Preston Market Excursion
YEAR FIVE
On Thursday the 31 st of August the Year 5s travelled by to train to Preston Market as part of our Geography unit in Inquiry. We walked from the Primary campus to South Morang train station and caught the train to Preston. Our focus was to learn about the different cultures and background at Preston market and how they connect with Australia. When we arrived, we had our brain food in a local park. After this, we went on a tour of Preston Market and were lucky enough to meet some of the owners of the vendors. They spoke to us about their shop, including the history of how long they had been involved at Preston Market, and their own cultural background. We visited a bakery, run by Giacomo, an Italian man who had been working at Preston Market for 15 years! We were lucky enough to get a free bread roll each. Next, we visited Beti, an Australian woman who sold poultry and game meat. She even sold possum meat, gross! Last, we visited Brian, a Chinese man who runs a fishmonger stall. We got to touch a fish and even a squid! After our tour, we had snack. For our next activity we were split into groups and were able to explore Preston Market. We were searching for answers to our booklets, which asked us to find
some different things around the market, inclduing French, Mexican and Japanese food. We also had to answer questions about the history of Preston Market by asking some of the vendors questions. The highlight of the day was being able to spend our money on some food from the market. We explored the different cultures of food, and bought some crepes from France, drinks from Mexico, muffins from England and bread from Italy. But most of went to the lolly shop or jam donut stall and enjoyed a sugary treat. We had a great time at Preston Market and learnt lots about different cultures!
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