Sunday, 27 September 2009

'Pharmacy Is Phun!' for Hyde Park schoolchildren

Link to a great story in The Herald
September 17th.

NINETY children from Hyde Park Infants School have taken part in a pharmacy workshop at Thorn Park Lodge.

The six- and seven-year-olds spent the day on Wednesday learning about Victorian medicines in both the lodge and its medicinal garden, where they participated in six different hands-on activities.

These included making an old-fashioned tooth-cleaner, earning a certificate in pill-rolling and concocting their own medicines from cuttlefish bones and chalk. The children also took part in chemical experiments and learned about safety and the dangers of medicine. Pictured are Hyde Park Primary school students Luke Curtis and Finley Fleming making medicines the Victorian way.

The workshop was designed to be enjoyable, yet informative for the youngsters, with the day's motto being 'Pharmacy Is Phun!'


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