Year 4 Cascade Excursion

Year 4 Cascade Excursion

Year 4 has had an exciting adventure travelling up to Cascade Environment Centre for a 3-day excursion. We left on Wednesday 14th June, stopping at Dangar Falls on the way. Upon arrival, we were welcomed by John and the other staff at Cascade. Once we settled into our dormitories, we went on a Bush Walk along “Brushbox Ridge trail”. We saw a huge Brushbox tree, and lots of different plants. We had burgers for dinner and got ourselves settled in after playing on the basketball court or having quiet time with board games or colouring in. The first night we had fun with a Talent Quest which gave us lots of entertainment.

On Thursday, we walked to the creek to collect water creatures (aquatic animals). We identified the bugs and created a Food Web using the computers in the Earth Lab – the classroom at Cascade. We had a delicious lunch of nachos, then set off on our Archaeological Dig where we searched for artefacts which gave us an interesting lesson about the history of the Cascade town. Thursday night we had lasagne and apple crumble for dinner and settled into a quiet night watching a movie.

Friday morning arrived and so did the sunshine, thankfully! After a night of rain, we were happy to see the weather clear up so that we could go on with the Low Ropes activity. Students had a lot of fun working in teams to support each other to complete the sections. We enjoyed some delicious wraps for lunch before loading our bags onto the bus for our journey home.

The students are commended on their excellent participation in all activities, their sportsmanship and teamwork and great manners to all the Cascade staff. We would like to thank John, Claire, Aleisha and Caritta for the wonderful program and hospitality provided at Cascade.

Donna Williams, Excursion organiser

Please see the Gallery for photos of the Cascade Excursion

Cascade testimonials Year 4 – 2022

My favourite activity at Cascade was the archaeological dig, where we worked as a group to dig in the sand to find historical artefacts from when people lived at Cascade. I liked the Sleeper Cutter site the best.  – Henry

We went on a bushwalk to Morora Creek and we tried catch waterbugs to study. We studied their habitat and learned about what they eat and where they fit in the food web. We also learned if they are sensitive or tolerant to the water quality that they live in. – Lewis

On Friday, we did the Low Ropes course which I thought was pretty hard. We worked in teams to help each other not fall off the ropes. It was lots of fun. My favourite course was the Triangle.  – Sage

I loved the food we had for Cascade. We had the best muffins for afternoon too. We also had wraps, burgers, lasagne and the nachos. I loved that we got a big choice of cereal in the mornings. – Evangeline

The first night we had a Talent Show with all different people doing plays and it was very funny. Then we had ice-cream and it was probably the best ice-cream I have ever tasted.  -  Evan