I was there on a teacher's workshop for its 'Young Naturalist' program, and the park really gave us a whole lot of things for paying them a visit. First of all, the teacher's resource file given to us were wonderfully designed and beautiful - it came with worksheets for activities, teaching ideas, colourful pictorial guides to identifying flora and fauna in the park, simple yet attractive postcards with quotes about nature on them. I was so thoroughly impressed that I checked out their website also; as expected it was equally informative and useful. Hell, even their dustbins are nice!
We were given talks to start off the program, first by a conservation officer about his duties there, doing things like birds census and ringing (ID tagging). Another park officer showed us in pictures what we might be able to spot in the park, and the design of the nature reserve itself. After a great buffet lunch (yes it was good enough to be mentioned here), we were guided through different short routes in the park by experienced volunteer guides who pointed out things to us and showed us the secrets of the plants and animals within. I spotted monitor lizards, squirrels, mudskippers, bugs and spiders etc, and another group even saw otters! Really cool.
If you ever feel like doing something new and interesting, do pay a visit to the park; it really is worth and afternoon, or even more.
(P.S. - More than once, I thought that the park's success must be in part attributed to its sponsorship by HSBC, which made a lot of things possible and helped to developed the educational resources for the kids. I think they really deserve mention here for sponsoring such a worthy cause.)
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