Hi everyone, my name is Rory. The trip to Dunedin was so much fun. When we got to Dunedin we went straight to the Young Leaders Conference where leaders talked about our choices and how to be a good leader. My favourite speakers were nick Tuitasi, a policeman for 26 years, and Mark Inglis who has metal legs from frostbite. He was funny.Then the conference ended and Rm 8 went to the Dunedin Art Gallery to meet John Neumegan. He taught us an amazing art style called Ukiyo-e aka Japanese comic art. We did the face and the body and outlined it with ink and then put pastel onto it for colour and cut out pieces of our picture and put coloured paper under it for effect.
When we were all finished we walked to the bus and the bus took us to the Dunedin Museum. We went to meet Andy who told us all the rules for staying the night in the museum.
We went upstairs to Discovery World where we had lots to discover, like airguns, also an electricity machine that followed your fingers. When you were two centimetres away it would go crazy and the lights would be all over the place like they were trying to escape.
After that exhausting play, we ordered pizza in for tea. After tea we continued to explore Discovery World where it was easy to be distracted by what my classmates were doing. It was difficult to stick to one thing for any time because I wanted to do everything at once!
We stopped for a healthy fruit supper before we headed through the red door to do the People of the World with all types of countries like Japan, Australia, Egypt, Congo, and Greece. We got into groups. It took one hour and a half. Then the show finished. Then we went back to where we were staying in the museum to get into our pyjamas. Then we went to sleep – well not all of us did.
When all of us got up we had a choice of breakfast; Rice Bubbles or Cornflakes, fruit and water.
We were buzzing in the legs because Rm 8 was going to the Tropical Rainforest with butterflies, frogs, tarantulas, goldfish and turtles. We had to find all stages of the butterfly; egg, chrysalis, butterfly. Some of us saw a butterfly hatch; it was pretty special in that room. When we went out of the room the excitement dropped so much.
Then we hear that we were going to have an Amazing Race through the museum. We went through the roof because of the excitement! It was so buzzing in the legs all the way through it. Through the People of the World, through the Maori Culture gallery, through Animals of the World. It was so much fun, so much fun.
After that we went from that zinging museum. I took every second in, every one. I would recommend it to everyone.
Now we are getting off track. We were going to the awesome Moana Pool, where we splashed and played flippaball. After that fun was done, it was time to go home. We stopped everywhere! In Gore we stopped at the big Gore fish.
When the excited clan got home, it was not an excited clan the next day.
I think Rory has enough detail for the audience. I think lots of people would like to read the learning story over and over again.
ReplyDeleteI like the use of the words buzzing and zinging.
From Ethan.
Wow Rory. This just goes to show how much talent you have, Keep up the awesome writing!
ReplyDeleteCool writing Rory I think everybody will want to read it because its SO interesting.
ReplyDeleteFrom Kiera. :)
Way to go Rory, I love all of the hard work that you put in your writing to make it sound GREAT!
ReplyDeleteWell done
From Ellie
Neat writing Rory! What a discriptive piece of work. It was an awesome recount. It may be long but it sure had detail and it shows your Intelligence!
ReplyDeleteMcKeely:-}
I love your skills at writing.
ReplyDeleteBrayden.
Awesome writing Rory. I like how you used words in it.
Callum.
wow good writing Rory
ReplyDeleteJenna.
Hey Rory, this is so good - it takes me right back to Dunedin. You have captured the feel of the whole trip. I think your class was buzzing and zinging for the complete trip! Good job Rory! :)
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