Its been such a busy month here in Arrowtown - by the end of November we would've had over 1000 students visit the Museum during term 4!!!

We had a lovely day with Arthur Street School on Tuesday the 19th November. It was a full day primary programme with these activities:

• A frightening lesson with Miss Gray in a Victorian 1880's school room - technology definitely has made learning easier since 150 years ago!
• Exploring the museum and handling artefacts - the Wakatipu region has had lots of different uses for different people such as hunting Moa and gold mining!
• A historic walk of Arrowtown - All of the miners cottages were so small because everyone needed to get their building materials from out of Arrowtown.
• A tour of the Chinese Settlement - the Chinese settlers had a difficult time living by the river in the winter as it was very cold and the river would flood.
• Searching for gold at the Arrow river - we learned different methods of panning and some students even found gold!

We hope you enjoy the rest of your camp Arthur Street School - you were all fantastic learners asking very insightful questions!

What were the Chinese huts made out of?

Is gold panning easy or hard? Why?

What was your favourite artefact that you got to handle? What was it used for?

How did Miss Gray punish naughty students?

Why did it take Arrowtown so long to build an Old Gaol?

Answer my questions and comment about your visit below!