Callaghans Ridge

Yesterday Rm 1 and 8 went on the Callaghans Ridge tramp. Before we left Mrs Kemp checked that we had a rain jacket because it was meant to rain. She also gave us a sheet of paper that had thing that we had to find on a scavenger hunt. We found a tomtit, fantail and a blue mushroom. The fantail came over and was following us because we were disturbing the bugs, that they eat. The tomtit came out when we were waiting to begin the walk. 

It rained a little bit on the walk. We were sheltered by the towering trees but we still got quite wet. The track was muddy and there were puddles of muddy water all through the track. The mud was like clay and stuck to our shoes making a thick layer. There was a competition for who could keep there feet dry. Nobody got a anything because everyone had wet feet. I had fun walking through the puddles. 

At lunch time we had to make a bivouac. We only had 15m of rope and blue tarpolen, my team found a spot where there was a cluster of trees to tie the rope to. The tarpolen got tied to the rope and the rope got tied to the tree. I think that our shelter was a good spot and there was enough room for everyone in our team to sit and eat our lunch. 

I enjoyed the walk and I think that because it rained it made it a lot more fun. I think that it is quite an easy walk and that it does not take long to complete. It is a good walk gor beginners and a good walk for the beginning of the year. It took us most of the day but if you don't stop you could get it done a bit quicker. 

Noho Marae Follow Up

On the 5th of March Ruma Tahi and Ruma Waru went to visit the
Noho Marae. We had to go through the Powhiri (welcoming) process
and share our mihis. Later on we went down to the Arahura river to
look for Pounamu, only four people found some. After that we
walked down to the beach and got into teams and made sculpture
of one of the characters from the legend Potini and Waitaiki.

After we got to the marae and we went through the Powhiri process
we had morning tea, which was some mini savouries and a slice of
red velvet cake each. After we had morning tea we went into the
Wharenui to share our mihis. W sat in a circle and took turns
standing up and sharing our mihi. Then we went down to the
beach and river to look for Pounamu.

When we got back from the beach, someone came in and told us
some legends, and we learned some of the things on and about
some of the carvings. We got told what the different colours on
the carving meant, they meant different tribes like, Ngai Tahu.
We also got told about what the carvings were carved into, which
was some old trees that they found in a lake.

Then we went and had dinner. For dinner we had chicken and
potatoes, gravy bread and salad. After that we had desert which
was pavlova and red velvet cake with some tinned fruit. Once
dinner was finished we some of us had to help the cook clean
and put away the dishes, and wipe down the tables and sweep
the floor.

Once we had dinner we did some activities, the ones I did were
rippa rugby and weaving. For rippa rugby we got put in teams, girls
vs boys, and the girls won. It was raining a little bit so we had to go
inside and play another game. The game we played inside was
where one person was blindfolded and they had a pillow and they
had to try and hit everyone else. If you got hit you had to sit and
wait until the next round. The person with the blindfold had to try
and get as many people as the could in a certain time limit.
For the weaving we got showed how to make a flax flower. I
managed to make one in the 45 minutes that we had, and I really
liked how it turned out.  

After that we made smores and sang some waiata. We sung songs
like Karoro E and He Honore. Each of the teachers there told
everyone a legend while we ate our smores. Mrs Ireland told us
about how a paua shell was sad and that everyone teased him,
and then he got a beautiful shell. We all slept in the wharenui, girls
on one side and boys on the other. We all went to bed around
10:00 pm.

In the morning we got up at about 7:00 am and got dressed and
packed up our things before breakfast. We had to take of the
sheets covers on our mattress and put them in a pile. The we
had to take our mattress over to the door, where there was a
cupboard for them to stacked away. Next we went into the
Wharekai to have breakfast, which was the option of, weet - bix,
toast, fruit, yogurt and some other cereal. Once we had breakfast
we got assigned jobs to do to help clean up. I had to help in the
kitchen and wipe down the tables and put away the dishes.
Some of the other groups had to clean the toilets, and some had
to clean the inside of the Wharenui. We put our gear by the outdoo
r fire and waited by the fire when we were finished our jobs.

We went on a walk, not far from the Marae, called the Mananui
Tramline. It was a quick walk to a lake where a battle took place
a long time ago. We had a quick snack while we were walking
back to the cars. I enjoyed the walk with my friends.

