For the first time, Years 4-7 from the seven Queensland Distance Education schools had the opportunity to participate in the Junior Landcare competition. With the introduction of the Australian Curriculum and in Queensland the C2C (Curriculum to the Classroom) papers the transition from interim new papers to the new C2C papers has been rigorous, yet engaging and creating more independence for my boys and their learning.
The beauty of all of this is that our kids were actually doing their Landcare Unit for CLC (Connected Learning Curriculum - this is all the learning that isn't Maths or English).
I took Rohan to visit the main researcher Wayne Houston at Central Queensland University in his office (a lab). This was a very exciting place for a Year 4 and Year 2 to visit.
Wayne is a researcher and part of his research is into this little endangered bird that co-exists with our business in our landscape. We consider ourselves to be custodians of the land and are very proud of our involvement with the continued research into this precious bird.
The requirement was to put together a multimedia presentation.
There were some outstanding entries and the winners very deserved.
Go to Junior Landcare - Going the Distance for more information.
Projects like this create lasting impressions on our children. Finding something for boys to write about that "spins their wheels" (I use this phrase a lot) can be a challenge. At the end of the day, it's not about the content, you may or may not like a story, book or information text but it is what engages and inspires us that makes us what to write about it.
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