9R Wellington Educational Trip

Throughout the middle of the year, 9R all agreed to visit Wellington. One or two terms have past on from that point and we've been preparing for the trip. We all planned to stay in Wellington for three days and two nights which gave us time to visit places that coincidentally tied to our Globalisation topic and others we've been studying this year. I don't know if this was coincidental or planned, but we were constantly reminded by the teacher aids and the teacher that we'll be able to ask questions that we've been researching when we visit. Three weekly meetings later and our time had come. On the 16th of November Monday, students and teachers which consisted of Whaea Hinemoa, Whaea Shannon, Whaea Dell, Whaea Waimarie and Whaea Annette were among those who planned and supervised us throughout our stay in Wellington. We left school at 6:00am sharp reaching to Auckland hours later. We then flew to Wellington and caught a bus to the National Library. We were given an educational tour of specific areas of the building such as where important national documents were held, a whole area dedicated to the documents which provided us with backstory and technology which helped us to gain a deeper understanding, and the basement where tonnes and tonnes of books, dairies, manuscripts and unpublished work were kept in storage. The documents consisted of the Treaty of Waitangi, the Women Suffrage Rights and New Zealand's Deceleration of Independence. After the educational tour, we booked into our accommodation at YHA. On Tuesday we visited the Parliament Buildings where we were gladly met by a Northland MP, Willow Jean Prime. She gave us a warm welcome and a brief introduction of the building before we were escorted into a classroom were we were given another introduction of areas within the building and roles of certain members. After Parliament, we headed to Te Papa which was close to our accommodation, thankfully. There, we were given a small tour of a specific area within the vicinity before being able to head off and explore the museum ourselves. On Wednesday/the last day of being in Wellington, we headed to a place called Bowlerama for the morning which was filled with action packed activities and obviously bowling. We had until 2:00pm to head back to the Airport and home. We headed back home at 2:00pm and arrived at school at around 7:30pm which we were then picked up by our parents and taken home. I personally enjoyed the experience and got a lot from it. Being able to access places that a normal tourist or visitor wouldn't be able to was such an experience. And I'm very thankful for the teachers who planned and came along on the trip. We're very thankful and blessed to have these teachers who have done this all for us. Thank you! 

Globalisation Word Poster

We've recently started a new topic of Social Studies which studies Globalisation. This poster consists of words that are related to Globalisation and words we've studied in this topic. I hope you enjoy viewing this poster!