I had lots of fun at the marae, I enjoyed listening to the history
behind the carvings and going down to the beach to look for
pounamu. I also enjoyed going on the walk and working in my team.

William Pike Campfires

WALT: Design a suitable campfire for cooking, Keep within a $5 budget per person, share the jobs and the what food to bring, bring all the correct gear and work together. 

WALT: clean up and put out a fire properly , return everything to the owner, put out the fire safely

Today we went down to the Karoro beach by the Tasman Sea. We were all in groups in my group was, Billie, Lincon, Cailan and Daniel, and our adult was Cailans dad Craig.

We went down on the 3/4/19 at 11am and came back around ten past one. We did this in Autumn, because it is open fire season and you do not need a permit to have a fire on the beach.  

We went down to make campfires. We had to make a t shaped fire. First we put tinder, and smaller sticks, then we had to put bigger sticks around the outside. Then we lit it with a match and let it burn to the embers. 

We did this because it is part of the William pike challenge, and it also tests our survival skills and how well we work in a team. I think that our team worked really well together and everyone was doing something. 

My group make baked potatoes and spaghetti as the main meal. We did this by cutting up the potatoes and putting garlic butter and cheese in them. Then we wrapped them in tinfoil. For desert we made banana split. We cut the banana in half then put brown sugar then putting them on a pan and melted the brown sugar. Then we put then in a bowl and put chocolate sauce in them. 

Everyone had a fair share of things to bring and we all agreed on what we wanted to make. I brought brown sugar and garlic butter, Lincon brought a pan, potatoes and chocolate sauce, Daniel brought grated cheese and sour cream, Billie brought the utensils, spaghetti and plates and Cailan brought bananas, paper towels and tinfoil. 

I had lots of fun and I an excited to do it again at the end of the year. I think that our group worked really well together because we all communicated with each other. 

Onomatopoeia Poem

Thundering down the court,

Thump! Thump! of hurried footsteps
Ball clashes against hoop

Bang! it hits the backboard.

Yelling of players rings in my ears

Yay! Crowd cheers

The basket went in, and the ball dropped to the floor

Players bolted down the court,

the crowd began to roar.

Riiinnng! The buzzer sounded

The court became clear

Riiinnng! The buzzer sounded again

Players began to reappear.

Swish!

The ball went straight through the net

Woohoo!

Cheered everyone as the game came to an end

Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi, was given the name Mahatma, meaning great soul,
because he was a great soul, he did things for others and didn’t want
anything in return. He was against racism, he went to prison for the
things he did and he was very famous.

Firstly, Gandhi was greatly against racism. Mahatma Gandhi went to
work for the South African office of an Indian legal firm. This is when
Gandhi first encountered racism. When he was on a train, a white man
wouldn’t sit next to him. He found that lots of Indians in South Africa
were given the worst jobs and they lived in poverty. Gandhi started
working for the rights of Indians and he campaigned for twenty years.
Gandhi said, “Make the injustice visible. Be prepared to die for it.”

Secondly,  Mahatma Gandhi was famous for the actions that he made
and what he believed in. He helped the Indians, by refusing to get his
finger print scanned and he wanted others to do the same. He thought
that he had helped the Indians in his country, and people started to
recognise the things that he had done. Other people started to follow
in his lead.

Gandhi’s main grumble was that under the British rule India had
become the world's poorest country. The British found India, while the
Indian people were already there and they tried to take over and rule
over the Indians. This was called colonisation.

Finally, Gandhi went to prison because he refused to do things that
the government said to do and he protested peacefully against racism
and lots of Indians were arrested and went to prison.
He said, ‘An eye for an eye ends up making the whole world blind.’
Gandhi meant that fighting each other was a bad thing and that it can
do horrible things to people. We agree with Gandhi because fighting
can do very bad things to you, like traumatise people and injure people.
We believe that Mahatma Gandhi shouldn’t have gone to prison because
of what he believed in and he just wanted the make South African
people all equal.

In conclusion, Mahatma Gandhi was a great man and his name fitted
who he was. He was recognised for being against racism, he made
good choices and he also went to prison for believing in the things that
he did. His actions have affected us today because people of all races
are allowed to have any job and many people are inspired by him and
do not want racism in the world.