Stardome Trip Writing

Kia ora whānau, Last week our school went to the Stardome but classes went at different times. When we went to the Stardome we learnt about Matariki, I have done a writing about the trip we went on. 

Trip to Stardome

On Tuesday 23rd of June our school went on a trip to the Stardome. I was so excited but also a little nervous. As I thought of what it would be like because I have never been here before. My best friend Sascha was in my group, also Leon and Monica’s son, Pranav. 

When I met my parent helper, Monica I was SO excited because she was so kind. We ate lunch before going on the bus with room 2. I finished eating quite early so I played around for a bit. Once we finished eating and got in our lines with our parent helpers we got into the bus and started driving to the Stardome.

When we got there we went in and we waited but then we found out we came 5 minutes early. So we looked at some of the stuff until one of the staff from the Stardome. When they came we went into a room where we learnt about Matariki, did you know that Matariki is the hottest star in space. They told us a lot of stuff about Matariki including things like how in May, the sun blocks the earth from seeing the Matariki stars.

After Vennesa talked to us about Matariki she told us that she would give us one ipad per group and there would be 7 questions to answer. My group answered it quickly but we got one wrong. So that meant we only got six answers right.

Then when we finished doing the questions we had to line up and wait. When we were ready we went into a room with lots of seats. We sat on the seats and waited for the other people to get ready. Once everybody was ready, Vennesa told us that there would be stories being put on the ceiling and once she was finished talking the stories started. The first story was about kids living under the ground. Then the second was about Rona and the moon and the last one was about the Matariki stars. 

I think it was super fun and I loved the activity. I also loved the planetarium, where we watched the stories. My favorite story was the Rona one, I would definitely want to come back here and see more stuff about Matariki.

Hope you guys like it, here are some photos we took at the Stardome.

This one is when we were about to watch the stories on the ceiling. We watch 3 stories and my favourite is Rona. We were in the planetarium. 

This is when we were in the a room that I don't know is called but this is were we talked about Matariki.