A BIRD’S-EYE VIEW Preparation • Collect pictures of Uluru. Presentation • Share and discuss <strong>the</strong> pictures of Uluru with <strong>the</strong> class. • Say <strong>the</strong> rhyme with <strong>the</strong> actions for <strong>the</strong> class. Additional activities/information • Uluru is a giant rock towering over <strong>the</strong> desert in <strong>the</strong> centre of Australia. • Uluru is 348 metres high. • The Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park is included in <strong>the</strong> United Nations World Heritage list. • Have <strong>the</strong> students close <strong>the</strong>ir eyes and read <strong>the</strong> following to <strong>the</strong>m. They <strong>can</strong> <strong>the</strong>n draw some of <strong>the</strong> images <strong>the</strong>y imagined. – Imagine you are a wedge-tailed eagle flying over Uluru for a bird’s-eye view of <strong>the</strong> colours of <strong>the</strong> rock. By day, Uluru is a brilliant red against <strong>the</strong> blue Australian sky, but as <strong>the</strong> light changes Uluru becomes <strong>the</strong> colours of <strong>the</strong> desert – yellow, orange, brown, purple. In <strong>the</strong> evening, Uluru turns grey <strong>the</strong>n black under <strong>the</strong> starry sky. – Fly over Uluru for a bird’s-eye view of its surface. Uluru is covered with lumps and holes—huge boulders, caves, potholes and hidden hollows. The scarred surface of Uluru is flaky and scaly like a dinosaur’s skin. Uluru is marked with grooves that look like cracks running down its sides. When black storm clouds ga<strong>the</strong>r and lightning and thunder and wind fill <strong>the</strong> sky, <strong>the</strong> showers of rain which run down <strong>the</strong> grooves become waterfalls tumbling and crashing to <strong>the</strong> ground. – Fly over Uluru for a bird’s-eye view of <strong>the</strong> creatures that live <strong>the</strong>re. Insects are • The class claps <strong>the</strong> beat while saying <strong>the</strong> rhyme. • The class says <strong>the</strong> rhyme with <strong>the</strong> actions. quietly at work. Ants, butterflies, bees, wasps, termites, grasshoppers and spiders forage, build nests, mounds and hives, collect pollen and wild honey and spin webs and cocoons. – Fly over Uluru for a bird’s-eye view of reptiles which live <strong>the</strong>re. Among <strong>the</strong>m is a blue-tongued lizard with a waddling walk, rummaging for its tucker. On a flat warm rock, a large snake sunbakes. It is a mulga or king brown snake, venomous and dangerous. From its rocky outcrop, <strong>the</strong> perentie, <strong>the</strong> largest lizard in Australia, hunts mice and wrens and skinks. – Fly over Uluru for a bird’s-eye view and listen to <strong>the</strong> birds—<strong>the</strong> noisy, screeching parrots, <strong>the</strong> mournful cawing of crows, early morning carolling of magpies and <strong>the</strong> hooting of boobook owls. You will see pink cockatoos, turquoise wrens, red-capped robins and green and yellow budgerigars. ©R.I.C. Publications Low Resolution Images Display Copy – Fly over Uluru and on your way home to roost, glimpse a hopping mouse. It appears cautiously from its burrow to forage for insects and seeds for its evening meal. Euros, red kangaroos and black-footed wallabies ga<strong>the</strong>r around a waterhole to drink at dusk, and night falls silently on Uluru. • Discuss what Australian animals <strong>the</strong> students like to see when <strong>the</strong>y go to a wildlife sanctuary, national park or zoo. I <strong>can</strong> <strong>dance</strong> <strong>the</strong> barramundi 62 R.I.C. Publications ® www.ricgroup.com.au ISBN 978-1-74126-424-1
A bird’s-eye view I spread my wings And away I fl ew For a bird’s-eye view Of Uluru Red rock Sky blue The wonder in me Grew and grew. ©R.I.C. Publications Low Resolution Images Display Copy Lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Spread wings wide and fly. R.I.C. Publications ® www.ricgroup.com.au 63 I <strong>can</strong> <strong>dance</strong> <strong>the</strong> barramundi ISBN 978-1-74126-424-1
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