On the 20th of May we went to Margaret Mahy,
Victoria square, we fed the tuna,
went on a waka,
found 3 Māori mats and we did some rubbings.
At Victoria Square we drew a pou and went to look at all of the signs that said
what the Māori mats were for,
we learnt what all of the Māori mats meant.
My favourite part of the trip was the waka.
It was really fun, first we got into two groups and found a partner in the group.
Once you got a partner you would stand beside each other.
After that we got the paddles and learnt how to use them.
It was very easy to use them.
After we got in the waka and sat on one side of the waka then we started paddling.
I was so excited it was so fun paddling. We were in the waka for so long it was such a fun activity.
Something I learnt was that the black paving around the park has a song engraved
into it and it has lots of stories
behind all the carvings.
We found somewhere to sit down and go
on the black pavement and did some rubbings
It was so fun learning about the carvings on the black pavement.
Another thing that I learned was
that eels have teeth and when they take the food
there teeth scrape against the spoon.
The thing I found the most interesting was
when we looked at the Māori mats it was so interesting finding out what all of the Māori mats meant.
Mrs Bryce
told us that if there was an earthquake then the mat would be fine and some builders would be able
to take it
out of the ground and find another place for the mat to go.
That was
the thing I found most interesting.
This trip has helped me with my PBL because in Victoria Square there were many interesting pou.
I think
the reason that we went there
was so the teachers could get ideas for what we
could put around our school.
