activities by H.M. and I.M.

Faulkner Bush Visit by I.M and H.M.

Trees, Trees and More Trees

Faulkner Bush Visit Recount

By: E.S., J.C., C.B., B.T. and M.R.

Tuesday 20 March

Room’s 2 and 15

Trees, Trees and More Trees

After a long and winding drive, we finally felt the touch of soft grass as we arrived at Faulkner Bush. Clambering and rushing out of cars we gobbled down our yummy morning teas. Roll call over, we were all safe and sound.

Tip toeing along the long windy track, we all stopped to rest, look and draw what our wise eyes could see. Long sharp pencils were pulled out of bags. Observational drawings flowed out before us of what our eyes were seeing. Long, narrow, fuzzy trees were blocking the sky. Birds were chirping. Fantails darted from tree to tree. Wood pigeons sunk down into gigantic trees. Drawings finished, we walked up, up and up to the lookout through more bush covered tracks. At the top of the hill, the cool breeze swept through our hair. Next we made landscape drawings. Grumbling tummies accompanied our slow and careful walk down the steep slope, past the grassy slides, past the scouts’ den and over the old homestead steps back for lunch.

After munching our lunch, we went off to play games with our friends. Time was up at 2pm, so we had to walk slowly back to our cars and returned to C.T.S. feeling exhausted and happy. Phew, it was a long day. Is it nearly bed time?

Swimming Survival by E.S. and L.D.

We swam through the sparkling and glistening water with our clothes on. It felt heavy and tiring as we dragged our bodies along. We were pretending we had fallen out of a boat. Next we huddled into groups to keep ourselves warm. After that we tried taking our clothes off but left togs on to get the feeling or what that would be like out at sea.

This weekend E.S. was in a boat and actually fell overboard. Fortunately she had her life jacket on and had the experience of Swimming Survival at C.T.S. which meant she did not panic. Her Dad pulled back in.