Last week some of the Year Ones (1F & 1C) went on an excursion to the Magarey Orchard. The visit was very helpful in supporting our inquiry learning around ‘trade’ as we had Katie, John and Peter Magarey make the time to speak with us.  

When we arrived the students had the opportunity to look around the packing shed and ask lots of questions about the orchard, when and how it began and how they trade their fruit.  After this we were walked through the shed, we got to meet some of the workers and see how they use machines to wash, sort and then classify the pears in to first, seconds and roughs.  

We then got to experience being shut in a giant refrigerated room as though we were a pear after being picked.  We ended our tour with the opportunity to trade some money for a piece of two of fruit and found a lovely sunny spot in the orchard to sit and ask any final questions.  

A wonderful trip overall for the students and a lot of new information about trading which will help guide us in the final weeks of our inquiry.  The children represented our school wonderfully and thanks again to the parents helpers.

Ms Fern & Ms Carpenter