LEARNING FROM OUR PAST SHAPES OUR FUTURE AT CANTERBURY MUSEUM ON TUESDAY JUNE 30

Thanks to the Christchurch City Council and David,Naps and Kay our parents  who helped to make this excursion possible. special thanks to Ms Grice too.

FIRST SETTLERS

Anthony introduced early settlers talking about the Charlotte Jane and how it was the 1^st ship to sail to NZ. on 2^nd of September and arrived in early December. We played a game about survival on ship. On the ship there were approximately hundreds of people who were working class who slept in small places whereas upper class families lived in cabin 3mby 3meters equal to a  bathroom.

Dressed up!

Clothing differences between rich and poor was big There was a working class and  upper class. Cane was used to give strap to those who  wrote with left hand and were naughty at school.Left hand people were regarded as sinister people. On the ship there were approximately hundreds of people who were working class who slept in small places whereas upper class. Families lived in cabin 3mby 3meters equal to bathroom.

WhunnDaa,Macarius,Ben James Benjamin

 

THE MUMMY

When Anthony showed us the Egyptian  stone, He showed us the Mummy.  There were two groups that went with Anthony and it was my group.  Anthony  told us that a person has to be mummified first to become a mummy and told us that a mummy was an  important person in Egypt. The mummy’s  name was TABIOSA. Her height was 147cm high. Some of us are  taller than her . After he was done talking about the mummy we went around the place and looked at the mummy’s face and the mummy’s x-ray.. All of us had a great time.

Written by Tina,Ema,Kavalla,Ashlyn,Amy, Micayla

 

 Hieroglyphic Writing

 

After morning tea we looked at Mummy and Hieroglyphic words. We had to change our name into stamps with pictures on it. Once you were finished you wrote your name. We only chose  the ones that was about our name. We took the away the vowels because there are none in the Egyptian language. We  liked Hieroglyphics  because it did not make sense in English and they looked funny.

By Chloe,Samoa,Ruby,Elizabeth,Anna,and Joyce

We all went outside to the botanical gardens for morning tea. Later we learned about mummy’s .For lunch we went back to the Botanical Gardens. Later we  played hind and seek with Noella’s dad, Davie. We also played What’s The Time Mr Wolf which was fun .A great day!