Excursion Recounts

On Tuesday the 24th of May, Year 5 and 6 went on an excursion to Canberra! Mrs Walsh, Mr O’Kane and Mrs Lowe came on the excursion as well. On the bus I sat next to Mia, the bus trip was pretty boring because there was nothing to do, but when we got to Canberra the fun began! First, we went to the War Memorial and saw some amazing things like planes, paintings, lots and lots of poppies, the tomb of the unknown soldier, the Eternal Flame and people talking about the past! The War Memorial is a place where I would love to visit again, and I hope my tour guide, Sasha will be there again.

After an hour at the War Memorial, we went to a park near a lake to have lunch, and it was really nice. After eating we had a little play and a walk, then we were told to head back to the bus.

We headed off to Questacon, which was the one I couldn’t wait for! When we got to Questacon, we had a little chat about what was there and what was closed. Sadly, the Mars exhibit was closed and so was the big slide, but that didn’t stop us from having fun. There were a lot of rooms that had information about space and there were even invisible strings to be able to play music! My favourite room was definitely the last one called Excite. In Excite there were suction tubes that you could put a cloth in and then it would shoot out the other end, you could play air hockey against a robot and a whole lot more.

Our excursion was an exciting day of fun and adventure, and I can’t wait to go there again. By Chloe Bensley

WOW! Was yesterday a good day or what! Yesterday Year five and six went on an awesome excursion to Canberra. We went to two amazing places. I will tell you all about it.

Firstly, we went on the bus which was pretty long and pretty boring. A lot of us talked and played games to pass the time. Our first stop was at the Australian War Memorial. It was awesome and big. There were sixty-two thousand names on the Remembrance Wall that had a lot of poppies and there was an Eternal flame. We split into four groups and we each had tour guides. My tour guide's name was Sasha. We went into this room. There was a grave in there and an extremely high roof. The grave had an Australian soldier, but he was the only one they didn't know about. We learnt a lot about war, and it was very interesting. 

After that we got back on the bus and went to the lake to have lunch. Then we finally went to Questacon. There was a talking robot and a lot of exhibits and galleries. They were called Awesome Earth, Australia in Space, Mars, but it was closed but it looked really cool. There was a big Mars model as big as the room, Q lab, The Shed, Fundamental and lastly Excite. There were also things about plasma, an earthquake simulator and caged lighting. In the room Awesome Earth every fifteen minutes lighting would go off in a big cage and it was really loud. There were also mirrors that made you look short and fat or tall and skinny. There was one that made you look like you were flying. In the last room Excite, there was air hockey with a robot. The robot mostly won but some people got a goal including me. It was an awesome day! I will definitely go again, even though the bus trip was long, it was worth it. By Ava Hewitt