Excursions 2002

For the past semester, my friend and I have been going to a program called Extension Studies. This program teaches children about things they wouldn't usually learn in primary school. Yesterday, Wednesday 25th June, our last day of Extension Studies for the semester, we launched the rockets we had been working on for two weeks.

How could children make rockets that actually launch? Well, here's how… Linda (our teacher), supplied us with cardboard, hooks, thread, and textas and scissors, and gave out instructions. All of the class started gluing, colouring, cutting and creating their own, personalised rockets. That was the week before but yesterday - YESTERDAY, we launched our rockets.

Linda and the class headed out to Balgowlah Oval, and set up a launching place. When it was my turn to launch, I placed my rocket on the grass, stuck in an engine and two thin metal wires. I hooked a wire to each metal stick, then Linda and I stood back. Placed a wire onto the battery, and told me to do the same when I was ready. The countdown began… 5… 4… 3… 2… - BANG!!! A loud explosion as the rocket soared into the sky, then another pop! as the top popped off, and a parachute came out. My rocket actually ended up across the road, in someone else's from yard.

After the launching, we had a party and then the usual class of Public Speaking. The day was amazing!

Our rockets were ready to launch!
On the 6th May we went to the Extension Studies Centre for the first week term 2 on an excursion to Australia‘s Wonderland.

For the excursion to Wonderland we could go on any ride we wanted to go on for a price of $17.95 which included the bus. When we got there we chose our own groups and I was with the Harbord Public School boys in a group of four.

We went on heaps of rides but our favourite one was the Bumper Cars. We went on that ride about twenty times but we went on heaps more. Our recess was at 11:00am, but we skipped our lunch to go on more rides. They told us to meet back there again at 1:00pm, we did and we had a little bit of lunch and we went back to play.

We had to meet back to leave at 2:30pm but we were missing a person so we had to find him. It took about 5 minutes to find him and then we left. We came back at about 4:00 to go home, my dad was already there so I could leave straight away.

Next week we are doing cooking and maybe we will have some time for Creative Writing.

That was the best excursion yet but we have way more.