Oh curious Christchurch!

Bonjour!

On the 20th of May my hub went for a trip around Christchurch,to get inspired and have ideas for our PBL project. This week,we had to write a recount for our fascinating trip! I enjoyed writing about my journey and what I found Interesting.  After reading this,Is their anything I need to improve on?

 The 20th of may was the day Kaupeka and Tumu hub went to explore some areas around Christchurch to get inspiration for our PBL creations. I still remember the chants echoing from under the bridge,children were rowing,steering the waka down the river, as my group were exploring the fascinating playground,noticing things we didn’t notice before. It was weird realising that different areas represented different landscapes throughout Otautahi,from the Port hills to the Wetlands. Stories were told being engraved in cement,about how settlers came,and the wakas. 

Time passed quickly and suddenly we were sitting on the waka going up and down the Avon river. Water was splashing everywhere as smiles and laughter came too. The wakas must have been carved by someone with amazing talent since it was a true piece of art. When we got down the river a bit we had a race with the year 8 group, we glided down the river with great speed! (we won of course). As we all rowed it soon got tiring so we all rested by lifting the paddles onto the waka sides. Sadly our time was up so we showed our gratitude by singing Tu tere mai nga iwi, and we wandered down to Victoria square.

The little park had many things to explore, from the fountain to the statues. We analyzed the playground and had some fun jumping into the sunset colored leaves,listening to the crunch. The maori pattern rectangles on the ground(looking kinda like rugs),13 in total all over Christchurh but only three in this expectational space.We sprinted around the place looking for tiny details to explain and tell the teacher. No clouds were in the sky as the sun peered through the different varieties of trees as my group dashed around stomping on the tiny nuts that were scattered all over the place. Katrina and I noticed the lights had patterns on them,each one unique with its own style. After having our lunch we had to go down the road to find ourselves standing in front of the Turanga library.

We were greeted by Ms Hendo as she explained the patterns on the outside of the colossal building. Describing the story of a whale out in sea. We walked inside to be amazed by the size and architecture of this magical library. Curious, the teachers gave us a couple questions to answer by looking through the discovery wall. This wall had many images from the citizens of Christchurch,all put together to create a technology  masterpiece,kinda looking like a stretched touchable TV. After having a little play around with the discovery wall we headed up the stairs a bit to find a lady standing next to a large cabinet. She explained how the cards had information on them,marked under letters or last names and how old they were. The cabinets were stacked with cards,each marked perfectly in the right spot. After a while she gave us all a sheet with different names on each. They had questions that we had to figure out. Mine was Sibylla Emily Maude,a nurse who cared so much about everyone. When our time was up on that activity,we explored some artifacts (from the construction site which got dug up) and had a riddle to figure out. We also looked in a room decorated with pictures and paintings of landmarks and people around Christchurch,teaching children about the native bush and wildlife. Before you know it our time was up,and we headed down to Margret Mahy to have a play before it was time to go...