What a fun, high energy day! Year 7 and 8 students from St Mary's school in Mosgiel visited the Lakes District Museum as part of their camp, and they were full of beans! 2 days of skiing previously didn't stop these students from eagerly learning about Arrowtown history and asking fantastic questions.

The students were booked in for a full day primary programme which included:

• A scary 1880's lesson with grumpy Miss Grey
• A museum visit which included handling artefacts such as a moa bone and a pounamu mere.
• A Historic Walk of Arrowtown where students visited the miners cottages, the Old Gaol, and St Patrick's church
• A tour of the Chinese settlement
• And of course GOLD PANNING!

Students discovered how difficult learning, living, and working conditions were for these early settlers. They also learned about interesting characters from Arrowtown history such as Jack Tewa (discoverer of gold in the Arrow river), Ah Lum (the Chinese settler who spoke both Chinese and English), George Henry Romans (the Arrowtown baker who had 11 children!).

What was the highlight of your visit?

Do you gold panning is easy or hard? Why?

Do you think the Chinese settlers were treated fairly? Why?

Answer my questions and comment about your visit below!

Thanks for visiting St Mary's Mosgiel!