WHATS HAPPENING IN YEAR 1?

This term Year 1 have been learning about Living Things. The children will observe the external features of living things, their environment and how they change and reproduce.  They will learn about the reason why plants are classified as living things and investigate how living things can be grouped according to their external features. They will also learn about why living things live in different environments. To support this learning, Year 1 visited Symbio Wildlife Park. Rielle, Mitchell and Mellieha from Year 1 shared a recount of their excursion. 

Year 1 went on an excursion to Symbio. We travelled on two buses, and we left in the morning. We got to sit with a partner on the bus. When we got there, we met the Rangers. Their names were Mango and Olivia. We learnt the secret ranger call – “Coo-eee”. The rangers would say it first and then we would say it back. We got to pat some animals – a snake, an alligator, and a blue tongue lizard. We saw a Tawny Frogmouth which is a bird that looks like an owl but isn’t an owl. It has a yellow tongue, and it attracts bugs when it opens its beak. We learnt that the Red Panda was the first animal to be called a panda. It is a panda because it likes to eat bamboo. We saw the most venomous snake in Australia. We went for a walk around Symbio and saw a cheetah. It can climb up high and run really fast. We saw koalas, kangaroos, and joeys. We also saw Tasmanian Devils in cages, and we learnt that they are carnivores which means they eat meat. They had a white stripe on their backs. We saw lots of emus running around. We also saw turtles and meerkats. We were allowed to feed the kangaroos and the goats. We also saw guinea pigs, rabbits, and chickens. We also saw two rescue eagles in their cages because they were hurt. One of them had gotten run over by a train. We saw different monkeys.  The rangers said that humans are their biggest predators because we don’t know how to take care of them. The monkeys were sunbaking, and one was on the roof. We all had lunch together.

Then it was time to get the bus home. We had a great day at Symbio Wildlife Park.

Mrs Lillian Del Giudice

Assistant Principal