Experiencing life in the 1800s at the Howick Historical Village

On Wednesday the 26 of May all the year 7’s assembled in the hall. When Room 3 got there Mrs. Raj was ready to go on the trip. When all the year 7’s were in the hall we got into our groups. We were ready to go and we made our way to the bus. The bus couldn’t fit all the students so some of them went in the school van with Mrs. Raj.
When we got there we were all was excited. First we were greeted by three lovely women. They told us what activities we were going to do. First we got to eat our morning tea. When the bell went we had to line up in our class lines.

Our first activity was to experience what school was like in 1850. We got to experience how to greet the teacher. Her name is Mrs. Mills. When she said good morning girls had to curtsey and boys had to bow. Then we did handwriting with ink.
Our second activity was to make a small Raupo. We got split up into to two even groups. Genevieve, Afu and I went into the boy’s team. We were making the walls and Mrs Raj gave us a little help. Unfortunately we didn’t get to finish our Raupo because our next activity was waiting.

Our next activity was making bread. All the people in the front of the line got to put in one ingredient. She showed us some of the equipment in her kitchen. There were these things hanging from her wall when we asked what they were. We were told they were candles.

Our fourth and final activity was to make a small trolley. We got into different teams. All the tools we needed were in the bag. We were only given 20 minutes to make the trolley. Unfortunately we did not finish our trolley but it was fun trying to make one.

At the end I said thank you to the Howick Historical Village staff for being such awesome hosts. It was fun experiencing life as if were living in the 1800s. As a treat we were given free passes to go back for free.