This week, my class from Panmure Bridge School went on a trip to the Auckland War Memorial Museum to wrap up our learning about volcanoes. During our visit, we explored the World War I section, the Hall of Memories, and the dinosaur exhibit.
When we first arrived, we gathered on a big circular mat near a side entrance. A museum guide spoke to a different class before we were led into the Hall of Memories. It’s a large, cream-colored hall with the names of all the fallen ANZAC soldiers who didn’t come home. The most interesting thing I saw was a huge book in a glass case, which looked to be about 16 cm thick. I learned that someone turns a page in the book every day.
After our morning tea break, we went to the World War I section. This part of the museum displayed many guns and other artifacts from the war. Our teacher, Miss Anderson, told us that her husband had actually used one of the guns on display, a 25-Pounder. For one of our activities, I drew a picture of an interesting artifact in a book that each group was given at the beginning of the trip. After that, we went back to the mat to eat our lunch.
For the last part of our trip, we explored the dinosaur exhibit and attended a special class about volcanoes. In the dinosaur section, my group and I had to draw a dinosaur and its habitat. My friend and I also saw a Moa, a now-extinct bird, and some huge eggs. The volcano class had a red light and a realistic miniature volcano. The guide showed us different rocks and gave us a challenge to pick which items would be useful if a volcanic eruption were to happen.