As the historic Echuca water tower comes down, the four and five-year-olds at Campaspe Community Children’s Centre are building their own, complete with cardboard scaffolding and a crane.
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Jemma Jones
While the Echuca water tower looms over town, just 50m away sits a remarkable replica, crafted from cardboard and sticks by tiny hands with big imaginations.
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The four and five-year-olds at Campaspe Community Children’s Centre have popped their hard hats on and have been busy recreating their very own water tower, inspired by watching the real one being demolished over recent months.
Standing at just a metre tall, the miniature tower features cardboard scaffolding, a working crane and even tiny tradesmen complete with their own hard hats.
The water tower site, sitting right next door to the centre, became a genuine learning opportunity for the group. The children created drawings of the scene and even ventured outside for a closer look at a real worksite in action.
Campaspe Community Children's Centre kids head out to see the water tower demolition process from a safe distance.
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Room leader Sam Leorke said the idea to create a replica had come from the curiosity of the kids.
She said a group of them could usually be found lined up along the fence, eyes fixed on the worksite.
So when the children proposed building their own, they jumped at the chance.
Ms Leorke said the children had been learning valuable lessons about safety, community connection and the history of the water tower itself.
The real water tower has been in the process of being demolished since June 9, with works expected to be wrapped up by late November.
Their water tower, just 50m from the real thing, is fit with scaffolding, fencing, a crane and its own workers.
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Jemma Jones
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