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| Lucas pointing at an old part of machinery |
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| Rereahu with an interactive site |
On a sunny
but cold winter’s morning R11 and R13 hopped on the bus to go to the
museum. Once we got there we got into
our groups. There were 3 groups, red, blue and black.
When we were
with Wendy in the museum part we learnt about the rock called Greywacky. We also learnt about how the world came
together. She told us that how NZ was
once in the ocean. Rocks from the
mountains have fossils in them that show they were once underwater. We also saw a model showing how farmers used
to irrigate the land using borderdykes.
But the farmers found that this way of irrigating took away the good
soil as well. Now farmers use pivot
irrigators that sprinkle the water on more finely.
When we were
Ruth we learnt about different kinds of rocks. The rocks were out of
volcanoes. They were sedimentary,
metamorphic and igneous. Sedimentary
rocks are squashed rocks made out of metamorphic and igneous rocks. They are found deep under mountains. Metamorphic rocks are found in the volcano,
and are then uplifted to the surface as the overlying rock has been eroded
away. Igneous rocks are hot rocks,
they are found in volcanoes. Some people
got to hold one with a fossil in it. One even had an amethyst in it.
At th
e art
gallery part we saw different kinds of art.
Some were very popular. We
weren’t allowed to touch the art. We
watched a video about being deep under the sea and sea volcanoes. While we were watching the video the second
time we could draw sea creatures and what we could see at the bottom of the sea. There was coral, fish, sharks, eels and a
number of different sea creatures.
At the end
we went into the foyer to get ready for the bus. There were lots of poppies people had
made. We said, “thank you” to the
teachers who had taught us so much and headed back to school.
A shared story by Room 11
When we were
with Wendy in the museum part we learnt about the rock called Greywacky. We also learnt about how the world came
together. She told us that how NZ was
once in the ocean. Rocks from the
mountains have fossils in them that show they were once underwater. We also saw a model showing how farmers used
to irrigate the land using borderdykes.
But the farmers found that this way of irrigating took away the good
soil as well. Now farmers use pivot
irrigators that sprinkle the water on more finely.
When we were
Ruth we learnt about different kinds of rocks. The rocks were out of
volcanoes. They were sedimentary,
metamorphic and igneous. Sedimentary
rocks are squashed rocks made out of metamorphic and igneous rocks. They are found deep under mountains. Metamorphic rocks are found in the volcano,
and are then uplifted to the surface as the overlying rock has been eroded
away. Igneous rocks are hot rocks,
they are found in volcanoes. Some people
got to hold one with a fossil in it. One even had an amethyst in it.
