Trees of Maleny

 

The Lillypillies put on a play for the parents on their last day of term.

The tree behind them in their classroom was made last term during art classes and changes with each season.

The Trees of Maleny

The play was very special because all the children wrote their own lines.

A happy and a sad thing about the forest and its habitat 

when the woodcutters came to cut down the trees.

Jordan was a Gubbi Gubbi (aboriginal) and his lines for the play were:-

Happy - Me and my buddies, the Gubbi Gubbi need Bunya trees for the festival.  We need Bunya nuts to survive.  They live on Bunya Trees.

Sad - I have lost my food like my animal friends.  We need to move away from my habitat.

 At the end of the play each child gave their parents a tree to plant which was donated by Karen from the local nursery.  Karen has been coming to the school to teach the children all about the local trees.

 I love how Jordan now points out trees to me when we go on walks and tells me if the seeds or berries on them are edible.  He knows way more then me about them - I have some catching up to do!