Molesworth Environment Centre – Pond Life Study

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Mama

Watching a powerpoint presentation

Today we enjoined an outing to Molesworth where we enjoyed learning about Pond Life with other Home Educating families. This was one of the activities I had arranged late last year for us all to enjoy in 2010. The girls enjoyed it immensely. The best part however was when they got to actually go to a pond and investigate the water to see how many of the creatures they learnt about were lurking around.

Collecting the Specimens

Examining the Pond Life

Identification Chart

Drawing the specimens

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Football Fever – At last we can go to a game!

Posted on February 13, 2010 by Mama

Well today is a great day! we have always followed the football team in the AFL called Richmond, Tigers and we have always enjoyed going to the football to watch them play – rain, hail or shine, win or loose! However since moving to Tasmania, we have not had the opportunity to see the Tigers in action – live, as we just have not been back to Melbourne in footy season to go and see a game.

So we were delighted when Richmond was announced as coming to Launceston in Tasmania to play Hawthorn for the NAB cup. We rushed to purchase tickets the minute they went on sale in December and got great premium reserved seats! So today was the day. Football Fever landed in our house. Unfortunately I was so sick that the ticket I had purchased for me could not be used, for I was to stay home in bed, while SZG took the girls to the Footy. To say i was devbistated is an understatement, but then how I feel is so bad right now that I know I made the right and only decision to stay home.

The girls and their day had a great time. They got all dressed up in footy gear and enjoyed the game of footy, even though their team lost by a long shot… Now that’s dedication for you.

Ready for the Football!

Football Fever has Arrived!

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Our trip to Port Arthur with Babcia

Posted on February 6, 2010 by Tata

Today we utilised our ‘Ticket of Leave’ to visit Port Arthur with Babcia. She has wanted to go there every time she has visited with us, So today was her lucky day!

Our Trip to the Richmond Maze!

Posted on January 8, 2010 by Mama

Today we took a trip to Richmond to visit at the Richmond Maze – Which is actually two mazes in total! The weather was quite warm and the children where all excited. The trip around the first maze proved to be a bit puzzling to us, after quite a while of walking around and finding dead ends, we were guided to the centre of the maze by another group of our friends.

The second maze we found to be much easier to navigate. It had no dead ends, so if you went the wrong way you could be walking around it for hours. This seemed to be the issue for the other group of friends who visited the maze with us. Our Friends, after finding the middle of the second maze, seemed to get lost on their way out and after about 30 minutes walking around in circles they rang our mobile to ask for help! We assisted them with providing them a map as we could not get close enough to them to help them actually find their way out..

Thankfully another family were also enjoying the maze and assisted in navigating the way back to the front of the maze for themselves and our friends and everything turned out fine!

A lot of fun and also frustration was had, and the only thing I can say is make sure you carry a drink bottle when attempting the mazes, because if you get lost it can be a long time between drinks! – oh and grab a map before you venture in!

A Postcard of the Richmond Mazes

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Home Ed Outing to Bonorong Wildlife Conservation Centre.

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Mama

Today as part of our home ed group we visited Bonorong Wildlife Conservation Centre. The weather did not look the greatest to start out with and after a number of really wet days prior I was a bit worried that the outing may not go ahead. A friend of our had been there yesterday (they were over from Victoria) and had said the paths were quite muddy, so the girlsd and I prepared ourselves for the day out and wore good shoes and took out coats with us.

Thankfully the weather managed to keep the rain away while we were at the centre, but our coats came in handy due to the cold wind blowing through the trees!

On arrival we were greeted by other home ed families and also our guide Greg. The children where told some house keeping rules, like don’t run, keep on the paths, don’t pat the animals unless we are told to for our own safety etc.

Then Greg talked to us about the different animals, allowed the children to have hands on experiences and then left us to explore and enjoy the wildlife part for ourselves.

We had a great day out!