Our Senior ESOL Group's Trip to Riccarton Bush

In Term Three it is hoped that this same group of students will be able to share their work on Riccarton Bush (as a forest study) at an ESOL parent gathering. The students will briefly share some of the highlights and photos of the trip in the blog. Trudy: On Tuesday the senior ESOL group went to Riccarton Bush to look at a forest that was in existence long before the Deans family arrived in New Zealand. The Deans family came to Christchurch in 1843 and built a cottage as a short-term home. Mahnaz: The Dean's house was very different to the houses I would see in my country. It was large and colourful. It was damaged in the earthquake so we were not able to go inside.

Lilly: When we walked through the forest we saw interesting little trees and plants growing at ground level. We even saw fungus growing on trees.