A NUTRICIOUS VISIT TO WIGRAM AIRFORCE BASE-Eating for Health and Energy through a Fun Experience

Air Force Museum

On the 27th of August, Room Four and Five, went on a bus for our special trip to the Airforce Museum to learn special foods eaten by  the RNZAF pilots and what they  had in their ration packs to keep them healthy in emergency situations.

When we arrived at the Airforce Museum we were excited because it was the biggest museum some of us had ever seen! First we put our bags and coats in the locker before we went to sit in front of the Roll of Honour which was just about 4 metres of heart breaking memories for families. We were amazed that so many people in the Air Force died in wars.

 Chris welcomed us with “KIA ORA” and then he explained the programme.

Afterwards Chris explained the ground rules, which were to use inside voices, no running and always to know where the fire exits are. He also told us that if we needed guidance through our scavenger hunt and work facts, we needed to go and talk to the helpers in proper blue air force suits.

 

 

 

 

Room 5 children were the first group to do the Scavenger Hunt.

In the Atrium we had to find a huge list of names  which we  found  on the wall called the roll of  Roll Of Honour. It contained the names of all the RNZAF personal who died in wars from 1914-1946.

 The first place we went to visit   was the Horizon Gallery where we had four items to locate, including a large Mascot teddy bear called Henry.

There were several displays where we could see RNZAF uniforms and many other interesting items, including a man that was working on a plane engine.

When we found our answers  to our questions we went in to the huge Aircraft Hall, were we had to findmore about  different kinds of Aircraft and engines?

We saw planes which were built in the 1930s like spitfires, which were used in the Second World War to defend bombers.

There was even a Douglas C-47B Dakoka which was used in 1953 to carry the Queen and other important people, also a Grumman TBF1 Avenger which had wings that could fold, so it could move through smaller spaces.

 

 

 

AIR FORCE MUSEUM CLASSROOM

On Wednesday the 27of August 2014 room4 and 5 went to the Air Force Museum in Christchurch. When we got there we got to learn about what the people in the war used when they had nothing to eat and what they had to cook.

We went into the education classroom to learn about the Ration packs. Chris our tour guide talked about the extraordinary roll of honour which is when we saw the names of all the people who died during the war. Chris talked about what we were doing with the ration packs outside. After a while we got into our group and plan. Everyone had to do something to work as a team. We worked cooperatively and soon we knew our role in the challenge.                        

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the classroom our instructor, Chris showed us a seventy year old real ration pack that was from world war two. In the ration pack was a block of chocolate just in case the soldier was tired and the block of chocolate had lots of sugar in it and that would give the soldier lots of energy to keep on going. Another thing that was in the ration pack were several little tablets that could  be dropped into dirty, contaminated water and to  cleanse the water so it could  be drunk by the soldier. 

Our 30 Minute Challenge

When we did the challenge the rules were that we had to heat three foods, everyone had to drink, all food had to be gone and also,we had limited water. The hardest part of all was that we only half an hour. We had to pretend that we had that we were running from the enemies in the war and we weren’t allowed to leave any trace or mess or else our enemies would know that we had been there.

We started by organising the way that we were going to cook our food and make sure it was the best use of our time .We began with our two minute noodles for a rushed preparation they was  very delicious. 

Next we cooked sweet and sour. Chris shouted out ,”20 minutes to go!” Railynnetta put the beef stew in which was sweet and sour. Roan and I did not really like it but Madeline loved it.

Everyone took a little sip of water from our drink which we  we mixed with a Lemon Sports drink mixture.Afterwards Railynnetta washed all the dishes, pots and utensils with a bucket full of water and dishwashing liquid.Finally we put away everything that we didn’t eat and cleaned up the mess.We told Chris that we had finished and it turned out that we were the first team to complete the challenge.It was a great experience and we were glad not to be shot down by the Aussies who were hunting us.

By Finn and Railynnetta.