Memorial Park - Discovery Time

On Friday 19th February the Rainbow Patch team all headed down to Memorial Park for our Discovery Day Out. We had a great time down there, the sun came out which made the morning even better.

We are so lucky that we have such amazing parents who offered to drive us down there - although, secretly, I think that they were all just as excited to be going to the park for Discovery Time! It was great to see all the kids in the pool demonstrating their spectacular swimming talents - who knew we had a bunch of fish in the Rainbow Patch?!? It was so cool to see the kids all having a ball together in the pool, swimming safely and playing so well together.

Those who thought it was a bit nippy for swimming enjoyed climbing up the climbing frame, playing on the playground and feeding the ravenous ducks, who swarmed in to have their lunch! (thanks to Mr Moffat for donating all those bread rolls!) I don't think ducks have ever eaten like that before! They wouldn't have needed a meal over the weekend, that's for sure. There was a small group of children who were trying to find ways to ensure that each duck got its share of bread, since being back at school I have seen plans for a feeding room for ducks to make sure that the big ducks don't take all the food...some fantastic green hat thinking there!

I was blown away with the creative games that were being played around the park. Our kids have the best imaginations!

Thanks so much again to all the parent helpers, I know the kids loved having you join them for Discovery time!

Here are some of the comments from Rainbow Patch kids about the day:

• I loved feeding the ducks because I am really good at throwing the buns far out so the ducks can eat them - Rory (5 years)

• I thought that going swimming was cool because we got to swim with all our friends in the pool. - Ethan (6 years)

• At Discovery Time I loved climbing the climbing spider web because I could climb right to the top and could stand up there and see heaps, it was like being in a tower! - Kyra (5 years)

• At Discovery Time I liked swimming because I got to play with my friends from other classes. We swam around like a dog! Jakob (6 years)

• I like Discovery time because I get to choose what I do and I always choose things that I don't usually get to do. Bryley (6 years)

• I spun really fast on the spinning wheel with Calais. It was heaps of fun to go fast! You can go really fast if you run fast to get it spinning! - Breyana (5 years)