Events

On Wednesday 15 October, anticipation was high as Year 6 arrived at school at 5.45am. The bus pulled up and the excited children gave their parents a final hug and kiss then boarded the bus. The 4½ hr trip was a smooth one, including a McDonalds stopover halfway.  When we arrived in Canberra we went to the National Museum and created houses, cars and planes at K-Space, and learnt about the courageous sacrifices made by others at the War Memorial.  We enjoyed afternoon tea up at Mt Ainsley and looked down over Canberra.  The day ended with a visit to the CSIRO, where we discussed the importance of Omega 3 and Bio-fuels.  We arrived at the campsite, had dinner and some of us went on a walk where there was a “graveyard” and a mysterious “ghost light”.


It was an early start the next morning, when we cleaned our rooms and had breakfast. The definite highlight of the day was Questacon and the ‘Giant Drop’.  We had lunch on the lawn by Lake Burley Griffin and then walked up to Old Parliament House where some of us got dressed up in the old clothing that was worn by various political leaders.  The day concluded with Ten Pin bowling which was thoroughly enjoyed by all.  We fell asleep easily as we were tired out by the campfire songs about monkeys and crazy elephants.
 
On Friday we packed up early and went to our final destination.  The National Museum was our first stop, where we saw some impressionism and statues.  We then arrived at New Parliament House and enjoyed a tour around both houses, and a completed a role play about extending the school day to 5pm - What an idea! After that 49 students and 4 exhausted teachers set off back to Sydney and arrived back at school at 6.30pm. This was a great trip and if I could I’d do it all again.

Emily Johnson