Our Kindy classes enjoyed a visit from West Oz Wildlife recently, learning more about Australian animals and reptiles in our ‘Living Things’ unit of study.

The incursion was a wonderful hands-on educational experience allowing our youngest students to learn about conservation from passionate animal handlers who have a wealth of experience and knowledge of the amazing native animals in their care. Some of the highlights of this visit were meeting a 'friendly' Dingo named Yapper (who doesn't yap - but we learnt that he howls like a wolf), Keira the Koala, Bruce the Bobtail, and Rambo and Ninja the Pythons. The children were very engaged and asked many interesting questions. What a wonderful opportunity to have up close and personal encounters with the wildlife, allowing the children to conduct observations, touch the animals and even hold some of the animals. They also learnt about animal care, safe animal handling, and some very interesting facts about each species and the ecosystem in which they live.

The statement of the day was one of the little boys who, when introduced to Ninja the Python, said "we eat Ninja at home". We were all a little surprised by this, but then soon discovered in the next sentence that "we bake Ninjabread (gingerbread) men and they are delicious!" This is why we love our jobs!

“Our goal is to raise enthusiasm and awareness around the environment, conservation, and our precious endangered species; the little minds we inspire today could spark the solutions for the future.” West Oz Wildlife 

The Kindy Team