YEAR 4

On Friday 15th March, Grade 4’s went on an excursion to Nathalia to the Barmah Forest Heritage and Education Centre. This was part of our unit on Australian History.

Yassin- I learnt that people in the olden days used leeches to suck out dirty blood when people were sick.

Fatima- I liked how they made brooches out of emu eggs and decorated them. I liked the giant puzzle.

Ayesha- I liked the puzzle. I enjoyed decorating the boomerang with aboriginal symbols.

Khadijah- I learnt about mustering cows, they used horses and dogs to move the cows through the forest.

Maryam- I liked watching the movie about the olden days in the Barmah Forest and the rivers.

Mutahira- The photos were very interesting of the old town. They used horses to round up the cows in the forest and go across the rivers.

Banin- I really liked learning about the leeches and watching the movie. I learnt about the spoonbill bird. The big puzzle was fun.

Ercan- I liked learning about the leeches taking out the bad blood. I liked all of the trees in the museum, the playground, the big fish and the puzzle.

Hamza S- I liked the puzzle. We saw the old train tracks and sleepers. We saw pictures of the paddle steamers that used to carry the logs.

Tamer- We coloured in boomerangs and learnt about animals and the forest.

Asher- I liked the puzzle. The video showed us an enormous tree that was hundreds of years old.

Zuhair- Barmah Forest used to be for catching fish and mustering cows, but now it’s preserved which means you’re not allowed to do that now.

Ayaan- I learnt about leeches, they are very yucky- I didn’t know what they did before. I liked making the giant puzzle.

Mohammed- I liked looking at the big old trees.

Ghayth- I learnt about when the Barmah River flooded.

Hamza A- People used horses for transport, for mustering the cows and pulling machinery.