Museum Trip

Today Team 5 were fortunate enough to travel to the Auckland War Memorial Museum. This would not have been possible if it wasn't for support from our sponsor KPMG. Not only did they cover the cost of the trip and shout us a delicious morning tea, but over 30 of their staff volunteered to be our helpers on the trip itself!

Our fantastic volunteer Hamish sharing his expertise

We were able to split up into small groups of three or four and travel around the museum and winter gardens with our assigned volunteers. This was a fantastic opportunity for us and we found so many interesting artefacts to discuss throughout the day! See what some of our learners had to say about the day:

Makayla 

" I was in a group together with Amelia and Naomi, when we got to the museum we found out that we will be with a KPMG volunteer for the day. Me and my group were with a kind woman named Alex. She was very polite and fun to be around during the time we were with her.

She came all around the museum with us and spent a whole day with us. She took photos of us, looked after us and laughed with us. I along with my group were very happy to have her as our volunteer, we felt very comfortable with her and had many fun. My favorite part of the day was 'The Winter Garden'. I found it very beautiful and exotic, I liked all the different flowers and plants. Overall I had a really great day with my friends and Alex."

Josh

" My highlight of the trip was watching the video of the volcano (Rangitoto) erupt in Auckland. My team watched it in a 'house' and once the volcano exploded the house was shaking, it moved side to side fast as! There were heaps of equipment and instruction to survive natural disasters at the museum. "