Sunday, June 24, 2012

Our Visit to the Botanical Gardens

On Friday we went to the Botanical Gardens with room 11 and 8.  We were so excited as some of us had not been on a bus before.




It was exciting seeing all the sights out the window.  When we got to the Botanical Gardens the first thing we did was to have our morning tea.




After morning tea, we went into the class were a Botanical Gardens teacher, Caroline, talked to us about what insects are and how to 'classify' or group them.  We thought this was very interesting and we had lots of questions.


After we grouped some insects, because we learnt there are thousands in the world, we went out into the bush to dig for insects.  We were equipped with magnifying glasses, plastic spoons for digging, little paint brushes to delicately put the insects into the containers and off we went.  We were in the bush for about 10 minutes then came back into the class to look at them under the big microscope. 
This was very interesting.
After this it was time to leave.  We had such a fun time at the Botanical Gardens and were quite tired on our way home.

Another hard day at work!






We had a great time on our trip to the Botanical Gardens.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

It looks like heaps of fun! glad you all had such a great time!

Carrie (Lara's mum)

Anonymous said...

Vanessa reported that the day was a total success. Thank you so much to all the teachers and helpers on the day. Cheers from Vanessa's family.

Mrs D said...

It was a great day. I especially enjoyed looking for the Creepy Crawlies in the garden.