Pihitia Station

This week on Tuesday Wainui Beach School went to Pihitia Station.  Before we left, the teachers reminded us that the people working at the farm had taken time off work that day and that we had to show the school values of respect, responsibility and resilience.

When the bus arrived MLH climbed on the bus. When we arrived at Pihitia Station Toby Williams (the owner) told us what we would do in the event of an Earthquake or Tsunami.

Moana Syndicate split into four groups. The group that I was in was going to see a cow getting milked, we learnt lot's about all the food that comes from dairy cows. Then we saw a butcher chopping up a lamb, Toby said we were allowed to go outside if we didn't want to watch, I went outside and talked to Charlotte M, Cornelia and Esther. 

The third thing we saw was some machines they use on a farm like tractors, motorbikes and drones. We watched from the drone's camera as the drone flew through the air. We spotted legs sticking out of the bottom of a four-wheel tractor. Some people thought the person was hurt but then the man who was telling us about the drone said it was a joke they'd set up to trick us. After that we saw two sheepdogs chasing sheep and lambs and we learnt about the sheepdogs and Before lunch, we saw two sheep get shorn and we learnt a lot about wool and the benefits of different kinds of sheep's wool. Then we learnt about native birds and ferrets. Then we had lunch and drove back to school.