EDUCATION: RANGITOTO COLLEGE
Exploring historical sites during Waikato Field Trip.
Exhilarating swoop at Velocity Valley in Rotorua.
Exploring and understanding colonisation and the impact on the Treaty of Waitangi during Bay of Islands Field Trip.
Analysing data collected during Piha Stream Field Trip.
Social Science students explore New Zealand At Rangitoto cultural heritage. College, we embrace Year 11 learning in the field geographers to support our participated in classroom learning. an engaging trip Social sciences to Waitekahu, offer our students Piha Stream. This opportunities gave students to explore New the opportunity Zealand and further to collect data in their study of Te Ao the field for their Māori, the history of 1.5 assessment. Conducting geographical research colonialism, tourism, They measured during Piha Stream Field Trip to and the natural the width of understand importance of river History students examining the whenua during Bay of Islands sustainability. Field Trip. world. three data sites Year 13 historians to see if the enjoyed an excursion focused on the Waikato Wars. Staying width of Piha Stream changed at different locations. They relished at a marae, they visited historical sites including the battle of immersing themselves in our whenua during this highly educational Rangiaowhia, the raid of Ōrākau, fighting pā and burial sites. experience. Students reflected on what life was like during these momentous Year 13 geographers explored the cultural process of tourism wars in New Zealand, their causes and lasting consequences. Year development in Rotorua during an immersive three-day trip. One 12 historians looked at sites of significance in the Bay of Islands of the highlights was visiting Te Puia where they learnt about Māori including the Waitangi Treaty Grounds and Kororāreka, Russell. They arts and crafts including carving and weaving. They appreciated gained a deeper understanding of events that shape Aotearoa’s enhancing their knowledge of Māori tikanga.
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