Jelena and Billy patting the wallaby.
Seventy Kindergarten students eagerly awaited the arrival of our buses to take us on our adventure to Featherdale. We all piled onto the bus and, during the ride, we sang songs to pass the time.
When we arrived at the park, we got into our groups and had our morning tea while the teachers explained about all of the amazing animals we would be visiting. We then met our friendly Education Officer, Louie, who took us to a special area to meet some of his cute animal friends. We were introduced to Captain Feathersword the tawny frogmouth, Cooper the koala, Spots the snake and Mario the lizard. Louie was nice enough to let us pat his special friends too!
After our visit to the education centre, we walked around the park visiting the different animal habitats and getting stamps on our Featherdale passports. During our walk we observed different varieties of bats and lots of birds some of which we had never even heard of! Students loved seeing the spikey echidnas, the fluffy emus and the furry wombats. Some groups even walked through the reptile zone and were mesmerized by the snakes, lizards and baby crocodiles!
A favourite for most of the students was being able to hand feed the kangaroos, goats and lambs in farm area. It was so lovely seeing how excited our OLA Kinder students were to see so many different animals.
Grace, Maddison and James touching a snake.
When our legs were tired and our passports were all stamped we sat down in a quiet area and ate our lunch. There was lots of talk about all of the amazing things we had seen.
Finally the buses arrived to take us back to school. The bus ride back was very quiet as all of the Kindergarten students were very tired.
We had a great day of fun and learning!!
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As communicated in our school newsletter, SchoolTV is a wellbeing resource implemented at our school to support you in addressing the challenges of modern-day parenting related to youth mental health and wellbeing. Here is the link to the Week 10 Cybersafety edition of SchoolTV: https://olarousehill.catholic.schooltv.me/newsletter/cybersafety-au
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Roy from Year 5, represented Mackillop this week as he played in the NSWPSSA Golf Tournament at Baroonga. This is an outstanding achievement. Roy won the Ambrose (best ball) Boys Nett Champions title, and the MacKillop team came second in the Stoke total and first in the Nett total. Well done, Roy!
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We’re incredibly proud of all of our OLA students who showcased their athletic talent at the MacKillop Athletics Championships on Wednesday. A huge congratulations to the following champions who have earned their place at the NSWPSSA Athletics Championships next term, proudly wearing the MacKillop colours on 22nd and 23rd October: - Liam: 1st in High Jump - Brae: 1st in Long Jump - Samuel: 3rd in 1500m & 3rd in 800m These students will represent our region and compete against the best of the best from across NSW primary schools. We wish them all the very best- OLA is cheering you on every step of the way!
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