Introduction: On Thursday the 20th Tumu took a trip to town. We visited the waka, Mrargaret Mahy,Victoria square and to feed the Tuna and learn the stories of the mats all over town.
Waka : We went on the waka first. The instructors taught us some simple instructions in māori so we were ready to jump on the waka. There was a girls boat and a boys boat. We went back and forth twice chanting HI HA HI HA the second time we sang E minaka ana,Waiata, and a few other songs then we jumped out.
Victoria square: We did this 2nd. We saw a huge Captain James Cook statue and a gigantic Queen Victoria statue.There was a Kai table there because it used to be called Market Square.Lastly we got to sketch the pou with paper and a pencil the pou had huge people carved into it. Their eyes were made out of paua shells and black circles of wood. To me it looked like lots of parents looking after their children.
Margaret Mahy : We went to Margaret Mahy 3rd we did a scavenger hunt first we found some interesting things around the playground, then we learned what the circle of stories meant. Lastly we got to trace the pictures on the story circle.
Tuna/Mats: We did this last. First we feed the tuna some cat food on a spoon. Then we learnt the stories of the paved mats. The mats are actually bricks just sideways with a layer of dirt and mud under which means it is about 60cm deep.
My favourite part of the trip was Margaret Mahy because we got to learn what the circle of stories means and at the end we got to trace the pictures on the pavings.
Something I learnt was not to drop the spoon into the water because the eels live there and they could eat the plastic.
The thing I found the most interesting was learning the stories of the mats
This trip has helped me with my P.B.L because it taught me how to find out information about
The things I need to know for my future P.B.L
Hi Sovarne,
ReplyDeleteI really like your blog post because you included lots of information about each activity. My favourite activity was feeding the eels. Next time you could check that all the spelling is correct. Do you go to Margaret Mahy Playground often? Well done Sovarne.