K.P.M.G

Today we had our trip too K.P.M.G. As always we had loads of fun and learnt heaps!  This time it was based on things we are covering this term. You might know that our theme is Something In The Water.

When we arrived we were greeted by Justine and some staff members. We were told to take a seat and one by one they all introduced themselves and what they did. However they also told us some bad but good news. Justine told us that Nate the chef has left, he got a better job offer. Good news for him but bad for us.

The next thing that happened was we were introduced to two women. Their names were Lucy and Susy, they told us that they work were ecologist. They looked at the environment and it's inhabitants. They also looked at saving the aquatic life. They have done heaps to help the environment in many other ways too. The last thing they did was tell us about how we can help aquatic life.





Then we had morning tea. It was amazing and delicious. We were all very thankful. We are alway treated to delicious meals whenever we take a trip to K.P.M.G. We ate and happily chatted away. Very soon after most of us had finished eating. We were told to line up.

This was because we were about to work to the Sustainable coastlines shack, for a presentation. It was about a ten minute walk and we all enjoyed getting some fresh air too. When we arrived their was a women standing their. She greeted us and told us to take a seat and get comfy. She then told us where the toilets and that kind of information.

Then she started her presentation, she started by asking us what we have been learning in school about what ways and stuff. I guess she was told what our theme for the term was too. She talked about all these waterways and it's inhabitants, how they can be ruined and how to save them. She also talked about what Sustainable Coastlines do for the enviroment and they study and find ways to help the enviroment. I was very interested in the information she was sharing and really enjoyed listening to her.


When her prensentation finished we were allowed to explore. Before the presentation had started she told us that the shack and everything in it was made out of recycled material. So when we explored it wasn't just the information on the wall too read. Me and Jedida looked at the posters and the art made from bottle caps and things you might find on the beach. However in this process we found a seat with sometype of animal skin on it, I felt it and stood their thinking is this real. Me and Jedida decided not to answer that question as it may make us sick to know.

After our adventure we walked outside where there was a gift shop and a broken kind of working piano. Their was also a beautiful view of the sun, I stood there and admired it before I second. Then I was snapped back to reality and pulled in to a photo. I stood their as all these adult took pictures and before I knew it we were done.

We lined up and started walking back. Me and Jedida were buddies so we chatted the whole way back, of course their was an adult to lead us back. Her name was Holly she was one of the staff members from K.P.M.G and we had some very interesting conversations. Mostly about food, what we love about food and what we don't like so much. We all agreed that we didn't like fish, and joked about how we wouldn't be caught over fishing in the sea.

Before we knew we were back in K.P.M.G, we sat down and waited for our next task. We were then split into 5 groups. I wasn't in the same group as Jedida but I still had Tha-zin in my group. We sat around tall table and were givin a large A3 peice of paper. It had some info and instructions. Our task was to find out about the God Tane Mahuta and what his domain was. Then we had to find out how soft plastic affected the Tane Mahuta's Domain. In this case it was how did soft plastic affect the forest and it's inhabitants. We wrote a couple of things down and discussed on what we thought and why we thought that way.

Before we knew it, lunchtime had rolled by. The room was filled with a delicous aroma, like last time their was a variety of foods some that I have never seen before. At this point I decided to try something new and eat a salad with these weird ingredients in it. It did taste nice and I did enjoy it. I have always loved the salads from K.P.M.G there always filled with lovely nutirous things. There weren't many tables so I sat with a King and was soon seated with a bunch of boys but I didn't mind. We talked about Marvel, End Game and the best way to torcher someone. Not saying that I would actually do it!

When we had all finsihed we returned to our table. Our next task was to construct a robot with a bunch of craft supplies, luckily it didn't have to work. So we designed a robot to collect all soft plastic and other rubbish and construct it into works of art. As a example Me, Makayla, Tha-zin and Eden worked on a tree sculpture made from Plastic bottles, straws and other craft supplies. It look really good and I was really proud of it, we left it at K.P.M.G as a memory of this trip.

When we had finished presenting I was asked to say a thank you to K.P.M.G, Justine, Sustainable Coastlines and Miro. Those are the people that helped and planned the day for us. We said our personal thank you and goodbyes and headed back to the bus stop. It wasn't far and I recognised it from this morning. Before boarding I looked up at the building and whispered a soft that you for this wonderful day. It truly was amazing and I had heaps of fun learnt lots and can't wait to learn more.