On Friday the 2^nd of September the 3/4 classes joined together to have a 'Convict Day'. Stage 2 have been learning all about The First Fleet, the convicts who came to New South Wales and the Aboriginal people who were affected by colonisation. 

For our Convict Day, kids came dressed as convicts, free settlers and sailors. 

We experienced life like the native Australians, throwing boomerangs and painting with ochre. 

We had a taste of what the convicts might have eaten, making and cooking our own damper in a fire and trialling salted beef. 

We did bush dancing, wrote poetry, made our own love tokens and played games that the early settlers would have played. 

We built our own convict ships and looked at how big the convict ships would have been. We sang songs and had an awesome time. 

Some quotes from 3/4LB

"The convict day was the best! We played, we cooked, we ate what we cooked. I think it was one of the best days so far!" - Lincoln Salmon

"I really liked building the boats and the boomerangs." - Isaac Clay

"Convict day was the best day ever, it was fun!" - Taylah McCormick

"I loved Convict Day. It was so fun making damper and playing games." - Lara Farquharson

"I enjoyed that we got golden syrup with our dampers." - Isabella Oliver

"Convict day was awesome because we dressed like convicts, made damper and did heaps of other things." - Rhys Laney

"Convict day was awesome because we got to act like a convict." - Logan Davies

"The First Fleet and convict day was the best. We did all kinds of fun stuff. I wish we could do it everyday." - Jimmy O'Connell