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QUEENSTOWN JUNIOR SCHOOL DISCOVER GOLD!
Monday, 30th April 2012
Detectives hard at work!
Today, saw the first of three visits by Queenstown Primary School's Junior classes - New Entrant to Year 2! Students spend the day discovering all about GOLD!
They managed to cope with the cool start and were all wrapped up warm for the street walk...exploring modern day Buckingham Street and imagining what it might have been like when miners lived here!
They were fantastic at the treasure hunt for clues about gold in the museum and excellent miners in the COLD Arrow River!!
We hope you had a good time...we certainly enjoyed having you here and hope to hear about your visit on this blog!
Comments (2)
Room 7 had an amazing day with Rachel and Wendy at the Arrowtown Museum.
We learned so much about how life was 150 years ago in this settlement.
All of the activities and learning experiences were perfect for the learning needs of our students. We loved spending the day panning,for gold, making butter, doing the washing, discovering the history of the township and of course doing the treasure hunt within the museum.
Thank-you very much for your time energy and knowledge.
From Justine Lock and the Students of Room 7 QPS
We had an absolutely fantastic time today with Rachel and Wendy at the Arrowtown Museum. Both children and adults learned so much about life in the gold mining days.
The treasure hunt around the museum was a perfect activity for this age group. Having the history and buildings of Buckingham St explained on our street tour brought the old days to life. Panning for gold (and finding some) was a real thrill for the children. Washing clothes in the cold river made us appreciate electricity, hot water and washing machines.
Thank you, Rachel and Wendy, for an illuminating and fun day.
Mary Jenkins and Room 9 QPS
By: Mary Jenkins on Tuesday, 1st May 2012 @ 08:40:36