CANCELLED 5/6 LOCAL EXCURSION TO MERRI CREEK

  • Date
  • September 05,2017

  • Time
  • 09:00:am - 03:30:pm


This excursion has been temporarily CANCELLED due to the weather forecast.  We will notify you of the new date as soon as it is rescheduled.


As part of our Inquiry unit: Our Future Earth (Managing Places and Environments in a Sustainable Way), we will be visiting Merri Creek on Tuesday the 5th September.  

Parent consent is not required as it has already been given by parents and carers in the ‘permission to attend local excursions consent form,’ at the beginning of the year.

Students will walk to Merri Creek and back, in class groups and be out of school for approximately two hours on the day. The session will be approximately 45 minutes but the additional time is required for the walk to a from the creek.

 

9:00 - 10:45 - 5/6B

9:45 - 11:30 - 5/6A

11:00 - 12:45 - 5/6M

11:45 - 1:30 - 5/6R

1:45 - 3:30 - 5/6Q

 

An educator from the Merri Creek Management Committee will be on site to guide students through a scientific investigation of the local waterway.

Following this excursion, students will complete a group project assessing the potential environmental impact of a proposed sustainable urban environment.