Prep News

Aquarium Excursion 

On Friday 22nd November, the Prep children had their first ever excursion! There was much excitement and chatter on the buses on the way to the city. When we got to the aquarium, we had some time to eat our morning tea beside the river and then we all headed into SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium. 

The Preps were so excited as they entered the aquarium. Each group had their own guide to show us around and share their knowledge with us! Everyone loved the clown fish, sharks, seahorses and the penguins! We saw lots of bright coloured fish. The reason they are so brightly coloured is so that they can hide among the coral!  

We learnt that our discarded plastic items can end up in the mangroves and hurt the baby fish, and turtles can mistake plastic bags for sea jellies and eat them! We must be very careful where we leave our rubbish, so it doesn’t end up in the ocean. 

 We saw the beautiful King penguins, which are the second biggest species in the world. We also saw some Gentoo penguins. Penguins sleep, eat and do everything in the water except for when they moult or lay their eggs. Penguins touch flippers while they sleep in the ocean, so they don’t float away, and they only sleep for around 20 minutes at a time!  

 On the way home, we stopped off at Thomas Street Park to enjoy our lunch and have a bit of a play. What a busy and fun day we had!