The Unforgettable Field Trip

The unforgettable field trip

We the 8th grade went to Minas Gerais, Ouro Preto. Where we had the opportunity to learn and discover the culture, places, history of this historic city.

We visited many places like churches, where there was much gold and baroque art, and each church had different characteristics such as social class that attended, the saints and the format of Churches . The churches we visited were: Nossa Senhora do Pilar, Santa Efigênia e São Francisco de Assis.

In addition , we visited some mines, one mine is called “Mina da Passagem”, and the other is called “Mina Jeje”, the “Mina da Passagem ” is an artificial mine, where explosives were used and it is very large , but the “Mina Jeje” is very low, and very long.

With the guides and teachers we understood more about the structure of Ouro Preto, discovering that the houses were stuck together so they can have balance and stability, as the terrain is very steep. Its streets are made ​​of parallelepiped floor, which is a very old nineteenth-century floor.

In the center of town, we saw the famous Praça Tiradentes , which has a a statue of Tiradentes , the “Museu dos Inconfidentes”, and the “Escola de Minas”. We visited the “Museu dos Inconfidentes”. It had two floors, the lower floor was the chain, and upstairs was the Chamber. The “Escola de Minas” is the highest point of the square, this place worked at government headquarters and the military headquarters

On the second of last day, we went to the “Parque Natural do Caraça”, we took a trail and noticed the diversity of fauna and flora, our guide explained that this place had the change from the Atlantic Forest to Cerrado, we were amazed by the nature of the “Parque do Caraça”.

We have been to Ouro Preto and we have missed the field trip, and we loved the trip.

8°E

Ana Beatriz             N°03

Gabriela Kogima       N°15

Giovanna Chiara       N°17