ESOL RECOUNT

Trip to Willowbank

                    On Tuesday this week, 4th of June, our class in Year 11 ESOL went to Willowbank Wildlife Reserve mainly to learn about the kea. 

It was period 2 at 9:40 am when we gathered together at the ESOL room to prepare for the trip. We rode the bus Ms. Briggs rented and I was seated beside Devie. Behind our back was Roswell and Jhade who were really funny and loud.

When we arrived at the place, we were separated into three groups. Our group started in the river section where the eels are. The eels we saw were so big, bigger than my thighs!. Then we saw different types of ducks roaming around the place. The white swan was so graceful though. After that, we fed the deers that were so kind and friendly. Together with the deers was the cute little rabbit which I think was lost. We also saw the emu, wallabies, silver pheasant, scarlet macaw, lemur and many more. 

When it was 11 am, we went to the kea enclosure. A woman had given us a discussion about the behavior of the keas. I learned a piece of interesting information about the keas -the hierarchy between the keas. Keas have this kind of system where someone has either high or low ranking. I think it was Katie who is a female kea that has the highest ranking in the group of keas there.

After the kea session, we were able to go around the zoo. While we were roaming around, we were answering the booklet. There were lots of interesting animals. I can still remember the horse named Sam that I think was the one that Ms. Briggs told us about. I patted her in the head and she was lovely. At 1 pm, we went back to school and we went to our own subjects for the last period.

Overall, my experience for this trip was really amazing and cool. Like what Ms. Briggs said, it is really different when you get to see the animals than just sitting in the room and learning about them.

Year 11 ESOL Class