The Year 6 class had an incredibly busy schedule for their Wellington trip last week. It was an early start for the airport and, once we had checked in to our hotel, we headed to the iconic Wellington cable cars for a quick ride and to admire the views of the city.
Our next stop was Parliament. Here, in addition to witnessing a lively debate, we also met our local MP, Mark Mitchell, for a Q & A session. The students were concerned about the impact of pollution on the environment and how electric cars could improve the situation.
The Treaty of Waitangi and other constitutional documents were investigated at the National Library, with Year 6 performing an impromptu waiata in the beautifully carved room. We were also fortunate enough to be taken into the basement archives of the Library to see how books, music and other documents were stored and transported via their own railway system. We discovered that the Library holds an ancient receipt, etched into a clay tablet, dating back to Ancient Babylonia and the largest Atlas in the world!
Our final trip was behind the scenes at Weta Workshops, discovering how weapons, armour and prosthetics were created for movies such as the Lord of the Rings trilogy and Avatar.
