Reef HQ Trip

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The highlight of our term was our Year 3 trip to Townsville to visit Reef HQ Aquarium and The Museum of Tropical Queensland. 60 children, teachers and parent helpers piled onto the bus early in the morning ready for our 2 hour trip to Townsville.

 

What a day we had. We visited the turtle hospital (my personal favourite), had guided tours around the aquarium and had a talk on how to look after The Great Barrier Reef. We could answer many of the questions as we had been studying this in our Geography lessons. Many of the injured turtles come from our beaches in Bowen and are released from Bowen when they are well enough. Last year we were lucky enough to watch Izzy and Evie being released back into the ocean from Bowen.

 

After lunch, it was time to visit the museum. We explored the Pandora ship, visited Measure Island where did scientific experiments and looked at the animal display. We had a fascinating talk on how taxidermy is done! As one student said, “It was the best day of my life!”

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This term in geography we are completing a inquiry unit called ‘ Protecting Places Far and Near’. We are going to be studying the stunning Great Barrier Reef. Did you know:

  • The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef system in the world
  • It is found in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, Australia
  • The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest living structure?

We will be researching many such fascinating facts about the Great Barrier Reef.  We will also link our art lessons. One of the things we will make is a Great Barrier Reef diorama. We are lucky to have the magnificent Great Barrier Reef just of the Bowen coast. This is a great website to start learning about the Great Barrier Reef.

Great Barrier Reef