Lika takes us back to the day we went to Motat

On the 10th of March 2011 the Year 7 students went on an educational trip to Motat. When we arrived we were welcomed by Elaine and she took us to our spot for the day which is next to the k900. That is also where we had our lunch and morning tea.

After morning tea the classes went to their own activity. The first activity Room 3 did was the tram ride. When we arrived to the tram station we had to wait a few minutes for the next tram because we were early. Then we saw the tram coming on the other side then it came to us. We all hopped on and enjoyed a ride up the road where the display for planes is.

The next thing our class did was look at the different displays at Motat. We looked at the old cars, old washing machines, old ovens and we also read some information about Jean Batten.

After that it was our turn to go into the class. The teacher was Elaine who welcomed us to Motat in the morning. She asked us what we thought a real New Zealand citizen is. She taught us about kiwi symbols and icons and she was very impressed with what we know about New Zealand already. After that we got the chance to play dress ups and sign our class treaty. Some of us dressed up as a farmer and some girls and boys dressed up as Jean Batten. Signing the treaty was cool we had to keep dipping the feather into the ink to write our names.

The last activity was so much fun. We went to the mirror maze and it was almost impossible to complete it. After that we went to the village and looked at the jail and the church.

After that we had to go back to where the k900 is and get our school bags because we had to leave for school. Before we left we said thank you to Elaine for being an awesome host. We really enjoyed our trip and I would like to thank our teachers Mrs Parker-Tofa, Mrs Nirmala and Mrs Andrews for taking us.