We began at Lake Karapiro. We found out that "Karapiro" means "stinky rocks". Tereora told us that before the dam was built, many years ago there was a war here along the Waikato River. Some people died and their bodies were burnt on some big rocks. These rocks then had a bad smell, and so the area became know as Karapiro ("stinky rocks"). Some of these rocks are now placed at the entrance of the Don Rolland Centre at Lake Karapiro.
Next we went to the trenches and had a look at what it might have been like to be a soldier or nurse in the war, living in and fighting from the trenches. Tereora told us that the trenches in the world wars in Europe would have been very muddy and there were lots of lots of rats. We thought it would have been pretty horrible to have to stay in those trenches.
There were so many leaves by the trenches, we just couldn't resist throwing them in the air. We gathered up big piles of leaves, counted to 3, and threw them in the air. And then, we gathered up more leaves and threw them at the grown ups! It was SO funny.
After that, we ate our morning tea and went into town to begin our scavenger hunt.
We had a lot of fun finding significant places around Cambridge. We tried our best to stay dry, even though the clouds had decided to drop some rain on us.
Our parent helpers were amazing! It was fun using Tereora's iPads to do the scavenger hunt.
Finally, we went back to school to dry out.
The next day, we shared our learning by drawing maps of the significant places that we found out about. Come and look at our fantastic maps in Ruma Piwakawaka.
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