Bradshaw Primary
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WELCOME TO BRADSHAW SCHOOL
The students of 3 Stewart wait for the arrival of Eddie and Spike
Bradshaw Primary School is one of nine primary schools in Alice Springs. There are about 450 students at Bradshaw (T-6). Alice Springs is the second largest centre in the NT with around 25000 people. Alice Springs is about 1500 kilometres from Darwin and 1650 kilometres from Adelaide in South Australia.
Eddie-
Hey Spike! This must be Bradshaw there is a class waiting for us on
the foot path. Spike stand next to the kids and smile. Spike will you
stand still!
Eddie takes a photo of Spike and the class in the front of the school
Spike
-
I can’t. I’m so excited. Kade just told me about all of the
things we are going to get to do today. 3S, our host class are going
to the Alice Springs Desert Park this morning and then after lunch its
their last day of swimming lessons at the Town Pool.
Eddie - Wow Spike! It sounds great. Have we packed all the things
we will need?
Spike - where’s the suitcase?
The things Eddie
and Spike will need
| Desert
Park
|
Swimming Pool
|
| hat | hat |
| walking shoes | bathers |
| sun screen | sunscreen |
| camera | towel |
| water bottle | goggles |
| binoculars | camera |
| snack for recess | medical information note |
| best manners | $2.50 entry and lesson fee |
| T-shirt |
Picture by Ali:
Eddie and Spike get on the bus with the children from
3 Stewart (3S) to go on their excursion to the Alice Springs Desert
Park.
The entrance to the Desert Park
Spike:I
wonder if they have crocodiles at the park like the one at the Northern
Territory Wild Life Park?
Eddie: You don’t have to worry about the crocodiles but
I would keep an eye out for the Wedge Tail eagles eagles if I were you.
Picture by Sarah
The Alice Springs
Desert Park is a great place to see the natural plants, animals and
birds of the desert around Alice Springs. They even have a Nocturnal
House with bats and bilbies and reptiles.
The ranger told the children what to watch out for as they walked
on the trail to the Nocturnal house.
Eddie:
What’s the name of this flower? It sure looks strange.
Sturt’s Desert Pea grows around the park.
Eddie:
Come on Spike you can stop hiding from the birds of prey, its time to
get back on the bus. It’s lunch time back at school and I am starving.
Eddie, you did put our lunch orders in at the canteen before we got
on the bus, didn’t you?
Tom and Simone help Eddie and Spike put in their late lunch orders.
After eating everybody plays on the equipment before going to
change for swimming.
All the children
in years T-3 get to go swimming for 2 weeks at Bradshaw. On the last
day, after everyone has finished their lessons the children get to have
a fun lesson.
Miss Stewart took a photo of everyone in the class. Can you see Eddie?
Spike:
Gee Eddie! that was fun. I wonder what we are going to do when we get
back to school?
Eddie: Anna said they had to finish their dot paintings when
they got back to school.
Spike: What’s a dot painting?
The children use wooden kabab sticks to do their dot paintings.
Eddie: It’s a type of Aboriginal painting that the children are learning about during Arrentre lessons. Arrentre is the name of the local group of Aboriginals.
Eddie gets to do a dot painting with Anna and Troy.
Eddie’s Dot painting
After
clearing up the paint and saying their good-byes Eddie and Spike hop
back in the Edna Mobile to go to their next stop.
Picture by Jordon: Eddie in the driver’s
seat.