Year 2's Altina Excursion

"On Tuesday, 1st of April, Year Two went to Altina Wildlife Park. We went on Priest Coaches with 'Preisty' as the bus driver. We learnt that he likes to talk to us whilst driving the bus. 

Firstly, we got to school early ready for the Zoo excursion at 7:30am. Then Mrs Chapman did the roll and we travelled an hour and a half to Narrandera. We arrived at the playground. It was a big playground with lots of fun equipment. 

We arrived at Altina and went around the mini zoo, we saw red pandas, monkeys, tamarins, Tasmanian devils, meerkats and crocodiles."

- Isabella 

"After that, we went on the carts and saw lots of Safari animals. We saw zebras, lions, wild dogs, giraffes, rhinos and mountain goats. We had a fantastic day on our excursion."

- Adelaide

"We went and saw lions, monkeys, wild dogs and bison."

- Freja 

"On the way back, we watched a movie all about ants."

- Josiah

"My favourite part was the cute and cuddly animals."

- Pippa 

Facts from the day! 

• Did you know that a zebra can kick a lion's head off? 

   

• Did you know that rhinos' horns can grow metres long? 

   

• Did you know that a family of lions is a pride? 

   

• The emu's brain is smaller than its eye. 

   

• A rhino’s horn can actually grow back if they lose it. 

   

• Did you know that lions sleep for 20 hours a day? 

   

• Lions are nocturnal as they sleep during the day. 

   

• The bison's babies are orange when they are little, and when they are adults, they turn brown. 

These are some facts and a good recount of our day!