Te Papa Trip

On the last day of Term 2, we went to Te Papa. This was linked to our whakapapa Inquiry. 

We had a session with an educator to discuss immigration. We explored migrations to Aotearoa from the Pacific, Europe and across the world. It was great to think about our own whakapapa too. We learnt about the knowledge, skills, and taonga navigators from around the Pacific brought to Aotearoa. We also discussed how early explorers adapted to and shaped Aotearoa into the country it is today. We learnt about the journeys of 19th and 20th century arrivals from across the globe and how they continue up to the present day.

Movie created by Rézi

Next term, we will be looking forward and preparing for the Arts Celebration. We will be learning and creating portraits ourselves. How can we create a collage to capture our own identity? 

Te Papa Trip 2020

Our Te Papa Trip was packed full of learning! We already knew about lots of it from our inquiries over the past year.

Learning more about the waharoa (gateway) that greets manuhiri (visitors) to Te Papa.

We learnt how to be good users of the museum - how to move around safely and what questions to ask - 1. What is it?, 2. What is it made from?, 3. What is its story?

Learning about the backstory of this cannon, originally from Captain Cook's Endeavour.

Giant versions of the Te Reo Māori and English versions of the Treaty surrounded us while we learnt more about it.

We heard more about the Treaty of Waitangi, and did an activity in which we looked at it from the perspective of four groups - The Crown, Tangata Whenua, Christian Missionaries and the Sealers & Whalers.

We are marking out the three points of the Polynesian Triangle.

We watched another version of Tupaia's story and had a chance to share what we already knew. 

We shared our knowledge of Polynesian Navigation, Cook & Tupaia and the wharenui Te Hau ki Tūranga with Laura. She showed us some more artefacts, videos and stories.

A great day for consolidating our rich Inquiry learning, connecting with others and getting out and about! Ngā mihi nui ki a kaimahi o Te Papa Tongarewa - A huge thank you to the staff at Museum of New Zealand.

Te Papa & City Gallery Trip (Māhutonga)

Māhutonga had a great day out in the big city this week. Matariki will follow on Tuesday.

At Te Papa we visited the Mana Whenua and Toi Art Exhibitions.

"I liked the whare, just to sit down and respect our history and ancestors." - Gina 

At the City Gallery, we saw exhibitions of Eva Rothschild and Semiconductor. Afterwards we made some Art with science, as Semiconductor do!

"We started off at the art gallery with a huge structure that you could walk through!" - Solly

Claire from City Gallery introducing us to Eva Rothschild's work.

"It will blow your mind when you see her sculptures. And guess what? The one at the end is an actual curtain! Who knows what is behind it…" Mae S & Sabine

Getting right in to the art of Semiconductor!

"Semiconductor is about sound waves shown in the art of vibrations. The sound waves are caused mostly from eruptions, earthquakes." - Leo

Making art pieces with magnets and UV light

This trip was a fantastic way to not only explore our Inquiry, but also get inspiration for our Arts Celebration, all in one hit. Ka mau te wehi!

Te Papa Trip

We had a wonderful time visiting Te Papa yesterday to learn more about Matariki. Thank you to all of our parent support! 

A day in the city

The Big trip

We got to the film archives and went into the cinema. We learnt about film (That is what  they used before they got TV ). Then we saw some videos from 90 years ago when the film was still in black and white. At the end of our time there we watched a weird and funny advert for Wellington. Then we left to go to Te papa.

We went to the refugee exhibition at Te Papa and we had to write about someone that left their country and family members.  (That are having bad lives in their home country) The way we wrote about the people was we need to write their name, where they are from and the reason that they left.  We also needed to write a poem that one of the refugees wrote.

 

We get into the Gallipoli and see all the realistic sculptures. The second room had a story about the guy whose statue was in the first room. After that there was a room with another statue which was an old army soldier kneeling next to a dead soldier whose face and chest were covered with a cloth and the dead soldier had a really really bad wound on his left knee. As we headed to the cave  you could feel the ground shaking as you walked. On the side of the wall you could see videos playing of the war. You could actually see the bombs, bullets and inside the guns were freaky.

The reason we did this trip is because of our school focus. It is “who is in the community?” The film archives and Te Papa is part of our community and both tell us about the past and stories about people.

By Manaia and Hanne  


Finding out people's stories from Matariki on Vimeo.

A day in the city from Matariki on Vimeo.

Gallipoli exhibition from Matariki on Vimeo.

Te Papa & Film Archive Trip, Friday

On Friday the 14th Mahutonga and Matariki went on an Inquiry trip to Te Papa and Film Archive.

First, we went to the Film Archive and the owner of the Film Archive talked to us about old Films and Discs. He showed us the bigger version of a CD and the timeline of how long it has been in between each time that stuff got created.

We also went to Te Papa and saw the Gallipoli Exhibition, and The Immigration/ Refugee area. At the Gallipoli Exhibition were looking at what it would of been like in war and how people have come from a long way away just to help the country and community. At the Immigration, Refugee area we were looking at the life that other people have had lives that we think are terrible. We were also finding their stories and their perspective of their life.

By Gretel and Eloise

Te Papa Visit

Today we went to Te Papa. We explored innovation and invention. 

Questions:

Is Art Innovation or Invention? How?

How does WOW represent innovation?

What were the tools used? How were they used? 

How have people innovated to respond to the threat of natural disasters?  Do you have new ideas of how we can innovate to protect ourselves from natural disaster threat? 

How has nature inspired inventors/ innovators?

Te Papa Wesite: http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/WHATSON/Pages/default.aspx

Te Papa Trip from Matariki on Vimeo.