It is officially "Field Trip Season" at the elementary school and first up is Leena's class! They went with a couple of other 2nd grade classes to the Heidelberg Zoo. I was lucky to be selected as a chaperone. The weather was very chilly and called for rain, but since the buses were booked, we pressed on! We got very lucky to have the rain hold off on us for the few hours that we were there.
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| The class poses with a bear in the lobby. |
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| Class picture. |
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| Me with my team - Julian, Leena and Ava. A great group! |
In addition to the three second grade classes from the American DOD school, there were also several German elementary school classes at the zoo. The differences between the American kids and the German kids were vast. The German kids walked around the zoo and were very orderly and quiet. Meanwhile, the American kids were loud and all over the place! For example, the kids in Leena's class were on the lookout for one of the zoo's peacocks that roam freely. Once they spotted one, they started running toward it, arms waiving and screaming. Their actions scared away the sweet peacock. Just before this happened, a group of German kids were quietly standing and observing the peacock. I can't imagine what was going through their heads!
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| The class went nuts over this peacock! |
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| Everyone in the class had to observe five different animals - they had to draw a picture of the animal, write down what it was doing at the time and what types of things were in its environment. Here is my team observing the elephants. |
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| The entire class in front of the elephants. |
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| Leena with Miss Perry. Today was Miss Perry's last day at school. |
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| The class at the seal show. |
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| This is Henry. He could have entertained us for hours! |
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