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Volume 9, Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Roxby Downs Kindergarten students Neve, Sienna, Jack and Nabila reading the book they helped create for BHP Billiton. By Vanessa Switala he Roxby Downs Kindergarten recently created abook for BHP Billiton to say thank you for funding their printing and networking upgrade.
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The book features the children’s interpretation of what happens on site at the Olympic Dam mine; it includes the children’s stories, pictures and photographs of them re-enacting what their parents do at work. BHP Billiton has ordered enough of the books, created by Snapfish, so a copy can be placed in each crib room on site. Roxby Downs Kindergarten Director, Kerryn Jones, said the children have been working on a project about what happens at the
Olympic Dam mine and what their parents do. Part of the project has been to document their thoughts and drawings about what they imagine.
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of the children’s ideas were, one child stating Jace said, “They make smoke from burning there is a truck names Whoopee and anoth- fire rocks like a volcano. They never put it out! er explaining a fire that does not go out, also Dad loves his work.” known as the smelter. Apparently there are even crystals at Olympic Dam. “They have the mine and gold and crystals. They have to smash them for everyone to share,” says Henry. Scott said his Mum “makes copper. It is a beautiful kind of metal.” Matilda stated, “My Dad goes on the bus to In the book Tait states, “My Dad used to work for BHP. He tells the diggers and the peo- work. He has lunch there. He wears special ple where to dig. They’re digging for treasure… clothes, not home clothes.” The Kindergarten was granted $9,510 from golden treasure… it’s buried under the ground. There are big loaders and cranes to lift the dirt BHP Billiton to fund a multi-function printer, up. It’s really dirty out there. There’s treasure scanner, copier and wireless networking early chests full of gold and some necklaces.” this year.
They’re digging for treasure… golden treasure… there’s treasure chests full of gold and some necklaces - Tait
“The children dress up in their mine outfits and act out what they imagine Mum and Dad do when they go to work at the mine,” Ms Jones explained. “The mine is such a large part of Roxby and the children’s lives.” Ms Jones was impressed by how factual some
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