Motat Trip

Last week, on Wednesday the 13 of May,the sun was out, the birds were chirping, and there were smiles on everyone's faces. The reason for that, was because the students in rooms 7,9 and 10 from Glenbrae School was going to MOTAT, the Museum of Transport and Technology to learn more about World War 1 and 2.

At School, we went down to the hall, and at 9:15 when the buses came, we hopped on and departed. On the bus, I was sitting with one of my friends, Manuae. I started reading my book that I had in my bag, but then I got bored, so I talked to her until we reached MOTAT.

When we got there, we said “Thank you bus driver” then we got off the bus, lined up and went inside after the other classes to meet our educator Catherine. She opened up the gate for us to come in, and then she introduced herself. After that, she took us to our meeting place.

When we got to the meeting place, we sat down and ate morning tea. After morning tea, Catherine told us our schedule. When everyone had finished morning tea, our class went with Catherine to the education classroom.

At the Education classroom, we learnt more about communication during WW1. We sat down on the mat, and she told us what was on the tables. Then she told us to go and explore and look at the things that were there. On one of the tables, there were two typewriters. On another table, there was a telegram. On another table, there were some telegraphs, medals and artefacts from WW1. In the corner, there were some things that the soldiers used when they were on the field, like mirrors, telescopes and flags. And on the table at the end, there were two field telephones.

After we finished our session in the education room, we went with our adult helpers and went to explore the rest of Motat. That part was exciting. We got to go where we wanted. We went everywhere.

At 12:15, we met up with the rest of the class and went outside to the tram station, which was just outside. We waited there for 5 minutes, and then the tram came. When it did, we got on and said hi to the tram driver. Even on the tram, there was still learning involved. We learnt about the origin of the train and some information about how the tram works.

After the tram ride, we went back to have some lunch. During lunch, we settled down and ate and chatted to one another. Looking around, I saw that everyone was in a group, and that no one was sitting by themselves.

After we finished eating, we went to look at more of the sights at Motat. We also went into the “This Is The Machine” room. In there, there were a lot of things that we played with. That room was fun. Then at 1:45, we went back to the meeting area.

At 2:00, we got onto the bus and went back to school. At School, we went into the hall. When the bell rang at 2:45, we walked out and went home.

At Motat, it was fun because I got to learn more about WW1 and 2.Also because I got to explore more of the things there.