By Jodie Symonds
MILLWARRA Primary School students were excited to be involved in a day full of platypus education.
Belgrave-based Platypus Education Group attended the school on Wednesday 12 October, and students from both East Warburton and Millwarra were given the chance to meet a giant platypus, learn about conservation and other activities.
The school’s Millgrove campus co-ordinator Ros Walters said the day was a great success.
“It was a wonderful day,” Ms Walters said.
“The kids played games, there was a stuffed platypus, they made posters and a collage.
“They loved it- it was great for the students to learn about conservation.”
As part of the platypus day, Platypus Education Group encouraged Millwarra Primary School to participate in Spot it-Snip it-Bin it, an elastic band challenge.
The challenge involves students collecting as many elastic bands, plastic rings and loom bands.
It encourages students to snip the bands before binning them, to avoid the bands from entering waterways and harming platypus’.
“The challenge has really encouraged us to be aware of landfill, and we’ve been collecting a lot of bands,” Ms Walters said.
“A platypus can’t tell the difference between rubbish and food when they’re underwater because they have their eyes closed, so it’s really up to us to be aware of what we’re disposing of, and how we’re disposing it.”
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