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Te Awamutu Museum provides a variety of educational experiences at a variety of locations across the Waipa District. Our educational offering caters for school aged students, and is funded by the Ministry of Education and the Waipa District Council.
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2014 sessions
Take me there: Schooling 100 years ago
The combination of an authentic 1910 school house, hands on learning, and small group problem solving will give your students insight into early 20th century schooling.
Depending on your learning intentions programmes may include:
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Ink nib writing
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Period costume dress-ups
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Slate writing
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Playground games
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Warm, lumpy school milk
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Giant archival photo jigsaw puzzles
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Ispy iPad challenges
The School Days programme is hosted at Mystery Creek, and is intergrated into a days worth of heritage activies. At Mystery Creek we can accommodate up to 150 students and there is a minimum charge of 20 students per session..
Contact one of our educators for more information, or to book your session.
Related Museum experiences
Classroom Resources
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School Days - Mystery Creek
Years 1-8
Incorperated as part of a 10am-1:30pm visit
Mystery Creek Ag Heritage Centre
$3 per student entry fee
Terms 1 – 4 (Monday – Friday)
School - unit plans- teacher notes.
School- Resources, activies, worksheets, readings etc.
School- Photo Pack