The following week, Nicki and community volunteers worked with Class 4 children who shared their individual memories of the flooding in 2009. They were full of exciting tales from dads who heroically carried children through the water or told them to ‘hang on to your seltbelt’ as they drove through the high water, to the school having to close followed by perilous trips home on bikes and buses, Burneside being on national TV and anxious enquiries for updates from international school partners.
In Class 3 activities started with studying maps of how the river flows through the village and identifying places near the river that the children felt were important to them. This map analysis soon got overtaken by the children’s interest and knowledge of local nature – where to find otters, where you can see herons or find kingfishers, ducks or crayfish.
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