Ridgeview Primary School brought learners from Grade R to 4 for an educational outreach to the PetroSA Nature Reserve. Each day, a specific grade came out to the reserve, where they were hosted by the Pinnacle Conservation team.
The group, comprising of 120 learners per day, was divided into smaller groups in order to manage the activities and to make interaction easier. The reserve was divided into five education stations, and each group had an opportunity to visit each station during the outreach.
The five stations were the feeding area: Aloe Valley hiking trail; medicinal plants, and snake presentation and activities.
The Pinnacle Conservation team tried to incorporate the school’s curriculum, by creating an activity specific to each grade’s requirements.
The Grade 4s took part in the reserve’s first Amazing Race.
The goal of the race was to collect as many animal pictures as possible, in order to complete the ‘Different Habitats’ poster at the end of the day. The Ridgeview learners remained in their class groupings, and were accompanied by their teacher from station to station.
Each station had several challenges that needed to be completed, which would then earn the group an animal picture before moving on to the next station. This proved to be a very fun way of teaching the learners about the environment.
The Pinnacle Conservation team thoroughly enjoyed educating the children.
Afterwards, the learners were all spoiled with a lunch pack, sponsored by PetroSA, which was received with much appreciation.
"It was a very successful week and the learners enjoyed the visit to the PetroSA Nature Reserve. There was loads of positive feedback from Ridgeview’s teachers, and the outing proved to bring value in terms of conservation education of each learner."
A smiling face of one of Ridgeview's Gr 2 learners participating in an educational programme, presented at the PetroSA Reserve.
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