Below are the reflections of some of the learners from John Graham Primary Scence Club who participated in the events:
The best thing for me was that we could help our society and the Earth in some way. And we also got a chance to meet new people and make friends. It changed the way I thought about birds because now I know more and what are their names. I think now we shouldn’t take littering and polluting lightly so that we can save Princess Vlei because it’s an ecosystem to all types of animals - Samir Patandin
What I liked is that we learnt a lot about birds and how creative birds are and that they are very beautiful creatures. I liked the parade because we caught people’s attention by walking around Grassy Park so everyone followed us back to Princess Vlei. I love it when we were walking with the birds and we showed people what Princess Vlei is all about. - Cara Lipari
What I liked best is that we got to be creative and to express ourselves through our artwork. I never knew there was such a big variety of different birds, or that they were such beautiful creatures - Jordyn Lisa Kelly
The workshops changed the way I thought about birds – before they were just creatures flying around but after the workshop I realised that their life is as important as ours - Temia May
The whole experience showed me that there is a wide variety of beautiful birds from Princess Vlei, and that we the people have to protect them - Tamsin Dick
The best thing was getting to create puppets of the most majestic birds, native to South Africa. I learnt about birds and about the heritage of Princess Vlei as well - Chandler Folding