WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING IN YEAR 2-3 JACOBSON
Survival doesn’t start when you get lost.
This Term students in 2-3 have been exploring their keen interest with caves during our investigations in our dramatic play area. After reading and thinking about the inside of caves, students began to raise important concerns about the safety when entering and moving in different types of caves.
Being a school situated in wilderness with many students living in rural areas we decided to focus on ways we can be prepared for scenarios that might happen when we are outdoors or bush walking.
On Wednesday 27th of October, we had the opportunity to adventure to the nearby bushland and investigate different survival techniques and organisational skills necessary with Molesworth Environment Centre.
We discovered that preparation means to ‘make ready before’ and we need to think carefully about risks or dangers that might occur before going on bushwalks, camping trips or even swimming in a nearby river or dam at home.
After building wooden hut structures, sampling some edible bush berries and grasses, and cooking our own damper, students designed their own survival kits.
A huge thank you to our fabulous Trish MacGregor from the Environment Centre for the organisation of such a valuable, practical, and fun-filled day. Of course, we couldn’t have done it without the amazing parent-helpers– thank you to Leif Plunkett (Wren’s Dad) and Josh Watson (Ava’s Dad) for tagging along.
Here are some of our top survival tips:
To always bring a survival kit – Alex
You need to bring different stuff for different days - Adam
You can eat the bottom of cutting grass – Seth
Take little but helpful things like string, food, water and rope – Kelsey
To never leave home without a medical kit! – Peppa
Research the area for animal types before you leave or visit an area that you haven’t been to before. – Billy
Don’t leave a campfire unattended! – Oakie
Tell an adult where you are going. – Lana
Take a tent for shelter in case you get lost in the bush or on a mountain – Breeah
Be careful of your surroundings. Always take a compass because you phone might go dead and there are no plugs in the forest! You have to watch out for danger. – Tyson
Remember food, water and a medical kit – Lachlan
Don’t forget to tell someone how long you might be. – Darcy
Be careful of where you are walking, you don’t want to step on snakes! – Sonny
I learnt you can eat the white bit of cutting grass - Toby
If you tell a parent where you are going, they will know to look for you, if something happens and you don’t return – Wren
I learnt that you don’t leave things lying around because animals might take it - Jaidah
