Enviro 1 was all about us getting in touch with nature and the surroundings of our home for the next 8 weeks.

We saw a slide show about all the different things that come from the environment. We saw what Velcro, sugar and pepper looked like up close, real close. We then got given a bit of timer with a colour on it. We had to pick six and then try find something that matched with that colour. It had to be from nature, so it wasn’t allowed to be clothing. Some were really tricky but if you looked close enough you would be able to find a colour that matched or close enough to that colour.

We then walked to this lovely spot in the bush where we got to pick a bunch of leafs and stuff of different textures to make a bouquet of flowers. We shared with everyone the different and unusual textures of the things we had.

The teacher then put up string and on that string we had to get a piece of paper (in the shape of a frame) and peg and stick it on the rope somewhere where we thought it looked good. It was a gallery of nature.

Then you would get loupes and you would go into the bush where you couldn’t see anyone else (or they couldn’t see you. You would then pick a thing and examine it with your different size loupes. You would then answer questions. You would also sketch what you saw when you looked into the loupe and also describe what else it looked like, we also had to write a poem about what we saw. You got 45mins. It was very soothing and relaxing, some people even fell asleep. It was great to get in touch with nature.