Auckland Museum

LI:  To learn the teachings of our tupuna (ancestors) and the history of New Zealand's native people and their land. 

Before going to the Museum we had a challenge or a quiz for the trip, and we had to complete it and find out the answers during the trip. It was like a scavenger hunt. Throughout the day we added extra questions as there were too much people figuring out the answers too quickly. At the end of the day we went from 6 to 10 questions. Winning this quiz would result in getting a prize. 

When we first got into the museum we were introduced to the museum and the rules. But firstly we had morning tea before adventuring the place. Ngarimu, one of our advisers taught us a lot of the weapons and equipment used from the Maori. We then had Kingi, another one of our advisers taught us about the meaning of the carvings in the marae, and taught us about the Treaty of Waitangi. After we had a bit of exploring we went for lunch. After lunch we learnt the Ka Mate Haka and 7 different Taiaha moves. 

Orchestra

LI: to learn about the orchestra
We went to an Orchestra performance in the city and it was amazing. There were a bunch of beautiful instruments. There were the violin, viola, double bass, clarinet, flute, trumpets, french horn and a bunch more instruments. The trumpet even played the Star Wars intro song. Each instrument showed us a demonstration. There was a play performance as well, it was about a goblin cursing a father, and how the daughter saves the father. While the play was going on there was music playing in the background from the orchestra which made the story more tense.

There was also a violin solo by a amazing player, who also taught us a bunch of different playing types of the violin.

Netball

LI: to play netball
In the Yr 6 netball team was most of the afterschool netball team and us boys. We first went against Panama Rd, it was a good game and we won 4 - 1. We then went against Glenbrae, we got destroyed. We lost 13 - 0. We then went against Bailey Road it was a fantastic game for us, we won 9 - 2. We then went against Sylvia Park, it was another fantastic game for us because we won 9 - 1. Our last game was for 5th place, we wanted that bad, and we were going against Tamaki Primary. It was a tough game but we won 8 - 7.

Link to Netball Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufgLgK0wJTw

Lion King

We went to watch the the Lion King played by Ormiston Junior College. We were lucky enough to get to watch the matinee. It was so amazing to see how it was played so smoothly and how it flowed together. It started with Simba and Nala going out the border, which then led to Mufasa's death in the stampede. Then Scar sent Simba to go away and never return. Simba then found himself with Pumbaa Timon. Nala then came back and told Simba to come back to the Prideland and defeat Scar. Simba refused but go convinced by Rafiki. Simba then went to the Pridelands and went to defeat Scar.

My favourite character was Simba, both young and old Simba. Young Simba was played by Quinn and Paul from Ormison Junior College. 

MOTAT (Museum of transport and technology)

LI: to learn about STEAM
We went to MOTAT which was a really big museum with interesting and amazing stuff. We first went looking around MOTAT viewing artefacts, and saw a bunch of cool things. We saw a firestation with a firetruck used back in the days. We even saw a telecommunication exhibit with dial phones, and stuff like Morse codes. We then saw a car exhibit and saw a supercar, a car that Queen Elizabeth 2nd used, and saw car engines. Next we saw a old village with a classroom, church, workshop.

When we finished looking around we firstly made an electric car! We first had to make the body of the car using cardboard. The he engine was a motor and a fan. The wheels were small wheels, and a skewer. We then had to connect the parts in some way.

Lastly we made a flashlight using some connecting blocks. We first had to use the motor again, and connect a LED light to the motor and span a cog to make the light flicker. We then had to use the connecting blocks, cogs, and more to try to keep the LED Light on instead of it just flickering.

Zoo Trip

LI: to learn about the animals in the Auckland Zoo
We first went to an area in the zoo where they show animals from Africa. We first saw Zebras, Giraffes, and Ostriches. It was really amazing to see how well the Giraffes, Zebras, and Ostriches stayed calm while being together. We focused more on Giraffes, and learnt some facts like the reason Giraffes have blue tongues are to keep it from sunburning.

We then kept exploring the African region and saw some Meerkats. We learnt that they communicate with each other when a predator comes. So one would be a lookout and if it sees a predator it will make a squeak and it will tell the others to come back in the burrow. After we saw some lions and learnt facts like that their night visions is 8x better than a humans. Next we saw rhinos, specifically "White Rhinos". We got to touch a rhinos horn and learnt that their horns are made out of the same material as a humans.

Next we saw Flamingos and found out that their knees are at the waist, and their ankles are where the knees normally are. We later saw Asian Elephants, specifically Burmese Elephants from the Sri Lanka Region.

After we went exploring around the zoo. We went through the whole of the Africa Region, the Australia Region where we got to see Wallabys, turtles, and more.  We went to parts of the South America region looking at monkeys and more.