Canberra Excursion
Last Friday students from years 3, 4 & 5 travelled to Canberra on an excursion.
First, they travelled to Parliament House and were taken on a tour by a guide. We saw a sculpture of Parliament House made out of Lego in the foyer. We went to the Senate and the House of Representatives and learnt all about the past Prime Ministers of Australia. We were taken to a specially designed room so that we could have our own role play of being in the House of Representatives. I was an Independent and we had a Government and an Opposition. We passed a bill that there would be no ads during children's programs on television. Afterwards, we went for lunch at Lake Burley Griffin. We walked around the lake and saw Captain Cook's fountain spraying water on the hour. The highlight of the visit to Parliament House for me was getting to experience what happens in the House of Representatives during the role playing.
Lily McDonnell
We bused over to the AIS where we took a tour around Athletics and Swimming Training areas. The pool is heated to 26 deg as is the air in the space. This ensures that the athletes don't catch a cold or injure themselves. We then went to the gym where the athletes come every day to train. We learnt about the fastest Australian sprinter who lifted a weight of 720kg on his legs! We watched a volleyball match as the athletes trained. We went to the gymnastics training centre and guessed what all of the equipment was called. Next, we went to an area where there were lots of activities set up so that we could experience what the athletes do. They had wheelchair racing, push bike racing, snow skiing and tobogganing to mention a few. This area was the highlight for me of the visit and my favourite activity was the tobogganing.
Thank you to our parents for getting us up and going early, the bus driver for taking us there and back, our tour guides and our Teachers, Mrs Wilson and Mr Ferguson.
Isaac Pearce























