Introduce your school community

I Went Walking cover

Activity: Get to know your school community.

When you are new to a community you could do a walk or drive around the community to get a feel for it. It will also help you get to the resources and organisations within the community that you may like to access.

For junior primary children you could adapt or jointly construct an adaption of the book I Went Walking by walking around your community with your class.

Using the basic structure and photographs from either your university community, your own community or a school community that you know you will be going on your next practical experience, produce an adaption of a book such as I Went Walking. Present your digital, hard copy or animated resource to your university class.

Kandos: A school community example

I went walking around Kandos. What did you see? I saw the Coomber Mellon Mountain Ranges.

Photo of park with mountain in background

I went walking around Kandos. What did you see? I saw the swimming pool.

Photo of swimming pool

 

I went walking around Kandos. What did you see? I saw the community centre.

Photo of Community Centre

I went walking around Kandos. What did you see? I saw the old red brick post office.

Photo of Post Office

I went walking around Kandos. What did you see? I saw the primary school and high school.

Photo of primary and high schools

I went walking around Kandos. What did you see? I saw the preschool across the road from the primary school and high school.

Photo of pre-school

I went walking around Kandos. What did you see? I saw the football oval where they also have Little Athletics in summer.

Girl running on football oval

I went walking around Kandos. What did you see? I saw the Mountain View bakery.

Photo of bakery shopfront

I went walking around Kandos. What did you see? I saw the Cementa Arts building.

Photo of old building

I went walking around Kandos. What did you see? I saw the library.

Photo of library entrance

 

Community presentation for older students

For older children you could develop a song using a hip hop style such as the following Wadeye school community video.

youtu.be/UWp7UA4A-Gg

References

Williams, S 1989, I went walking, Omnibus, Norwood, SA.