Three schools visited on Tuesday the 19th of August - one of these schools was Maniototo Area School. Wendy our Educator ran a full day programme with this year 5 and 6 students, who visited the museum to understand how the local landscape has affected the way people have used the land; to know some of the special features about our landscape, and to learn about 'good sorts' in our history.

These students had already previously learned about gold mining in the Maniototo, so a visit to Queenstown and the Lakes District Museum was the perfect opportunity to build on their local knowledge!

Their visit included:

• A museum visit which included handling artefacts (this linked with the learning goal of how the local landscape has affected the way people use the land)
• A historic walk of Arrowtown (this linked with uses of the land as well as 'good sorts' in our history such as Saint Mary MacKillop).
• Tour of the Chinese settlement (Which again linked with both uses of the land and 'good sorts' in our history - Ah Lum is a great example!).

Maniototo Area School also booked into our year 5 and 6  Geography programme - this involved a presentation about the development of tourism in this region since the 1800's. Students were provided with worksheets to help them understand the key points about the tourism process - this was a perfect link to focusing on how how the local landscape has affected how people use the land as our rivers, canyons, and mountains provide us the perfect landscape for offering adventure activities!

What was something new or interesting you learned during your visit?

What was your favourite part of your visit?

Have you tried any of Queenstown's exciting adventure activities? Tell us about your experience!

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Thanks for visiting Maniototo Area School!