On Tuesday 14th June the year 3’s were visited by Tracey Muir from the Cape to Cape Catchment Group. Tracey presented a review of what they had learned so far, and showed a power point presentation called “What would it have been like to live in Margaret River in …..?

The students made a PMI called Life In Margaret River and had to choose the time period they would have liked to live in the most.  The choices were –

Before 1826 – Aboriginal

• Hunt, gather and trade for all food
• Make and trade for all clothes and food
• Make own simple shelters
• Move with the seasons
• Live in balance with nature

Early Settlers

• Hard lives, had to survive off the land
• Little knowledge of the land and lacked tools
• Had to cut down lots of trees

1940’s and 1950’s

• Most people were farmers and lived very simply
• Lots of dairy farms
• Small schools
• Played outside and swam in the river
• Not many luxuries, most people were poor

Present Day

• People have more things – cars, computers and X-boxes
• Buy things from the shops easily
• Travel to Perth or overseas more frequently

The power point helped most kids decide which time period they would like to live in.  It was a fun activity that got your brains working, thinking about how different things used to be.

by Mitchell 😎