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Timaru Christian School get a taste of the past...

Tuesday, 18th September 2012

Timaru Christian School get a taste of the past...

Who lived in there?  

  • Timaru Christian School get a taste of the past...Who lived in there?
  • Timaru Christian School get a taste of the past...Panners!

Today, saw Year 7 & 8 students from Timaru Christian School learn all about the past!! They survived Miss Grey's classroom, explored the museum and Chinese village and panned for gold in the freezing Arrow River.

The students proved to be expert panners and everyone found gold! Can you remember when the first gold was discovered in the Arrow? Why did the Chinese miners come to the goldfields? What was the name of the carriage in the Bank room of the museum? Who might have been lucky enough to ride in it? How has technology changed? Why were a lot of the buildings made from schist rock?

We hope you had a good time at the museum and look forward to hearing about it on this blog!


Comments (1)

The children were a little scared of Miss Grey (as were the adults) and I think they have a new appreciation for how school is done nowadays! The panning and tour around the village was great, especially listening to the real stories about the miners. Thanks!!

By: Bethany Rentoul on Friday, 21st September 2012 @ 11:36:50