EOTC WEEK

EOTC Week

Last week we had EOTC which stands for Education Outside The Classroom. I am going to tell you all about our EOTC with our block., Pohutukawa.

EOTC is a week when the Pohutukawa block has a week of fun but we still learn. On Monday we went down to Aotea lagoon. On Tuesday we had survival day. On Wednesday we went to Te Papa, Nga Taonga sound and vision and we also had a sleepover. On Thursday we went to Te Rauparaha arena and had a swim. Finally on Friday we stayed at school and had assembly, Kapa Haka and the year 7 and 8s were our teachers for the afternoon.

One thing we learnt about at Nga Taonga sound and vision was the early New Zealand in the 1900’s. A man took us into a movie theater and showed us some photos, ads, videos and some old video tapes. Another place where we learnt was Te Papa. What we learnt about at Te Papa was about the early maori. The main person we learnt about was Te Rauparaha.

. Te Rauparaha was important to maori people because he had 6 toes and only a taniwha had 6 toes.

They believed that he was a god. People passed on and said that Te Rauparaha was very good in battles and that he won many battles for his people/village.

The best Part of EOTC was at the swimming pools. I liked the pools the best because I liked the bouncy castle. Also I liked the higher slide. It was the best day of the whole entire week.

One thing I found challenging was understanding how to do the worksheet for the awesome forces. It was challenging because all the stuff we were supposed to do, every one was on it.

That is all about our EOTC week.