Narrative of a child spending a day in the Environmental Education Centre
Dear Diary
Today, I went to the Environmental
Education Centre for an excursion today. It was the best school day I
have ever had. It was a bit of a walk to the centre but that was
okay, we got to see the colourful seats outside on the way there.
People were eating morning tea outside. Luckily it was a sunny day.
When we arrived at the BIG entrance, we met up with our instructor
who took care of us the whole day. The entrance was awesome as there
were trees inside, I never knew you could have trees coming out of
the floor, it was like an indoor jungle. We first went to the
presentation room and saw a 3min introductory video telling us about
the importance of sustainability and the different rooms in the
centre. I couldn’t wait to go to the historical play space and play
with the interactive computers and draw different things.We went to
the sustainability room as our first destination where we learned
more in depth about what sustainability is about and how we can make
a difference. It was so cool what garbage can do. You can make new
things out of plastic, cardboard and paper if you recycle them. I
didn’t know that and apparently you can make a big difference if we
put our garbage in the right bin. We got to play around with objects
that were recycled but they looked brand new. We also learned about
composting, natural energy and global warming.
Our second space we went to was the
historical play space which I was waiting for! It was awesome, I got
to play on the computers and play games about what our world looked
like before today. It was fun. We also got to draw fossils and see
them in real life. It is weird how
After our play space, we went to have
lunch. I loved lunch! We got to choose what we wanted in our sandwich
and I chose chicken and lettuce. Thats my favourite. The cooler part
was that the lettuce was directly from the garden outside the lunch
area. It was connected so to the cafeteria and on the tables were
herbs so we picked and tasted what basil tasted like. It was weird, I
don’t know if I liked it. But I liked how colourful the cafeteria
was.
After lunch we went straight to the
green house. I didn’t know what it was so I wasn’t too excited
about it in the beginning but I think it was my favourite room out of
the whole centre. The place was made out of glass and inside was
butterflies and trees! The sunlight was gleaming on the water stream,
it looked like glitter sparkling. Inside the greenroom and it was
really nice and warm. I loved it! It was so pretty seeing the
butterflies fly around. The instructor showed us the different types
of butterflies and plants in the greenhouse and also told us how a
greenhouse works. It was beautiful, I felt like I was in a crystal
glass ball or something. We left and went to our last are which was
the outdoor area where the vegie patches were. We got to see
vegetable and pick some and taste them. Apparently they are organic
which means they are all naturally grown. I wish I could have vegie
patch at home. It was fun picking it of the trees and plants. I
didn’t you couldn’t see potatoes growing because they are
underground. Afterwards we all got afternoon tea which was orange
juice with fresh fruit salad from the garden patch. We had free time
and played outside the BEST playground I have ever seen! It was so
big! I was exhausted bouncing up and down on the air trampoline and
flying fox. Those were my two favourites. After a long fun day, I
went home and told my mum and dad about it. They said next time we
can all go as a family! I cannot wait!
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