Showing us that he
will not fall out no matter what!
By Emma
On the 5th of June 2003 6T and 5G
went to Dee Why to celebrate World Environment Day. We went to learn about
the environment by going to five different activities. These activities
were N.S.W Fisheries, Beach Safety, Water Wise, Going Bats and Wriggly
Worms.
My favourite one was one of the
last activities we went to, it was called Wriggly Worms. First we learnt that
worms are great pets to have. They are good pets to have because you can keep them
in a worm farm and feed them all your scraps which is really good for
the environment. But you can't feed them lemon or vinegar and not to much meat or the
box that you keep them in will smell REALLY bad and the meat can also go
mouldy which isn't good.
We also learnt that all worms are
part male part female and their tails are bigger than their heads and that they
have the same digestive system as humans. We were told that the longest worm was
30m long. After we learnt about worms we all got a container of worms to keep.
I had a really great day and by
the end of the day I had eight containers of worms and I made a worm farm when I got
home.
This looks
confusing! How do they do this?
By Jackson
On the 5th of June year 5G and 6T went to World Environment Day at Dee
Why, there was a number of other schools involved too. It was really
windy and all the tents were noisy from the wind hitting them.
One of our activities was called Going Bats we learnt about all sorts
of different bats around Australia. We learnt all sorts of things about
bats such as how the mother bats carry their babies long distances.
However, when the bats get tired and when they land on electricity
wires and most of them
die because they get electrocuted but the babies usually survives. If
they survive the national parks and wildlife come to rescue and save
the baby from electrocution.
We also learnt that there are 90 species of bats and that they can fly
100 km in a night. We also learnt that they eat nectars, pollens and
fruit. Bats also can't get separated from there groups, otherwise they
can't survive.
There were lots of other activities that we went to which were called
New South Wales Fisheries, Beach Safety, Wriggly Worms and Water Wise.I
enjoyed Beach Safety and New South Wales Fisheries the best because
they were the fun activities.
During the days activities, I learnt how to help improve our
environment and to change some habits to create a healthy
environment. I had a great day.
Aboriginal people performing at lunch.
By Rodney
On the 5th June years 5 and 6 went on an excursion to Dee Why beach. It
was Environment Day. This environment expo was held to help us to
remember how to keep our country clean. There were other schools at the
expo as well. It was muddy and windy day.
Our first activity was Water Wise. I learnt that everything that
goes down the drain- like food scraps thrown out of cars or thrown by
people while walking on footpaths, dogs dropping, apple cores and other
fruits, grass clippings, soap from cars and others, all affect our
water
ways.
Some good ideas to help are to take a plastic bag with you in the car
just in case you have food scraps or others, pick up dog droppings,
wash
your car on the grass, use grass clipping as a compost.
Ingrid was our guide for this activity. She read us a story about
littering and pollution. We all had film cases which had different
things in them. On each film case there was a name that was part of the
story. In the film cases there were dirt, grass, lolly wrappers, soap
and lots more. The water went from clean to very dirty.
There were lots more other activities that we went to. These activities
were New South Wales Fisheries, Beach Safety, Wriggly Worms and Going
bats. The one I enjoyed the most was Wriggly Worms. I enjoyed it the
most because we were all allowed to take wriggly worms as our pets.
Another part of the day that I enjoyed was when the Flying Fox spat out
the seeds after sucking the juice out of a fig. They were also cute as
well.
I learnt that if the environment could be more cleaner every year. It
would work if everyone help to make it a better place.
It was really cool I enjoyed being there and I would like to go again.
The weather was windy and couldn't hear from inside the tents.
Going Bats!
