First up, the National Museum, where we discovered an interesting map of Australia:
Next, Screensound, where we learned about the interesting history of Australian film and sound recordings...we were amazed at how many movies and TV shows Australia has actually made!
We got to draw a cartoon sequence and spin it to animate it. |
Then, finally it was off to Questacon for Year 5 and the Australian Electoral Commision for Year 6. This was great, as we got to put into action all our learning about Democracy and got to do a hands-on vote for the best fruit. Congratulations apple, you are officially the most popular fruit in Australia (well, according to Year 6!)
Counting the votes |
The next day, Year 6 went to Questacon and had a great time while Year 5 went to the AEC:
Laura and Steph casting their secret ballot for favourite fruit |
Then it was on to Parliament House where both grades got to do a terrific role-play of passing a bill through the House of Representatives, and finally, a tour of the actual House of Representatives and the Senate:
Excited to be at the place we've been learning about ALL term! |
Year 5 in the House of Representatives |
Year 5 even had time for a visit to the roof to see the very impressive flag and the amazing view.
Well, a wonderful time was had by all and there were quite a few sleepy heads drooping on the way back. Still, the thought of a McDonalds dinner kept many awake and was voted the most exciting part of the excursion by several!
We finally arrived home very tired but happy to have had a wonderful excursion. Well done to everyone for your fantatsic behaviour and enthusiasm! We'll always remember this as a great excursion!
Tell Mrs Fredericks what your favourite part of the camp was!!
My favourite part about camp was New and old parliament house
ReplyDeleteMy favorite part would be the War Memorial because it was very emotional seeing all the names of the dead army men. Seeing all our dead hero's is very sad and a lot of people don't care but really its so sad to see the people who fought for our country. I got pretty sad but it was fun! But my favorite part of the War Memorial was the unknown army guy. I remember just praying to God about him being ok in Heaven and then i felt a overwhelming wave of calmness so that made me really happy.
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ReplyDeleteMy favourite part was not McDonalds it was.... QUESTACON!! Thanks for taking us there Mrs Fredericks!
From: Steph
I remember doing that last year, that was so fun. so do tell mrs camilleri and mrs fredericks, was it interesting taking both year 5s and 6s?
Deleteps. hope u remember me from last year mrs c! ;-)