Year 6 Outing to Heart Of Cape Town Museum 2019 – Student Feedback

Year 6 outing to the Heart of Cape Town Museum
 
On the second of August 2019, the Year 6 classes went on an outing to the Heart of Cape Town Museum, one of the city’s most exciting tourist destinations. The first successful heart transplant took place here. 

The Year sixes learnt about Christiaan Barnard’s journey to becoming the first person to perform a successful heart transplant.  Following that, the classes were introduced to realistic silicone sculptures based on the real people involved in the operation. The Year sixes even saw real human hearts preserved in containers. What a few children found most fascinating was going into the actual room where the first heart transplant was held.

Ending the day off, the classes grabbed their packed lunches and ate on the grass outside the hospital. Unfortunately, the Year sixes then had to board the bus and end the outing.

written by Lina Moyo and Chloe Ralph (Y6)