Our class had the opportunity to travel to Waitangi last week to take part in the Raranga Matihiko digital learning classroom and visit the Waitangi grounds and museum. This term we are learning about NZ history with a focus on traditional sailing and navigation methods used by early Polynesian voyagers and European Explorers.
We looked closely as the pou surrounding the waka, Ngātokimatawhaorua and did sketches. Whaea Kristina told us about Kupe and we saw his pou with a wheke (octopus). Ngātokimatawhaorua was built to mark the centenary of the Treaty of Waitangi’s signing in 1940 and was built by members of New Zealand’s northern and Waikato tribes. The waka is launched every year in February as part of Waitangi Day celebrations.
The Waitangi Museum was an amazing learning experience with so many hands on experiences about NZ history. The students were so engaged with every part. In the classroom we had the chance to use the VR glasses (virtual reality), Tinkercad, Sculpt GL, Book Creator and Paint 3D. It was great to visit Waitangi where our learning really came to life. We look forward to visiting again in Week 5.
Thank-you to Whaea Kerry, Whaea Monika and Whaea Kristina for a fabulous day of learning outside our classroom.
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ReplyDeletehi my name is Jesse and i really like what you guys do. And it looks really cool and fun hope you had a good time
ReplyDeleteHi my name is Lotte and I am from your tui mai tui atu class. This looks like so much fun and learning, I wish I was there.I Hope you had fun!
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