The annual Wellington trip for Year 8 students in the DLU took place from 15 - 19 August when 17 students and 3 parents, along with Mr Metcalfe, flew into the capital city which was experiencing a week of beautiful sunny weather. The group stayed at the centrally located YHA, took in Te Papa and the Gallipoli exhibition, visited our nation's Parliament, experienced the "There and Back Again" tour of WETA Studios, visited the Zealandia Wildlife Sanctuary, and the "Great War Exhibition" at the Dominion Museum. We also spent three sessions at Capital E where we created two television news shows and worked on 2D animation in the Media Centre. A highlight was our visit to the National War Memorial where we attended the commemoration service for the end of the Vietnam War, and sang our school song "Jerusalem" as part of the ceremony. In our down time, we went Rock wall climbing, took in a movie, and played our Challenge Games that we created prior to arriving. On the last night, the group went to Genghis Khan's Mongolian Restaurant for a memorable dinner. A great week, with lots of fun and new experiences.
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| The group practices "Jerusalem" inside the National War Memorial. |
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| The National War Memorial towers beyond the Australian memorial. |
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| The faceless woman statue representing those left behind during wars. |
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| The tomb of the unknown warrior looking down to the Australian memorial. |
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| The girls meet up with a likely looking lad at the WETA Cave. |
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| Jorja and Nikita get up close to a giant tuatara at Zealandia. |
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| The "Weather Girl" gets ready to present the news on what's ahead around the regions. |
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| Group photo at TePapa |
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| Polishing the pounamu at TePapa. |
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| Autocues for the newsreaders! |
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| News controller Nikita surveys her crew through the control room window. |
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| Action in the studio with News Cast. |
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| Rock Wall climbing at Queens Wharf. |
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Nikita interviews Jorja in front of the green screen.
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| Chloe and her inseparable hat at the Capital E studios. |
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| Ella in control of the sound. |
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| Loren and Tiana in the studio. |
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| Camera's roll! |
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| Group photo outside the Beehive and Parliament. |
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| Xavier works on his animations at Capital E |
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| Dinner at the Genghis Khan Mongolian restaurant. |
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Some of the girls engrossed in their animations.
Guests and Military personnel at the Vietnam Ceremony.
The Last Post at the National War Memorial.
Chloe and Tiana trade chopsticks in their challenge match.
Loren builds her marshmellow tower.
Nikita caught building her tower.
 Xavier plays Isabella in Connect 4.
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Xavier plays Isabella in Connect 4.
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