This post is for students at AMES Box Hill
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The students and teachers from AMES Box Hill will go to Healesville Sanctuary on 9th December 2010. If you haven't been there, it is such a lovely place to visit with your family and friends. It is outside Melbourne and the views there are wonderful.
At Healesville Sanctuary you will be able to see different kinds of birds and animals. Young children often go there on excursions when they study at primary school.
You will be able to see different kinds of birds (One of them is 35 years old) and enjoy two shows. We will go there early in the morning. Your teacher will tell you what time you have to be at AMES in Box Hill. There will be buses to take us there. We expect to have different groups. We will leave at 9 in the morning and come back at 3 in the afternoon.
The cost is 24 dollars per student. We are sorry that you can't bring your little children with you or your family members. AMES will pay money to organize transport for the students and the teachers only but not for students' family members.
There is a small food outlet there so visitors can buy their own tea, coffee or snacks. You can bring your own food from home to eat there. It's nice to bring extra food so you can share it with other students but you don't have to do that if you don't want to.
You need to check the weather forecast early in the morning before you leave home. It is a good idea to bring a jacket in case you need to wear it there. You can also bring an umbrella to protect yourself from the rain or direct sunlight. Remember that the bird shows will be in the open air. There will not be an umbrella to cover the whole place there.
You will need to write your name, sing the form and give money to your teacher so he or she can pass it to the office.
If you have childcare, please tell your teacher or the office if you are going. This is really important so they can arrange for your child to stay at the childcare longer.
If you have a digital camera or a video camera, bring them with you so you can take some pictures and upload them on your Facebook page for the whole world to see.
There are different animals that live at Healesville Sanctuary such as wombats, reptiles, birds of prey, koalas, pelicans and parrots.
You will have some time to walk around the place with your group and take pictures of the birds and animals you will see.
All buses will leave there at 1.45 pm. Make sure you are not late because we will move according to a timetable.
If you would like to go there with your family members, you can go there using your own car. You will have to pay for your own entry tickets. One ticket for an adult costs 24 dollars. I am not sure how much it will cost for a child but you can check their web site for more information. Please tell your teacher if you intend to do so.
It is very easy to go there by car. Drive your car along Whitehorse Road for about 40 minutes and turn right when you see the sign that says "Healsville Sanctuary". It normally takes about one hour to go there depending on traffic conditions.
There is a lot of information on their web site and this can be really good to improve your computer and English skills.
I hope you will have a lot of fun spending time outside class with your friends and teachers.
If you need to see a map of the place we will visit, please click on the link below.
http://www.zoo.org.au/adx/aspx/adxgetmedia.aspx?DocID=&MediaID=1291&Filename=map_hs_print.pdf
