12th August 2015-It was truly an amazing Blue Sky day today. 16 orang asli and local students from the National primary school Ringlet (Sekolah Kebangsaan Ringket) joined our mossy forest education tour, 16 fresh faced kids full of joy at being outdoors. (Till today we still feel a little strange and a trifle guilty perhaps ,of bringing our own Orang Asli (indigenous) children to see highland forests that many of them have never seen before. Oh what have we done to their backyards!)
The day started as usual with a briefing from Miss Melody and a pre-activity assessment. They were then taken to the Mossy Forest in Gunung Brinchang by 4 wheel drive vehicles where Mr Satya gave them a talk on the Mossy Forests.
Many students were indeed surprised about what they learnt especially the amount of water that moss can hold and the different types of plants that can be found there.
After the board walk in the peak of Gunung Brinchang , they adjourned to the Biodiversity site which was lower down at 1800 meter above sea level.
The students planted a few trees and were assisted by volunteers Miss Geogina Khong, Miss Ling and the Chong brothers. As the skies were brilliantly blue it was a fine day for photography as well.
The kids then had light refreshments before completing their post activity assessment. Their happy faces made it all so worthwhile.