Ferrymead and Bridle Path Trip!!

Hello Bloggers!!

Last week on Friday, me and my hub went on a trip to Ferrymead for the day. We went on this trip because our PBL relates to NZ history. Our PBL question is: How can we as writers effectively share New Zealand's stories?? So because that question relates to NZ History the teachers decided to take us on a trip. We went to two places in 2 different groups. They two places were: Climbing the Bridle Path and going to Ferrymead Heritage Park. The first group left at 9:00 and came back at 3:00 and then the second group left at 10:00 and came back at 4:30. The first group went to Ferrymead and then climbed the Bridle Path and the second group climbed the Bridle Path and then went to Ferrymead.
Here is a bit about each activity.

Climbing the Bridle Path:
When I heard the sentence "we are climbing the Bridle Path" I went ugh. I had heard that it is very challenging and very steep. So on the day I was like I can do it no matter how hard it is. At the start it was very very steep. My legs were already aching after 10 minutes of walking. What was happening? Anyway after 45 minutes we were at half way. "Phew" The next half was on a road. It was flat and made my legs feel like they were speed walking. I liked that! When we had done a bit of walking we tried to find the gate that lead up to the Gondola. But we could not find it. AHH. We decided to keep walking and see what was around the corner. Around the corner was another corner. We followed that and then it lead us to a dead end. GREAT. We climbed over the gate and asked someone where was the way up to the top. The person said follow that gate over their and it will take you to the top. It was the gate that lead to the top. Yippee!! We all signed a relief and were proud of what we had done. It was really fun and would love to climb it again soon.

Ferrymead Heritage Park:
When I heard that we were going to this place, I was like Yay!  Not so long ago I had been their with my family and my cousin. Their was a lot of information to this place and would really go well with our PBL focus. After we had climbed the Bridle Path we got a ride in the school van from the Bridle Path to Ferrymead. That was a great ride! Later on we lined up in 2 groups and quietly went to the place that we were told. The girls went to the station and the boys went to the station but on the other side. We went here because we were going to get dressed in olden day clothes. I loved the idea! When we were all dressed, we went into a hall and sat on chairs. We got told where we were going to go and why we went there. The 3 places were: The Toy Shop, The Bakery and The School. Here is a bit about each activity. They all were really fun and made our minds explode with thousands of details.

The Toy Shop: This place is where all the toys from the 1900s come from. We got introduced to all the toys and then got to play with them and to see what it was like for them. Some of the toys were: long skipping rope, go carts, bubbles, stick on a plate and loads more. It was really fun!

The school: I was really looking forward to this one because it was going to be so much fun. We got introduced about the school and then did a role play. The role play was my favourite part as we had to do work!! I love work! Learning about the school was really awesome and I would love to spend the day at the school again soon.

The bakery:  This one was my second favourite. We got to learn about how they had to make things by hand and that they had no fridges and freezers to freeze stuff so they could have it another day.  It sounded fun but boring at the same time. We got to make scones and then have a look at what the equipment was like. They were exciting but boring. I had so much fun here I would defiinitely love to come again another time.

So that is all about the two activities. Here are some questions that we had to answer about our trip.

Question:  What were the differences and similarities of the time you experienced at Ferrymead to now??
Answer:  
Differences: In the 1900s  they had to cook and make things by hand. They had to eat the food that they made or otherwise they would be throwing it in the bin. They had to wear a lot of layers each day and loads more.
Right now we can freeze things, we can wear as many layers as we want, we can share the jobs around if we wanted and loads more.
Similarities: They lived in houses. They had ovens and stoves and they used fire for heat and cooking.

Question: From your experiences what do you think life was like at home in the era of your event?
Answer:  I think that life at home in the 1900s was hard because they had to make things by hand, they had to wear a lot of layers, they had certain rules and loads more.

Question: How do you think the early settlers felt climbing the Bridle Path with all their belongings??
Answer:  I think that it would of been extremely hard because carrying a lot of things would make your back sore and make you tired really easily. If I was one of the early settlers I would cry because of the amount of things I was carrying and the layers that I was wearing.

Question: Find someone who was in the other group at Ferrymead and compare what it was like in the era that they experienced to what you experienced.
Answer:
Monique: I experienced that most things they had was made of wood and metal, they used ink pens, and they don't use much things to bake cookies.
Hannah: I experienced that they had to do things by hand, they used pencils to write and draw, and they make scones using hardly any ingredients.

Question: Highlights\Lowlights from the trip??
Answer:  
Highlights: Learning new things, making my mind explode, going on a trip, having a look what it was like in the 1900s.
Low lights: It went so fast.

Question: How has this experience changed your understanding of your recount era?
Answer: I would say that in the 1900s you had to make stuff by hand, wear so many layers, do loads of jobs and much more. Right now you can where less layers, share jobs around and much more.

So that is all about our trip that the Kaupeka Hub went on.
Here is some photos of our trip and a question for you guys to think about.

Question to everyone reading: What do you know about NZ History??

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