Fishing - Year 5

All we knew about today was that we needed to bring our fishing rods and wear our walking shoes.

We started by walking from Henley into John Bull Gully, where we had lunch.

After lunch we did some fishing.

Most of us kept losing our bait and Chris had to keep putting new stuff on our hooks.

It was really windy, so windy that the wind would swirl around the river and it looked like mist, and then it would dump the water on us and we would think that it was raining.

Some of us caught crabs and some caught weed but no-one caught a fish.

When we were finished fishing we had to walk back to the cars.

After horse riding we went to Aramoana and had lunch. Then we went for a walk down the 'mole'. We tried to guess how long it was and we reckoned it was over 1km. We saw some seal at the end.

Next we went to the sand hills. It was really windy and we had to hold on to our boards. The climb to the top of the hill was really hard. Some of us went up in the grass beside the hill and that was easier. When we were at the top we got ready to zoom down.

Our body boards went really fast. We got sand in our faces and our eyes but it was fun. Some people had about 5 goes which means they had to walk up the sand hill five times.

Brenna came down on her stomach and she went real far.

Some of the girls found a cave and they had a rest in there.

There was a dead fish near where we were sitting. Yuck!

If you fell off your board and it zoomed away down the hill, then you had to walk way down to get it.

It was real fun.

Year 5 Outdoor Ed - Day 1

Monday was a fun day for the Year 5s. For a starter, it was the first day of our outdoor education and everyone was enthusiastic to know and see what we were going to do. Unfortunately Mrs T got a puncture on the way to our first activity so we had to wait a wee bit longer.

HORSE RIDING! Brenna was alergic to horses so she had to walk some of the way, but she got to ride some of the way. Our horses were really lovely - Samara rode Barney and he was a big tall horse. Natasha was on Trolls and he was very gentle.

First we had to have a helmet fitted and then we were allowed

to get on our horse. It was a bit scary at first but after a while it was OK.

We went way up some big hills - when you go up hill you have to lean forward and when you go downhill you have to lean back. Mrs T and Chris (Natasha's dad) had to walk!

We could see Port Chalmers from

the top of the walk. It was really cool.

From Samara & Natasha