Tuesday 21st OctoberWe arrive at the school gates of Bateau Bay Public (Elementary) School and head up the main path. The sun shines and the sky is blue. Out on the field children, in their green school uniforms and wide brimmed hats, run and chase and climb on the climbing frames. Shortly lunchtime recess will be over and the children will return to lessons and the school playing field will be empty once more.
We are here so that Ann, who is a `writer in education’ can work with a Year 4 class on a project called `Going to school in …’ Today it will be Going to School In Bateau Bay, though next February we hope to visit India – so then it will be `Going to school in Silvapura’. Ann wants the children to write down some of the things that they see, hear, smell and feel as they come to school. The children wrote:
`I can see
a brown and white delicate baby Kookaburra
sad faces
fences and mail boxes
houses of different colours zooming by
a beautiful frangipani tree
yellow lemons on a lemon tree
A black crow flying high in the sky
A yellow rescue helicopter
a brown and white delicate baby Kookaburra
sad faces
fences and mail boxes
houses of different colours zooming by
a beautiful frangipani tree
yellow lemons on a lemon tree
A black crow flying high in the sky
A yellow rescue helicopter
I hear
trees blowing quietly in the wind
the racketing noise of the engine in the car
waves crashing into the crushed wet sand
a Kookaburra laughing
myself breathing
I wonder what you might see, hear, smell or feel on your way to school?
