Our Community Walk - Gilmour Park

Last week, the Preps ventured out of the school grounds and down to a local park. 

They walked responsibly, ensuring that they held their partners hand and stayed in the line.

Once we arrived, the students sat down on the grass and focused on their senses. They wrote down information about what they could see, smell and hear. Lastly, they wrote down questions that they had about the park.

One of the Prep students then directed us to a plaque, which was able to answer many of the students questions, such as: when was the park made, who made the park, what is the park called?

Once the students finished writing, they got to explore and have fun on the playground.

The Moreland Explorers help save the environment!

This term we will be leaving the school each week for a walk to explore our local area. We will be focussing on participating in activities such as wearing protection from the sun, saving energy, saving water, and recycling to develop their awareness of environmental issues. Some of the skills that children will develop through this unit of work include: making and reading maps and models, safe and responsible behaviour while on local excursions, recording ideas and observations, collecting data, asking questions and using good listening skills. They will also learn to link cause cause and effect – understand those terms and some situations in which they apply.

Below you will find a collection of photos and videos from our first three walks. Week one focused on getting students to make and record observations about the different kinds of litter in their local community and who/what will this rubbish hurt. Week two focused on the rubbish in our school, students split into groups and sorted the rubbish they found into groups. This data was analysed during our maths lessons. Week 3 was centred around water and students went on a walk to record various sources of water. To end our walk, we stopped at the local car wash, where the students were lucky enough to see a car being cleaned, which was very exciting. 

Enjoy!

Week 1: Community Rubbish Walk

Week 2: Rubbish In Our School

Week 3: Water Walk

The Preps

Community Walk: Senses

Today was a lovely day for a walk, so the Preps headed out of the school and along De Carle St towards Warr Park. We followed our three rules carefully: no gaps, be safe/sensible, stay with your partner. 

When we arrived at Warr park, the students sat on the grass and used four of their senses - recording what they could see, smell, feel and hear. All of their recordings will be used later on in the week during our literacy lessons along side our audio recordings.

Once everyone had finished recording their observations, we had some fun on the playground!

What a wonderful way to learn about our senses and expand our vocabulary - The Preps