Nurna Ltaarlarltuma-urna lhaka. Ntaria School

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1 Nurna Ltaarlarltuma-urna lhaka Ntaria School

2 Nurna Ltaarlarltuma-urna lhaka. The Middle Years girls went to Gilbert Springs, west of Ntaria. This is one of 3 major springs that flow south. from the Hermannsburg ranges.

3 Kwatja-rinya yunthama. The girls looked for small water animals and fish. We put them in a tray and dishes to look at, and David photographed them.

4 snail diving beetle backswimmer backswimmer Backswimmers are bugs that swim upside down, water scorpion The long tail tube of a water scorpions is for breathing not stinging. Diving beetles have back legs like paddles. Nurna kwatja-rinya tningka irrkukala! We found lots of different types of small water animals at Gilbert Springs. This means the water is very clean.

5 kapurta-kapurta kurrka Kapurta-kapurta kwatja kartninyla itnaama. kapurta-kapurta iwinya Iwinya kurrka knarrijta-erremala iwinya-ntama-erama. iwinya kurrka midge fly midge fly larva caddis fly caddis fly larva Lots of different flies lay their eggs in water. The eggs hatch out into larvae grubs, which grow up to become flying insects.

6 Nhanha lhungurlpara. Nhnanha tnama-tnama. Nurna irrpaanga urrputja irrkukala. There were at least two types of fish in the water, spangled grunters and rainbowfish.

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8 Ngantja tnyaama. The girls also went to the Finke River, where they dug a soak with Lily.

9 1.Nurna Ltaarlarltuma-urna lhaka. We went to Gilbert Springs. 2. Kwatja-rinya yunthama. Looking for water creatures. 3. Nurna kwatja-rinya tningka irrkukala! We caught lots of water creatures! 4. Kapurta-kapurta kwatja kartninyla itnaama. Dragonflies hover over the water. Iwinya kurrka knarrijta-erremala iwinya-ntama-erama. Mosquito larvae grow up and turn into mosquitoes. 5. Nurna irrpaanga urrputja irrkukala. We caught a few fish. Nhanha lhungurlpara. Nhnanha tnama-tnama. This is a spangled grunter. These are rainbowfish. 7. Ngantja tnyaama. Digging a soakage.

10 In term 3, 2009, Ntaria school did water place activities, as part of their Indigenous Language & Culture and science program, with Lily and David Roennfeldt, and Meg Mooney from Tangentyere s Land & Learning program. The Year 2/3 class went to a waterhole called Salt-Salt in the Finke River to look for little animals for the minibeast theme they were working on. The Year 5/6 class went to look for a soakage east of Ntaria, that Lily knew about, but hadn t visited for a long time. The Middle Years girls went to Gilbert Springs, west of Ntaria, and surveyed the water animals there. Lily also dug a soak with them in the Finke River. Class 5/6 were also working on a minibeasts theme and they and the 2/3 class used microscopes that Meg brought out (borrowed from the Alice Springs Desert Park) to look at the small water animals collected at the two water places visited. This booklet was produced by Meg Mooney. Lily and David Roennfeldt contributed to and checked the Western Arrarnta text. Photos are by David Roennfeldt and Tangentyere. The Year 2/3 and 5/6 activities are shown in other booklets. This project is supported by Tangentyere Council through funding from the Australian Government s Caring for our Country.

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