What is Australia like?

We have had a busy week learning about Australia and Australian animals.

We have been looking at physical maps of Australia to see what the land looks like. We discovered that the land is quite varied and has deserts, rainforests, mountains and you can even ski in the south during the winter months!  

Some of the children showed an interest in finding out more about the Great Barrier Reef.  Did you know it is visible from space?  

We created own own physical maps showing the naturally occurring features of Australia.  The children chose different objects to represent the physical features and then made a key.    

Next we will be finding out about famous Australian landmarks.