This is a junior school activity from earlier this year that demonstates how the RD learnings about caring for our waterway can be interpreted cross curriculum as part of the TAP at Timboon P-12 School
Look who arrived last night to our school with the rain… A Rainbow Serpent. The students were so excited and knew straight away, especially as they had been reading about this Dreamtime story in class and during Aboriginal Studies. The only problem was that her body was empty and needed filling with beautiful patterns and Australian animals. The preps and 1/2s were keen to help. During the Dreamtime when the earth lay sleeping and nothing moved or grew, there lived the Rainbow Serpent. One day the Rainbow Serpent awoke and came out from beneath the earth. Refreshed from her long slumber she travelled far and wide leaving winding tracks from her huge body and then returning to the place she had first appeared. On her return she called to the frogs “come out!” The frogs came out slowly as their bellies were full with water which they had stored during their long sleep. The Rainbow Serpent tickled their stomachs and when the frogs laughed, the water spilled out all over the earth to fill the tracks of the Rainbow Serpent. This is how the lakes and the rivers were first formed. We did it!!! Our beautiful rainbow serpent is now complete and nearly every student had a go at creating a beautiful ‘Bronwyn Bancroft’ inspired Australian animal or pattern. Please come and look. As the rain has stopped it won’t be long until she disappears too. One very proud art teacher.
