Hola bloggers,
This is my Stardome trip recount
(Pictures at the end)
On Tuesday the 6th of August 2024, rooms 1, 2, ,8 10, 6 and 8 got to go to the Stardome! Rooms 9 and 11 would go the next day. We started the day as usual, Mr Albert did the roll then off we went to the hall. We ate breakfast and did buddy reading. We also did Maths because we were leaving for the Stardome AFTER morning tea play. So, after Maths instead of Fitness, we got ready to go to Stardome. We(Room 6) got our bags and people handed out snack packs to everyone. I gave mine to Zaina because I didn’t want mine.
After that, we lined up to go to the hall with our bags. When we came in, we sat in our lines in front of the stage. Then room 8 came. We had Morning tea since we didn’t have any yet. Then Miss Mackenzie and Mr Albert decided that we could play until the bell rang for the end of Morning tea play.
So, Zaina, Eva and I went to the playground. The monkey bars were wet, so we went to play on the fire pole. We went under the wood and we were using the fire pole to fly. We were having so much until Eva PUSHED ME and I hurt my ankle but I was ok.
After the bell rang we came back to the hall where rooms 1,2 and 10 had came already. Miss Mackenzie said that Room 1,10 and 6 had the first session and rooms 8 and 2 will get the 2nd session so room 6,1 and 10 had to get on the bus first.
So we did. Zaina, Eva and I sat in two seats(because we can💅). We were a bit squashed but we were ok . We just talked until Stardome came along. All the juniors were so excited because they have NEVER been there before! We got off the bus and lined up in our classes to wait for a Stardome person to come.
After a few minutes, he came and told us to sit down inside. He said his name was Josh and he will be with us. So, we put our bags in cages so nobody would take them. Josh told us what we were going to do and then we went into a room.
In the room, Josh turned off the lights so we could see the stars that were shining from the projector. Josh told us when we can see Matariki in the sky and how the earth orbits the sun. Also he told us where Orin and Maui’s fish hook and how you can spot Matariki. You need to find Orion’s belt and if you look in the direction, you will see Matariki.
After that, Josh let us explore Stardome! We looked at all of the really cool things. We went to a place where we had to lift up milk bottles from Earth, moon and sun. Eva and I found out that the Sun milk bottles were GLUED on the table. After 10 minutes of exploring, we went back into the room and saw Kahoot was getting set up.
People were so excited but I don’t know what was so exciting. It was JUST a Kahoot, nothing special. But we got to choose our groups. My group was Zaina, Eva, Danika and a junior that I forgot their name of. Our name in the Kahoot was Mercury(because Josh set it up). Josh said that the winning team would get free movie tickets to Stardome again. Surprisingly, my group got first place! But then Josh said that EVERYONE will get one but he will give them to our teachers to give to us at school.
After the Kahoot, we went into the main place. We went into where we watched all of the things(I forgot what the room was called). We watched some Maori stories(3 to be exact) and after each story Josh would zoom into a thing in space. It was really fun when he zoomed in because people felt like they were flying! We stayed there for about 15 minutes.
After that, we sat where we sat when we first came and Josh talked to us. He asked if we had fun. We all said yes and we got our bags from the cages and went to eat lunch since Room 8 and 2 still had to do their turn.
We put the mats out on the grass since the grass was wet. I had a cake for lunch ( a rainbow cake). Mrs Jacob(Room 1’s teacher) said that we could go and play in the playground and we had to come back when she blew her whistle. Eva, Zaina, Danika and I ran.
We first ran to the train but sadly it was occupied. Then we just went around and started playing randomly around the playground. Eva, Zaina, Danika and I played on the house thing. We kept on yelling Mr Albert’s name for a joke! It was so fun and most of the time he couldn’t even hear us! About 20 minutes later, Mrs Jacob blew her whistle so we all came back to where we ate lunch.
We tidied up and goot in our class lines. Sadly, in the bus Eva, Zaina and I were separated😢. Zaina was behind me and Eva was in front of me. It was about a 10 minute ride back to school. Eva and I just did little talks but Zaina was behind me so it would be weird for all three of us to turn our backs to talk! Room 8 and 11 were already at school somehow. They were walking inside the school, so maybe they came 2 minutes before us?
Room 6 went inside the classroom and started packing up the class since it was almost 3:00PM. But when I put my chair up the bell rang so Mr Albert let us out. Finally, we went home and continued our day.
By: Anoosha
Pictures:
Place where you watch things:

Rainbow Cake:

One tree hill playground:

Orion’s Belt:

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