Magnificent Margret Mahy

 Tumu town trip

Kia Ora everyone welcome to this post.

Hi everyone, a few weeks ago my hub and I went on a trip to Margret Mahy playground. While we were there we learnt about a storyline on the ground in Margret Mahy playground. Some of the mats that are in the ground, how to row a waka and finally we learnt about Victoria Square. 

Tumu town trip

On Thursday the 20th of May Tumu hub went on a trip to Margret Mahy playground. While we were there we did four rotations.We spent the whole day there and were back at school by 2:10.

The first rotation was Margaret Mahy. The first thing I did was go on a scavenger hunt and find certain things. The next thing that we looked at was the story that was embedded into the concrete. When we were coming to the end there were some native plants and words of Elise Lock.

 The second rotains was looking at the mats and Feeding the tuna. The mats in the ground are made out of concrete and bricks with a wire rim around it. They made it like this so if there was an earthquake then they would be able to move it to a different location.We saw teo mats and then we got to feed the Tuna. I saw one Tuna but it wasn’t keen on getting any food so we just let the food drop and then went off for a play. 

The third rotation was getting to ride on the waka. I learnt how to row the waka and some te reo commands. There were some boys who kept on flicking water up and I got soaked. Did you know that the white bit of the oar doesn't touch the ground. 

The last rotation was Victoria Square. At Victoria Square there are statues of Captain James Cook and of Queen Victoria. There are two fountains that were in the shape of daffodils and another one that was donated by H.L Bowker. There were three mats there that stood for water resources and health, Food and resources and the nine trees that made the Ngā Tāhu claim. The reason why we went there was to help us get a deeper connection with P.B.L.  

My favourite part of the trip was the waka because it required some effort. I also liked it because It was a team and if someone was tired then you could take a breath. It was also really fun going under the bridge and seeing what was in the water.  

Something I learnt was that all the mats mean a different thing than the one at Margaret Mahy  meant children and family.

The thing I found the most interesting was Victoria Square because it had heaps of history and Maori designs. It also had heaps of things to contribute to our culture.   

This trip has helped me with my PBL because now I have a better understanding of where we are from and that we need to protect it. It has helped me think of Ideas of things we could maybe put into our school.

Have you ever been on a waka?