Next Wednesday we will not have classes at AMES in the morning or in the afternoon. The students at AMES will be going to the city to visits some of the sights there. Our class will be in one big group with some of the students from other classes. We will have about 70 students in our group and this is a very big number. We will have to meet at the Box Hill train station at 9 o’clock in the morning. We will catch an express train to the city. The train will leave Box Hill train station at 9:24.
We need some time before we take the train. Every time we have an excursion, I see some of the students coming late. Please meet me at 9 to give us some time so we don’t miss the train. We need to catch the 9:24 train because we don’t want to be late for our first place to visit.
The first place to visit will be the National Art Gallery of Victoria. It is a walking distance from the train station and it should take us about ten minutes to arrive there. If a person walks alone from the train station, it should take less than 5 minutes. Walking in a big group is always slower because some students get busy talking and they stop to take photos along the way.
We will enter the National Art Gallery of Victoria from the groups’ entrance. I will show you where it is. Please don’t bring big bags with you because you can’t enter the building carrying them. You need to leave any big bags at the entrance and this can take some time. We don’t have any time to waste. We need to move as quickly as we can.
It is a good idea to walk in small groups. We can’t have about 70 people walking together in one group inside a gallery. It’s a good idea for each class to go with their own teacher and visit the different sections at the gallery.
After visiting the art gallery, we will walk to the Shrine. It is an open place and you can enjoy your time there. We will meet two guides and they will show us the place. We will watch a cinema show there that will go for about 15 minutes. I am not sure what sort of weather we will have on Wednesday so it is a good idea to bring an umbrella with you in case it rains.
After visiting the Shrine, we will walk to Eureka Tower. Eureka Tower is the highest building in Melbourne. We will go to the top of the building and enjoy the view from there. We need to be on time there and that is why it is good to move fast with the group and not stay behind.
Some students chose not to come and visit these places because they have been there before. The aim of this excursion is to make students have a chance to make friends with students from other cultures.
You don’t need the teacher to tell you to be on time. You need to be on time yourself and if you happen to miss the train, don’t go back home. Take a train on your own and meet us at one of the places we will visit.
Bring an umbrella with you, a digital or a video camera if you have one and some money to buy lunch. You can bring your own lunch from home and share some food with other students from the class. You also need to check if the weather is going to be sunny or rainy on the day to dress accordingly.
We will finish visiting all three places at 1 o’clock and after that we will have lunch at South Gate by the Yarra River. It is such a nice place there and you can take some photos using your mobile or digital camera. Please stay with your own group and follow instructions from your teacher.
