WINTER lockdowns have made life bleak all around yet for the small group of students at Lemnos Primary School, it is time to make plans to hit the slopes.
When the idea was first considered, principal, Kerry Miller, put it back to the children and set it as an authentic inquiry learning project about snow play, their research has enabled them to plan and coordinate a whole school field trip to the snow.
The excursion first scheduled over a week ago was cancelled like many things however on Monday they climbed aboard a bus and headed off to Mount Buffalo where for most, it was the first time they had seen real snow.
“It has been exciting watching the children make the plans for the trip, everything from preparing introductory notes for hiring a bus and hiring snow clothes, to raising questions about snow, how it feels, is it cold and what sort of clothing they have to wear,” said Kerry.
Reports from the snow suggests the kids all had a great day, sliding on toboggans, building snowmen and of course, having snowball fights.
