Waitomo Caves

Waitomo caves!

Yesterday the middle team went to the Waitomo caves on a bus  to learn about caves with some parent helpers.

First we meet our guide she told us what we are going to do and she also explained the rules we were not allowed to touch anything .

Then we entered the caves  when we were in the cave we learnt  about stalagmites and stalactites we saw lots of glow worms to when the light was on we could see the lines that the glowworms had let down to get there food.

After that we went down some steps to get to  the river we caught our boat there were glowworms above our head  it was dark they

twinkled like stars we paddled out of the cave we had morning tea after that.

Next we went to the museum we sort of had a little play there but we were learning about how it felt like caving and crawling through little tunnels like we were caving we learnt even more about caves there.

Then we went to the classroom we learnt about how caves are formed and what caves are made of we passed around fossils stalagmites stalactites lime stones and shark teeth. Then we had lunch.

After that we went on a bush walk we walked through lots of little caves there was limestone on the ground we could even take 1 limestone home.

Did you know caves are made of lots of sea creatures.

A Glowworm light glows more when it is hungry.

The waitomo caves was fun!