Visit to Howick Historical Village
In week three this term, six Year 10 Social Studies classes went to the Howick Historical Village over two days. This is part of our new topic on “Colonial New Zealand”. Howick was one of four locations in Auckland where military settlers known as the “Fencibles" lived.
For the first part of the day the groups rotated around three activities. The first activity was to make butter. This took around 30 minutes, at which time the boys got to taste the butter they had made.
The second activity was called ‘Trunk’. This activity showed the boys what each family was allowed to bring with them to New Zealand. It consisted of one trunk in which all their belongings were stored. Obviously each family could only bring a small amount with them from their homes, mostly in Ireland, Wales and England.
The final group activity included outside games such as ‘egg and spoon races’. The group that went on the first day had lovely fine weather and got to take part in the colonial games, unlike the group which went on a much wetter Wednesday and were given a different activity - making carts and racing them.
After lunch the boys were given free time to walk around the village, exploring the different buildings that reflected the dwellings and workplaces of these early Auckland settlers.
