On Wednesday, 29th May, 2019, the students in Pre-Primary to Year 6 will be going on an excursion to the Brownes Dairy in Balcatta, to take part in their Education Tour.
Students will be going by bus. The Year 3 to 6 students will leave school at approximately 9:10am and arrive back at school by 11:50am. They will have an early recess. Their tour runs from 9:30am – 11:30am.
The Pre-Primary to Year 2 students will leave school at approximately 12:10pm and arrive back at school by 2:20pm. They will have an early lunch. Their tour runs from 12:30pm – 2:00pm.
The visit is part of the Design Technologies learning area program (Food and Fibre). The students will meet a farmer and a cow to learn about the milking process and taking care of cows. Students also get to milk a cow near the end of the tour. They will visit the ‘Innovation Kitchen’ where they will learn about food safety and quality, taste dairy products and also do a quick dairy food experiment. Inside the factory they will see how milk is packaged and bottled. The tour supports development of many concepts we have been studying this semester.
Children will be required to wear their winter uniform on this day, including a school hat. As the children will be tasting food, please make sure your classroom teacher is aware of any allergies, or if you would prefer your child did not taste any foods.
We will require parent helpers to assist on the day with the supervision of students. Please via the link below below if you are able to assist.
A paper permission slip will be coming home with your child this week. Please return this signed form by Monday, 27th May. A digital copy can be downloaded and printed via the link below.
Volunteer Form
Permission Slip
Kind regards,
Michelle Martin
STEM Teacher