Recount: Butterfly Creek

Butterfly Creek Recount:

On Monday, the 9th of March 2015, room 9 and 10 from Glenbrae School went to butterfly creek to learn about dinosaurs. We really enjoyed our day. Here is a recount I wrote to tell you what we did.

When we got to Butterfly Creek, our tour guide met us. She told us her name was Sanita, and she said that it was a pleasure to have us. Then she took us to the Dinosaur Kingdom to explore. After exploring for about 2-3 minutes, she took us inside to a room. Then she asked us some questions about dinosaurs. After about 5-10  minutes talking about dinosaurs, she introduced us to Paul.

Paul was one of the people who looked after the animals. When it was Paul’s turn to talk, he asked also asked us what we know about dinosaurs. After about 5-10 minutes, he asked us if there were any relatives to dinosaurs that are still living. We knew that there were Wetas,Tuataras and also crocodiles that were around before and after the dinosaurs died out.

Then Sanita took my class to the train. Sanita jumped to the front carriage. She was the one that was going to drive the train. Then we jumped on the train and had a little ride around, which only took about 4-5 minutes. When we got back to the station, we hopped out and went to the farm.

When we got to the farm, we saw a lot of animals. We saw Bunnies, Rabbits,Chickens, Hamsters, Pigs, Tortoises, birds, a Llama, and a dog named Mila. When I saw Mila, I started playing with her. She was a very energetic dog. When I asked how old she was, Sanita told me that she was a year and a half. Then I started playing with the Bunnies. The Bunnies were very cute.

When it was time to go, Sanita took us to the Butterfly house. The butterfly house was very hot, because the butterflies were tropical butterflies. Tropical butterflies need a lot of heat to stay warm, which was why the room they were in was warm. After looking at the butterflies, we went to look at the Crocodiles. Their names were Goldie and Scar.After looking at Scar and Goldie, we went to have lunch.

After Lunch, we went back to the Crocodile Tanks to watch Scar perform a show. After Scar had finished entertaining us, Sanita and Paul brought us a Tranchilla to show us. When someone asked to touch it, Paul said no, because it was dangerous.

When it was time to go, someone asked Siosifa to say a farewell speech to Sanita and Paul. Siosifa said thanks for showing us around, and that we enjoyed our day very much. Then it was time to go.

Going to butterfly Creek was very fun and I learnt a lot. I would also like to go back there to learn more some other time.

This is an image of Scar performing some of his wonder tricks.