Waitangi trip

 W.A.L.T: Blog about our Waitangi trip.

On Friday we drove to Paihia on bus to go to the Waitangi Treaty Grounds. It was a one and a half hour drive. When we hopped off the bus our guides whaea Karen and whaea Cherie were there. Then we separated into two groups. The first group I was in was with whaea Cherie and we had to go into pairs. Then we had to grab a phone and make a group name on this goose chase game. I was with Sofia and our pair name was picklefriends2812. The app it had a bunch of different tasks that we had to complete so we went around the ground and completed each the tasks one by one. On the way we also learnt quite a bit about the grounds and its history. Some of the places we went to were the Busby House, the Waitangi museum, the gallery and we went past Hobson's beach. We came back to the learning centre and our groups swapped. Then whaea Karen explained the different workstations that were on each table. The first one that me and my pair Sofia went to was the VR. I went first and you could teleport and write with different pens. Next was the green screen that had cool backgrounds. Next was SculptGL and where you get to sculpt patterns on 3D shapes. Then we did Paint3D where you can paint 3D things and draw. Last was tinkercad and you build this using 3D shapes.

This is a picture of the Waitangi Museum.

I enjoyed the VR the most. I learnt that Kupe was the first to travel to Aotearoa. 

Have you been on a class Waitangi trip before?