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Callaghans Ridge

Callaghans Ridge

On the 11th of April room 1 and 8 went to tramp the Callaghans ridge track.
We drove to Kumara Junction and turned left at the roundabout. In my car Dad
was driving and the passengers were me, Mackenzie, Sasha and Xavier.

When we got to the entrance to the track some people drove to the end of the
tramp to park cars there and came back in other cars. We got into our groups
for the scavenger hunt. My group was me, Daniel and Aimee. On the walk we
decided to stay at the back with Ms Kemp, Daniel’s dad (Glen) and
my dad (Angus). The track was uphill a lot of the way. When we
stopped, me, Daniel and Aimee got to go in the front of the line.

When we were halfway we stopped and made a shelter in our school teams.
My team was me, Dakota, Nathanael, Summer and Jaxon. We used a
tarpaulin and some rope. We put the rope in the holes in the tarpaulin and
tied it to a few trees on the top of the bank. That was our shelter. Then we
ate our lunch. I had bacon and egg pie for lunch. It was yummy. Then we
packed up our shelters and continued walking.

After a while of walking (four hours!) we came into a clearing.
We were near the end. We walked and ran for a while and came
out to the end. We met at a picnic table and talked a bit about the walk.
Then we got into the car and drove back to school. I really liked the tramp.
I am going to go again with my family one day.

Marae Visit

Beach Visit At The Marae

On Tuesday Ruma Tahi and Ruma Waru went to the Arahura Marae.

We were walking down to the beach in our sneakers. It was a 5 minute
walk to the beach. When we got to the beach we had a sculpture competition.
I got in a group with, Daniel, Phoebe, Korban and Summer.

We made a waka out of wood and stone. I found a log that was stuck in the
ground so I called Korban and Daniel over to help. We were all like grrrrr to
get it out. When we got it out we celebrated.

I then added that stick to the front of the boat. Korban found another stick and
we had the whole group trying to get it out. When we got it out we celebrated
again. We stuck little sticks around the sides of the waka to be the walls.
We used huge sticks as the floor. We didn’t finish (sadly).

We then walked back up to the Marae. On the way I picked up my argillite
rock that I found at the river. That was my trip to the beach OVER.

Beach Cookout

On the 3rd of the 4th of 2019 Ruma Waru and Ruma Tahi walked down to Karoro beach next to
Watsons Creek by the Tasman Sea. We were down there because it was one of our tasks for the
William Pike challenge (WPC). Part of our challenge was to make a safe fire and to cook meals on the
fire.

A few days before the challenge we watched a video on how to make a safe fire. The video included
materials such as tinder, kindling and thick sticks. The video told us to make the fire in a pyramid
shape. It said to put tinder down to start the fire.

At the beach we got into our groups. In my group there was Me, Dakota, Nathanael and Summer.
Our group supervisor was Tim. We then went and found a spot to make a fire. We dug a small hole for
the fire. We placed big rocks around the fire and went to collect tinder and kindling plus bigger sticks
for later. We then put tinder down and then kindling in a pyramid shape.

I walked over to Mrs Kemp and asked her for the matches. She said, “ Yes, sure, here you go.”
I got to light the fire. I carefully pulled out some of the tinder and lighted it. Me and Nathanael blew
on the fire to make it ROAR!!!! Our fire grew so big that it was just above our waists. While Dakota
and Summer prepared the lunch, me and Nathanael took care of the fire.

We were having tati fry for lunch and pancakes after. I went to grab some dry tufts of grass for tinder.
We keeped on loading bigger and bigger sticks until they were about the size of my arm. We waited
until the sticks transformed into ashes and the ashes turned into embers. There was a lot of heat to
cook a lot of meals. We put the pan with tati fry in it on the embers. It started to sizzle.

We all took turns at stirring the stuff in the pan around while Nathanael cut up the potatoes.
Dakota added the potatoes to the pan and I did the same to the water. The water started to bubble
straight away, that means there is a lot of heat.  Once the tati fry was done Dakota gave a fair share to
everyone. I placed a few more logs on to the fire to keep it going. The tati fry was so good.

Once we finished it we made the pancake mixture and put it on the pan. We all got at least
one pancake. When we finished our pancakes we packed up and put out the fire with Watsons creek
water and with some sand. We then walked up to school and had a play. I really enjoyed the beach
cookout. I can’t wait to go again!!!

Lake Daniell

Lake Daniell

On Wednesday the 12th of June Room 1 and 8 went to Lake Daniell for a day tramp.
We went for a challenge in the William Pike challenge and to know about hypothermia. We travelled
in car groups to Lake Daniell. My car group was me, Mackenzie, Dakota and Brighid. The driver was
Phaedra Robins. The drive was extremely boring. When we got to the start of Lake Daniell we got our
gear out of the car and then we had a talk with Ms Kemp. When we started the walk me and Daniel
decided to stay at the back of the line with Glen and Ms Kemp. Glen used to work at DOC so he knows
a lot about the bush. He taught me and Dan about the Beech forest there and about where the
long tailed bats live.

About one quarter of the way through the walk Glen told me to try pepper wood. So I did.
I crunched it up into a ball and ate it. In the olden days it was used to numb peoples mouths. It was
so spicy. You are not supposed to swallow pepper wood but I accidentally did!  On our first stop Ms
Kemp put me and Dan at the front of the group with Erin. Erin is a very fast walker but so are we.

When we got to the hut we walked out on the jetty and looked in the water we didn’t see any fish (sadly).
Then we sat down and had lunch. I had a huge bacon and egg pie for lunch. It was delicious! Then we
packed up and walked back. On the way back I collected pepper wood for my car group to try. When
we got to the end I tried to get my car group to try the pepper wood but they all knew what it was. Then
we packed up and drove home. We got home at 6:00 pm.

I loved that walk and can’t wait to go again!

The Umbles

The Umbles

The umbles are signs and symptoms of hypothermia.

There are The four different types of umbles.

1. Stumbles. The stumbles are when you are

not balanced on the ground properly.

2. Grumbles. The grumbles are when you

are angry and grumpy.

3. Fumbles. Fumbles is when you handle

stuff clumsily.

4. Mumbles. Mumbles are when

your words are stirred.

You don’t want to

End up like this picture!!!

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