Hello everyone, today I will be telling you about Tumu’s trip to Margaret Mahy,
On Thursday the 20th of May Tumu Hub went to the Waka to learn how to row the boat, Margaret Mahy Playground to draw pictures with Mrs Carney, Victoria Square to learn about the pou and other stuff there, we went to the Tuna so we can feed them, and we learnt about the mats all around the city for our learning.
My most favourite part of the trip was the Waka because we got to learn how to row the boat and we were supposed to say “Hee! Ha! Hee! Ha!” When we were paddling the waka, we also got to sing E minaka ana on the boat, and I was in the front of the Waka.
Something I learnt about the Māori mats was how they were made out of brick not fabric, also how there were so many mats across the city, there were 5 layers on the mats! There were lots of interesting things on the mats like lots of leaves and Māori patterns.
The thing I found the most interesting was Margaret Mahy because they had many things about it. I did not know about some stories that Elsie Lock and Margaret Mahy did, songs from Ngai Tahu and some more songs, and there were even some native plants on the stones.
This trip has helped me with my PBL because I learnt more about my tūrangawaewae.
