The two teachers... like 5% of the kids... with their mums!!
We had to hire two buses to fit everyone in!! And it is a very nice bus!
Kids checking out which bus there are placed in!
The kids had groups of i think about 3-4 kids and 1 guardian. At the start of the trip they were given a quiz paper. It was part of the Wonka Challenge. This trip was an outing for the topic Charlie and The Chocolate Factory that is being held for 2 months. Some of the questions they already learnt it during classes. However, some of them they had to observe during the whole trip. I was in Aunty Amy (The founder of this academy )'s bus! The journey there took about 1/2 hour. Then...FINALLY we reached our destination!
The first thing i noticed was the big cacao bean! The factory looked more like a shop ( big one ) instead of a factory. Once we went in, we saw two shops on opposite sides in the shade selling... CHOCOLATES!! I just love milk choc. especially!! ~ slurp ~ BUT!! No time to buy stuff... i had to continue taking photos of the ultra excited kids..
We went up a flight of staircases and TADA! A door! We entered the door and it kinda smelled stuffy. I guess thats because they never really aired the room and i saw a big sign that told me I was just given a break from my job. It was a NO... sign and the big picture of a camera was there XD! Anyways, we went in and everyone got a sit except for me. Oh well, i guess i can stand. ^^ Then... BOOM! The electricity went out for like 5 mins and it came back. A lady then came in and gave everyone a brief talk about the factory and showed a slide show.
After all that, the doors on the other side opened and the smell!! The chocolate smell was overflowing and it was glorious! We went through the door into this corridor...on the walls there were like big boards showing the history of chocolate. It was said that the first people to discover the secret of cacao was the people during the classic period maya. I was mixed with water, pepper, and other spices as a frothy and spicy drink. Sounds disgusting to me though. ^^
After that, choc was a European symbol of wealth and power. Imagine our money as choc? I think i would be extra poor cause i will be eating everyone of em ^^ Then we went along into this room where they showed us all of beryl's different type of chocs. Some were in a shape of a bunny, egg, football and lots more. ^^ We continued by looking at the various ways of making choc. I am quite sure you have eaten chocolates that are round and have nuts right. Did you know that just to make them you put the nuts in something that looks like the machine to mix cement. Well, you just have to turn the thing, and the pipe in front of the opening will squirt out chocolate at it and it also acts as a blower to make sure the chocolates don't stick. ^^ Then they showed us the various types of packaging. Mostly done by machines of course.
Kids posing with a cow statue~~
We ended the whole trip at the choco factory by buying CHOCOLATES! I bought quite a bit for me and my family! SLURP!!! After that, back on the buses! And off to the next activity. Oh, before we left the choco factory the kids had to hand up their quiz papers! And A. Amy was marking it on the way back to see the final 11 groups that would be going to the next round.
The next round of the Wonka challenge! The kids had to guess how many chocolates there were in a big round bottle. The 6 groups that were closest to the answer will gooo to the next round!! We then had a short briefing for the parents on what Edison Explorers is but i shan't go into detail. Next round was wheel-burrow ^^ the kids had to pair up and at the starting line there are plates. And at the other end there were plates also, but with slices of lemon! I also love lemon! ^^ they had to bring their partners to the other side and pick up the lemon with their mouth and bring the lemon back to the other side again. There are 4 lemons for each group. And the fastest team will win. It was really funny to see them pick up the lemons and because they were rushing they did not make a U-turn but drag their partner with the lemon backwards. ^^ The prizes were amazing! RM 100 and about 100 famous Amos cookies!!!
I would love to continue but i guess i shouldn't make this too long winded ^^ hehe ^^ find out more next time ^^
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