RIC-6277 I can dance the Barramundi
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RIC-6277 I can dance the Barramundi

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ROTTNEST Preparation • Collect pictures of Rottnest Island and quokkas. Presentation • Share and discuss the pictures with the class. • Say the rhyme with the actions for the class. Additional activities/information • Rottnest, a holiday island, is 19 km from Fremantle off the west coast of Western Australia. It takes about 30 minutes to get there by ferry. • Rottnest is 11 kilometres long, 4.5 kilometres at its widest point and the land area measures 1900 hectares. • The quokka is a small Australian marsupial that lives on Rottnest Island. It is a quiet, furry little creature with gentle dark eyes, a small round head, a short thick tail and strong hind legs and bounds along in long and short hops. • The quokka is a herbivore and eats grass, leaves, shrubs and succulents. It is active at night and shelters during the day in small groups in dense low scrub. • Share the following story with the class, then discuss being a friend or buddy. OCKER THE QUOKKA Little Ocker the Quokka lived in the quokka retreat on Rottnest, a holiday island. One night he decided to have an adventure. He saw some bright lights in the distance and hopped towards them. Humans were everywhere. Ocker hopped up to a doorway and peeped inside. Humans were sitting together laughing and talking. Ocker took one step inside, then another step and another—and suddenly he was tangled up in two long legs! The legs belonged to a human who was carrying a large tray. Cups and cakes and the tray and the human went fl ying through the air and there was a terrifi c CRASH! ‘Oops!’ said Ocker. He grabbed a cake from the fl oor, hopped out the door and back to the retreat as fast as he could. ‘You have cake crumbs on your whiskers’, said the quiet voice of Elder Quokka. ‘Where have you been?’ Ocker licked his whiskers and told Elder Quokka all about his adventure. • The class claps the beat while saying the rhyme. • The class says the rhyme with the actions. ‘Do not wander away again’, said Elder Quokka. Ocker meant to obey Elder Quokka, but two nights later while he was foraging for food, he found a ‘Boogie Bug’ three-wheeled trike on a path that led down to the beach. He hopped on the seat and the wheels began to turn faster and faster until the Boogie Bug bumped into a sandhill and Ocker fl ew over the handlebars. ‘Wow!’ said Ocker as he brushed himself off. ‘Wow!’ The sun was coming up and Ocker watched sea lions ducking and diving through the waves. A family of dolphins frolicked past and waved their fl ippers and Ocker waved back. He decided to have a quick paddle in the rock pools when ... Ouch! A crab made a grab at Ocker’s paw with its claw. His paw hurt and it took him a long time to hobble home. Trusty, a little girl quokka who always smiled at Ocker and said ‘Hello’, hopped up to him. ‘Elder Quokka’s looking for you’, she said. ‘He’s worried about you.’ But Ocker was already planning his next adventure. Would he climb the Wadjemup Lighthouse or explore the guns and tunnels at Battery Point? The next night, Ocker set off but his paw hurt and he curled up in a quiet place and fell asleep. A loud noise woke him. It was morning and an aeroplane was circling round and round overhead and men were running towards him ... Ocker had fallen asleep on the airport runway! The men caught him, wrapped him in a blanket and drove him to the quokka retreat. ‘Does this quokka belong to you?’ one of the men asked Elder Quokka and Trusty. ‘He does’, said Elder Quokka. ‘I hope he hasn’t been troublesome.’ The men told him what had happened at the airport. Then they drove away. Ocker stood there looking very foolish and ashamed. ‘Ocker’s real name is Oscar’, Elder Quokka told Trusty. ‘It is a grown-up name and I think Oscar has grown up at last. What Oscar needs now is not an adventure but a buddy.’ ‘I’ll be Oscar’s buddy’, said Trusty. ‘If he wants me to.’ ‘Yes, please’, said Oscar. And Oscar Quokka and Trusty Buddy lived happily ever after in the quokka retreat on the holiday island of Rottnest. ©R.I.C. Publications Low Resolution Images Display Copy I can dance the barramundi 74 R.I.C. Publications ® www.ricgroup.com.au ISBN 978-1-74126-424-1

Rottnest Cuddly little quokkas Snoozing in the sun While the humans Rush about Having lots of fun. ©R.I.C. Publications Low Resolution Images Display Copy Lines 1 & 2. Fold paws. Close eyes. 3, 4 & 5. Run on the spot. Wave arms Wiggle fingers. SMILE! R.I.C. Publications ® www.ricgroup.com.au 75 I can dance the barramundi ISBN 978-1-74126-424-1

Rottnest<br />

Cuddly little quokkas<br />

Snoozing in <strong>the</strong> sun<br />

While <strong>the</strong> humans<br />

Rush about<br />

Having lots of fun.<br />

©R.I.C. Publications<br />

Low Resolution Images<br />

Display Copy<br />

Lines 1 & 2. Fold paws. Close eyes.<br />

3, 4 & 5. Run on <strong>the</strong> spot.<br />

Wave arms Wiggle fingers.<br />

SMILE!<br />

R.I.C. Publications ® www.ricgroup.com.au<br />

75 I <strong>can</strong> <strong>dance</strong> <strong>the</strong> barramundi<br />

ISBN 978-1-74126-424-1

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