Lake Daniell William Pike Tramp

 Yesterday, Wednesday the 9th of September, I got up at 7 and got ready in preparation for the Lake Daniell William Pike tramp. I arrived at school at 8 and our class and parents left for Lake Daniell at 8:20a.m. In my car was Nevey, Olive and I.  all week we had been doing work around leaving no trace, hypothermia all in preparation for wednesday.

On the way up we were all quite tired because it was still quite early but we ate chocolate biscuits and M and M’s. All the car groups met up at Reefton and went to the bathroom for the first car break. The car ride went for 2 hours. The second car break we had was at lewis pass which is in the southern alps.  when we arrived at the start of the tramp. We all numbered off and started walking

Last year I did the exact same walk but last year it was cold and raining. This year it was sunny and a nice day to go for a walk because this year we did it in spring. The walk there was quite easy and fun. We all walked through the beech forest.

When we arrived at the lake (kohanga Atawhai- Manson Nicolas hut)  we were allowed to walk through the newly built hut. Inside the hut it is very nice and gives off camping vibes. It is quite homely and there are 2 sleeping rooms. We all ate lunch at the hut and we went on the jetty to look out at the lake. Some parents took photos of us all on the hut and then we started walking back to the cars.

The way back took longer and felt worse because everyone was tired and wanted to go home. Even though I was tired I still kept walking and didn't complain. Some kids got told off because they were having a moss fight and throwing moss at each other. They got told off because they were not following the rules to ‘leave no trace’ We have been working around leaving no trace and putting things back where we found them. It was quite funny because on the way back I heard a lot of my classmates whining about wanting to go home.

 When we got to the cars it was the best feeling ever. On the car ride home I suddenly got all my energy and Nevey, Olive and I couldn't stop laughing. We drove all the way back to our school and dropped Olive off. My mum knows Nevey’s dad so we dropped Nevey off at her house and went home.

Overall I actually enjoyed the walk but I wished we were allowed to stay the night. I think that it would have been fun with everybody there for the night. I also think that it would be a good track to stay the night at because the walk is very easy and flat the whole way. I wonder if the Year 8s could do Lake Daniell tramp again for the overnight tramp instead of the other walk that has been planned?

Ski Trip

 Ski Trip

Health and Physical Education Level 4  WALT access and use information to make and action safe choices in a range of contexts. WALT demonstrates willingness to accept challenges, learn new skills, and extend abilities in movement-related activities. WALT specify individual responsibilities and to take collective action for the care and safety of others in the school and in the wider community.

Success Criteria: 

• I will discuss and demonstrate my understanding of the Skier’s Code of Conduct in pre-ski discussion and through my actions on the ski field… making responsible and appropriate choices throughout Ski Day.

• I will undertake ski/snowboard lessons suitable for my skill level, seeking to improve my technique and control.

•  I will be correctly equipped for my participation in Ski Day.

• I will create a response to the ski trip to share my new learning.

Porters code of conduct Code of conduct:

People below you have the right of way:

Obey all ski area signage:

Look before you leap:`

Stop where you can be seen:

Don't lose what you use:

   Stay in control - This was the main focus we worked on because it's the hardest thing to do when you're new to learning skiing and snowb=oarding. This was our main focus because as soon as you can stay in control you have done the hardest part.

Stay on the scene 

In my ski lesson at porter heights it was really fun and I learnt a lot of new valuable skills and rules that i didn't know before. It was a great day and everyone had a really good time. I made it to the intermediate slope which I didn't think I would and smashed through the fence a couple of times before I got the hang of it.

In my snowboarding class it was really good and I learned a lot in the short time that we were in a lesson.  It was only me and Tyler in a lesson with the snowboarding instructor. I picked it up quite fast and I got onto the second slope quickly because the snowboarding instructor said that we were good enough to try the harder slope. By the end of the day I was really sore but had improved so much.

What should you bring? Bring ski pants, thermals and polypro tops, a warm hat, good sunglasses and a bike helmet if you're not hiring a ski helmet. we used everything we listed . Bring a big lunch with lots of sugar trets to keep your energy up!

One thing we found funny was watching all of the people fall over, we know they were only learning but sometimes it's quite funny seeing everybody fall over each other. We  also found ourselves falling over quite funny, one time Lily did a full back roly poly and then I got straight up.            

SSR Challange week 3

This week I read 3 articles:

Be With A Tree

Save Our Kaouri 

How Do I use a cleaning station ( for some New Zealand walks)

Out of the three articles I found two that were intresting. (highlighted in grey)

I found the cleaning station one more intresting because I actually have never 

been to a walk that has a cleaning station. I also liked this Article because it 

had images and text on the images on what to do with the tools that you are 

given.

things to do if your going for a walk and you run into a cleaning stataion:

 Use the tools as profived but always scrape out your shoes before spraying

 with disonfectent because there is no point if you do it befroe scraping out

 your shoes. 

Matariki Star

Today to celebrate matariki we made a matariki star. with wool a compass and paper

SSR Challenge - Poems

Poems i've read: 

Book: A Treasury Of NZ For Poems and Children

The Bumble Bee Postie - John Parker

Getting a fish - lachlan boniface 

Rainy Day Wash Away - Kyle Mewburn

The Albadile and the Crocotross - Paula Green

Computers Can’t Scoot - Rachel McAlpine

My Sister- Margeret Mahy

Big Blue Mouth - John Malone

Cows In drought - Emily Bloutin 

Country Roast- Alexandra swain

Palomino - vivienne Joseph

My Favorite poem:

Getting a fish - Lachlan Boniface 

Why? Because the poem was so short and simple. It was about him asking his parents for a fish in a 4 sentence poem and the poem was made by Lachlan Boniface 

 A 7 year old boy. I think it’s very cute that a 7 year old boys poem got in a popular poem book.

Circle DLO

beach cookout

On Wednesday room 8 went to the beach behind the Marist rugby ground. We went to the beach for a cook out to fill in our out door activities and to have a good lunch. My group had Breeana, Lily, Nevaeh and ethan. Our group made burgers and smoors for the dessert. To build the fire we needed to collect tinder and kindling. For our group it was easy to find kindling and tinder. To get our kindling and tinder there was a bunch of sticks behind our group. When we went over there and collected the stuff we were able to start our fire. We used matches to start our fire. Ethan brought the meat patties, salt and cooking oil. Lily brought the buns and the precooked chips as well as the frying pan beetroot, mayo and hot plate. Nevey brought the marshmellows and the biscuits. Breeana brought chocolate and plastic plates. Our lunch was great, I would definitely have it again.