Day 2 at St Leonard's College (Group A)

At around 8.55am we arrived at St.Leonard’s College, bright and early, all ready to learn!Ms. B split us into 4 groups-Arts, Economy, History, English and Perma-Culture and then we went and joined the Year 8’s Class.

Mrs. Beth taught us about the history of the Whitehouse that can help us to understand ‘To Kill a Mocking Bird’ more. They are similar in which both show the discrimination of the blacks. We also discussed how racial segregation and discrimination will be detrimental to society.

Later on, we were told to sit with the Australian students and together, we did the interview of ancient people like Cleopatra and we also did a research on Middle Ages.

After the break, we were split into 4 groups again. We were told to go to the Perma-Culture class and we took a long walk around their farm. We saw 2 llamas and we took many photos of them.

Next, we went to see the ducks and hens. We also saw some vegetables that the student harvested such as cabbage, onions and many more.We went to have a look at their man-made wetlands. We also saw how the 7-year drought has affected the wetlands. The lack of rainfall has caused the wetlands to dry up. We also saw the many different olive plantation and we took photos of them. While walking around the farm, we met the other groups. We went back to the garden where some of the students had to help to harvest the vegetables.

Later, we will be having dinner at Chillipadi. We are really looking forward to a hot plate of rice and dishes.

p.s: After we have checked out of Citigate Hotel, uploading our blogs is not as easy as the first 2 days. There is no wireless connection at Grand Mercure Hotel but fortunately, we are able to use the desktops at St Leonard's College. The only downside is, we cannot upload pictures. =(

Written by Dayang Sofea, and Jane of Group A.