I remember we learnt about sun protection using sausages. One was in the shade. One was in direct sun. There was another one in the sun that we put suncreen on. And a couple of others too. I remember finding it really fun at the time but now the whole idea of rubbing sunscreen on raw meat weirds me out a little. I think it was in Prep.
I also remember we used to play a lot of doctor/nurse games. We had this bush we used to sit in and make "medicine". There were also lots of rocks around, which were quite dangerous, and we use big rocks to smash other rocks to make powder which we called makeup and put on each others faces. Primary school was a great time.
We also used to climb into the creek (storm drain) that ran through the middle of the school, through this tiny gap in the fence. The storm drain ran all the way to the local shops and so sometimes people would use it as an escape route.
In year 7, some people smoking a bong were walking (in the creek) right through the middle of the school. That was a surreal experience.
In Grade 2, learning how to make graphs and bar charts by sitting at the front of the school and tallying the colours of the cars that go past
I remember doing that!
Another thing, did anyone else have those counting coins? Round, colourful, slightly see through, between the size of a ten and twenty cent coin... I don't even know what to call them?
We had things like that, and also coloured counting blocks that clicked together vertically like lego.