RIC-6277 I can dance the Barramundi

KAKADU
Preparation
• Collect pictures of Kakadu National Park.
Presentation
• Say the rhyme with the actions for the class.
• Share and discuss the pictures with the
students. Share some information about
Kakadu with the class (see ‘Additional
activities/information’).
• WHERE is Kakadu?
Kakadu is located at the top end of the Northern
Territory of Australia, 250 kilometres by road,
east of Darwin.
• WHAT is Kakadu?
Kakadu is a famous Australian national park.
It covers almost 20 000 square kilometres of
wilderness, wildlife, wetlands, waterfalls, plunge
pools, billabongs, lagoons, high sandstone cliffs
and deep rocky gorges.
• WHERE can YOU see wildlife in Kakadu?
From the deck of a boat you can see flocks of
birds including pelicans, herons, egrets, redlegged
jabiru, magpie geese, cormorants and sea
eagles living on the wide flat shallow wetlands
and on billabongs and lagoons.
Additional activities/information
• Have each child bring an item from a
recent holiday to share with the class; e.g.
souvenirs, photographs, badges, maps,
diaries. The following postcard could be
read as an example:
Dear Liam
We hope you had a lovely birthday and we hope you liked
your birthday present! We enjoyed our train trip on the
Ghan to Darwin. Last night we watched the sun set over
Darwin Harbour, which is three times bigger than Sydney
Harbour! Today we went to a Crocodile Park. Poppie held a
tiny baby crocodile in his hands. It will grow into a HUGE
saltie one day! Later we are going on a cruise on a very
old pearling boat (called a lugger). Diving for pearls was
very dangerous work in the olden days. We left Darwin
very early this morning and drove to Kakadu National
Park. We went on a boat trip on a billabong called Yellow
Water. There was so much water everywhere. We seemed
• Hop in your four wheel drive and discover
kingfishers and cockatoos making their
homes in open woodland where eucalypts
offer shelter and nesting places.
Here are some tips you should follow when
visiting Kakadu:
• Tread softly. Do not disturb the kangaroos,
brushtail possums, sugar gliders, bandicoots
and bats in the open woodlands.
• Take care! You are in CROCODILE country.
You may see a saltwater crocodile, the
largest living reptile on earth.
• You may see geckos and skinks during the
day, but snakes are silent night creatures
rarely seen by visitors.
• Say the rhyme with the actions again for the
class.
• The class claps the beat while saying the
rhyme.
• The class says the rhyme with the actions.
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to be fl oating on a fi eld of waterlilies. We saw lots and
lots of birds and some crocodiles. Some were sunbaking
on sandbanks and others were just drifting underwater
with just their eyes and nostrils above the surface.
We had bush tucker for lunch, billy tea, damper and
bush stew! Tomorrow we are going to see the wonderful
waterfalls at Jim Jim and Twin Falls. We are having a
great adventure! Kakadu is a wonderful place. Will write
again soon.
Lots of love from
Nan and Poppie
x x
• Play ‘I am going on a holiday’ with the class.
One player begins ‘I am going on a holiday
and I packed a toothbrush’. The next player
repeats the sentence and adds another item.
Continue the game until four or five students
have had a turn, then start over again.
I can dance the barramundi
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