Magnificent Margaret Mahy!

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On Thursday 20th of May Tumu hub went to town to help us with our P.B.L.  Here is what I have to say about the trip... 

Mats and Tuna- 

We had a walk around and looked for traditional Māori mats once we had found mat 13  Mrs Bryce explained what the mat meant and why it was there. The same thing happened with all 3 we saw. We walked over to the eels in the river nearby and I got picked to be the first one to feed them. Mrs Bryce gave me a spoon and some cat food on it. There were no tuna out until people saw it but I only saw one. 

Waka-

Before we could hop in the waka we learned some basic drills to help us as we went alongside the same river we saw the eels in. The left side hopped in the middle of the boat first. I was on that side next to the right side people hopped in the waka and the left side people had to move next to the side.  We started rowing to the other end. It was easy at first then my arm got tired on the way for our last lap. We did a race with the other boat and we won because we went further than them and they turned back before us. But we still won because they cheated. At the end I was soaked!

Victioria square- 

When it was time  Mrs Brown explained what we were doing at Victoria Square. Then she told us to get into pair’s I went with Ava then we set out to explore Victoria Square. We found lots of stuff and we even found that the weeping willow was from french! Next we talked about what we had found while eating. We got a pencil and a piece of paper to draw the pou.

Margaret Mahy-

First we did a scavenger hunt to find lots of pictures in the pavement live migrating tuna then as a group we found them all together, next we got some paper and some crayons to scratch over some pictures on the pavement  so the design came out on are paper I did 2 pages of paper full of art work.

My favourite part of the trip was Victoria square because we got a lot of freedom and I enjoyed all the things we did.

Something I learnt was that the waka was used to transport people to Victoria Square because Victoria square used to be a market and a place to trade. 

The thing I found the most interesting was. Reading the sorties on the pavement in Margaret Mahy.

This trip has helped me with my PBL because I now have more facts about our diving question and I have more ideas to help with that.

I think I did well with my work because I spent a lot of time making it interesting and fun to read!

I can do better with my work because I could do some stuff a lot better in detail.

Have you been to Margaret Mahy and seen the stories? 

What was your Favourite?