Perth trip - 31st May 2010 (Day 3)

Today, our visit to the school was the one that took up most of the time. We all boarded the coach for Anzac Terrace Primary School. The ride took around 45 minutes. When we reached the school and alighted the coach, boy, was it freezing cold! The whole group walked stiffly into the school ground, with their hands rubbing warmth against their arms.

Everyone was gathered in the school's assembly area. It was very different to our school's assembly area. Theirs' was just like a small shed, big enough to fit 5 to 600 kids. We all just sat there on the cold, freezing concrete, waiting for the rest of the students to assemble. Thank goodness all the pupils assembled quickly! My bottom was about to freeze! The Chinese and Malay dancers did a little dance, in all 3 languages - Chinese, Malay, and Tamil.

The school's teachers brought us to different classrooms. We were all paired up with buddies. A friend of mine, Reanne, went together. Both of us had 3 buddies - Gaby, Annie and Krishtian. My buddy was actually just Gaby, but Kristian sat beside her so he just helped along. Annie was Reanne's buddy. The 3 of them were all Grade 6s'. Their class had Grade 6s' and 7s'. Everyone started with helping them in their MATHEMATICS! Their mathematics was fairly simple. In their book, they had addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. After getting to know each other, our buddies gave us a tour of their school. We found out that their school only had one floor, unlike our school, and had a much bigger field than us,which they used for many activities like - footy (similar to rugby), soccer and other outdoor sports. They called it an oval, I should guess why they called it that due to its shape, like an oval...

After the little tour, we had a game of rocket ball on the oval. To play rocket ball, you'd need a rocket ball, of course. You have to throw and catch then score at the footy goal post, the ones that were taller.

Then it was time to leave. We said our thanks and farewells and to addition to our appreciation, we gave them a key chain as a token of appreciation. Then we boarded the bus for the Caversham Wildlife Park! There, we petted the koala and the kangaroo. For the kangaroo, we petted it and fed it with some type of pellets. Everybody had a chance to take a photo with the wombat. The wombat was extraordinary adorable!




Next, the bus, with us in it, made its way to the Morrish Peanut Factory. There, we tasted different types of nuts - peanuts, macadamian, cashews, caramel roasted nuts, frosted nuts and salted cashews.

It was getting late, so we checked into the New Esplanade Hotel. The hotel wasn't very far from the peanut factory as they both were in the city.

Today was quite pleasant, having going to the school and all. I think the best part was playing rocket ball and making new friends at Anzac Terrace Primary School.