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

Activ8

Look at this great looking bunch of kids - they are our Activ8 team who went down to KVC to do a whole lot of fun but hard activities. First we did a cross the river challenge, then a fill the bucket challenge. We had to fill the bucket but it had holes in it.

Our favourite activity was the spider web. You had to get your whole team through the web without touching the elastic, and once you used a hole, no one else could use it. Our team got 8/8 in that.

Next was the physical challenge and we all thought, "Oh no!" But it was no too bad. First you had to go under, over, under, over the hurdles then run to the monkey bars. It was so slippery that we all fell off. Then came the beams, but we did them easily. Then came the pyramid. We had to climb over it and it was high. Next was the climbing wall and then the pole. Then came a double bar thing that you had to go across without touching the ground.

The puzzle challenge was next and it was fun. You had to do lots of stuff and earn a puzzle piece but our instructor gave us the wrong piece. We finished it in 9 minutes.

Last of all we did a quiz but we did not do very well. On the way back to school, Travis' mum taught us how to say 'thank you' in South African. It is like 'by-a-donkey.'

We all had a cool day.

by Stacie and Sydney

CPR

On Thursday a First Aid lady called Melanie, came to show us some first aid skills. She showed us how to preform CRP. We had to use dummies. First you have to see if they are conscious and the best way to do that is to tap them on the shoulder. Check if there is anything in their mouth and then find the special spot on the chest where you have to put your hands. Keep you arms straight and push down 30 times. After that you tilt their head back, block their nose and blow two big blows into their mouth.

We also learnt how to stop bleeding by bandaging a person's arm or leg.

The last thing we learnt was how to put someone in the recovery position.

She gave us some bandages and some gloves to use if we ever need to do first aid on anyone.

by Travis & Shahil

1 - BLAST OFF

Cluck Cluck Cluck! and the wait is over.

We have now decided on our new Class member's name...... Fergie! Fergie is a hen! Our class voted on what we would call her and Fergie won.

She is named after a singer in the Black Eyed Peas.

Along with Fergie came 4 other hens.

Room 4 has decided on Coco for their hen's name and room 6 decided on Snowy.

Sydney,Samara & Travis got the duty of caring for the hens, feeding the hens and collecting the eggs. They had to put hay in their nesting box and food in their feeder.

Today we had a little bit of a mischief hen who THOUGHT it would be funny to run away

but guess what, IT WASNT !

Sydney & Samara are worried that the hen won't be caught again.

4 - 3 - 2

Look! Now this little house has a cage round it. Mr Graham and some men came and put the cage there last week.

We wonder if we're getting some rabbits? Or maybe a lamb?

Keep reading our blog to find out.