Snakes, crocs, frogs and more

By Miss Melinda Hamilton, Kindergarten Teacher

Kindergarten students enjoyed a visit to the Canberra Reptile Zoo this week to assist them in their ‘How the World Works’ Unit of Enquiry. They are currently learning about animals in the classroom, and this excursion broadened their understanding of reptiles' habits and features.

The students enjoyed a funny and informative reptile show with Peter who spoke about blue tongue lizards, turtles, crocodiles and snakes. The highlight of our visit was exploring the Zoo, starting with Charlie the big crocodile.

The Kindergarten students got to look at and touch many different reptiles, making observations about their scales and shells. It was busy but lots of fun. We concluded our visit by watching a documentary about animals in the Zoo's amphitheatre. What a wonderful excursion and a great opportunity to learn about the features of living things.

'The big croc Charlie was lying there with his mouth open and looking at me!' – Archer

'The frog was walking upside down on the glass!' – Madison

'When I touched the crocodile, his skin was squishy at his tummy, and his tail was long' – Vikram