Last year we had an amazing time at Mclaren Falls on the Forestry Discovery Day. It had been raining really heavily and there was lots of mud and water around. We explored the bush, listened to bird calls, looked at trapping, cleared trapping lines, identified trees and types of seeds and planted seedlings. We even helped build a new bike track!
Van and Mike came to our class after our visit and talked about what we saw, the things we were doing in our class and showed us maps of our local areas to understand how to read the different geographical features using a key. It was really valuable to have them come in and share this time with us and allow us all to celebrate our learning.
As part of our Scientific Report Writing focus for the term, and our visit to the forest, we decided we would like to create the native creatures we were writing about. One of our dads brought in a special machine that cuts sheets of polystyrene and we cut and and painted life like replicas of our creature. We then made a label, like you would see in a museum displaying our creatures scientific name, habitat, threats etc. One of our groups made a life size replica of the extinct Haast Eagle! We showed Van and Mike these and felt very proud of our selves!
