Students making the most of the museum
The Te Awamutu Museum continues to be a valued and relevant resource for local schools.
The museum is currently hosting an exhibition put on by Year 7 and 8 students from Pirongia School.
The interactive exhibition explores the stories of the student’s maunga.
It was opened by Mayor Jim Mylchreest on an evening for students and families that included a karanga, speeches and a short play.
The exhibition was created in conjunction with the Te Awamutu Museum Education service.
The museum holds a contract with the Ministry of Education to run Learning Experiences Outside the Classroom and runs a wide range of social history-based programmes for students at primary and secondary level.
Pirongia School’s exhibition will be displayed on the Front Porch gallery at the Museum until Saturday, June 2.
Meanwhile, Te Awamutu Intermediate students have been learning about waste minimisation in a programme at the museum.
Te Awamutu Intermediate Room 5 teacher Tracy Ellis says the programme aimed to help students learn about recycling and reducing waste.
“It’s so important to teach the next generation about waste minimisation.”
The programme also helped the students to form ideas for their upcoming wearable arts show called Junk 2 Funk.
Junk 2 Funk explores the question: What is our impact on the world’s water and what can we do to improve it?
Te Awamutu Intermediate’s wearable arts show is at Te Awamutu Intermediate Hall, Thursday, May 24 at 7pm. Gold coin donation.