Genius Hour Project proposal❤

1. What is your proposed topic?   Bamboo straws. 

2.what are the top 3 questions you brainstormed about your topic?

A.  how will it benefit the area                                                                             

B. how are we going to make them

C. how will I dry the bamboo and stop little bits of wood from getting in your drink

3. Why are these questions important to you?  

Because I want to be more environmentally friendly

4. What do you hope to learn? 

If they do work and also if how long they take to biodegrade 

5. How do you plan to share your project 

Give people them and tell them how to make there own 

6. What materials do we need

 bamboo

   

7.list some ways the teacher can support us and our project 

Try it out and give me her opinion 

8 what impact will it have on the community?

It will stop people using plastic single-use straws and it will save the turtles

Enviro vision board statement

WPCA skiing reflection

 Sore and tired! I was not ready that day today. I was super tired from a late night

and I really did not want to walk up a mountain, but I knew I had to I got up and

I looked like the walking dead so I gave my self a quick face mask and also a face scrub

and i felt much fresher. after I had freshened up I went and have breakfast I did not

feel like it and I thought I was going to be sick but turns out you feel much better

after some food even though I knew I get car sick and that I was going to puke

it up on the drive I knew it would give me that little bit of energy. As I was driving

to school, I felt like I had forgotten something but I couldn't remember what as I

got to school and we were doing the gear check I remembered well the two

things I had forgotten a bennie and also some sunnies luckily we live close

by so mum just zipped home and got them for me. 

The drive up was actually pretty good I didn't feel sick at all but that's probably

because I was talking about hunting and who else better to do that with than

Kade and Derik and I can tell you now I may have told them some of

“Dads secret spots” by mistake sorry dad.

The walk up was SO HARD I HATED it and I know hate is a strong word but look out

year 7s it tough. I was expecting the track to be a little more what's the word?. This is it  MAINTAINED it was seriously loose rocks and

big 1m drops or steps it was crazy and hard, I felt so sorry for my

short stubby legs afterward. Walking up it felt like it never ended

Mr. S-W sad that we would be able to see the lodge after a while but

it felt like hours before we could see it. While I walk I like to know how

close I am or har much longer but Mr. S-w would not answer me he kept

saying “he doesn't answer dumb questions like that” so we kept walking

and finally after what felt like hours of walking I could see it a BIG RED

LODGE! It was such a relief and I felt like I had made it but little did know it was

still a 25-minute walk to it.

When I first saw the lodge from the outside it didn't look too bad and it actually

looked pretty with the roof covered in snow and the keas fighting on top but

then I walked into the bunk room corridor my jaw kind of dropped!  I had stayed

in nicer huts in the middle of a bush then this. It smelled funny to it had this

rotten coleslaw smell it was not pleasant at all. But once Sammi, Pippa and

Myself got in there it smelt like bubblegum but it took a lot of perfume.

Going out for my first ski ever really got my adrenaline pumping! I was super

amped and I was ready I got my boots fitted and got some ski and went outside

I thought I was going to be a pro but my thoughts suddenly changed as soon as I

got the first ski on. I was sliding everywhere and falling over from left to right it was

not easy at all. We all took off pour skis and walked over to our skiing spot it was

called chassis I think? We all walked up a wee bit on the beginner's slope and it

was  hard even doing that I finally stood up Mr. S-W turned me around and told

me to wedge my skis I tried but he just let me go and I went zoom the fell on my

but I would explain the rest of skiing that day but it's all the same. 

After the first nights ski I think it was fair to say we were all tired we come in go

changed and I had a shower it was so good then I done a face mask it burned

because I was sunburned after my shower I went out and had tea it was ok the

mince was a bit tasteless though. That night we got told that the weather was

meant to turn to custed so the parent made the call that we would walk down

at 5 pm the next day which I think was a great idea. 

Waking up the next morning was not fun Sammi and Pippa woke me up early

and I was super mad at them 

I ended up getting up and I was  the walking dead I got up and there was hardly

any breakfast left witch I was mad about so I just went and had a few pringles

and got dressed then I went out for a wee play in the snow it was so fun Sammi

nearly fell into a wee gully with big rocks bellow but brian saved he I would of but

I was too busy laughing.

Skiing on the last day I thought I had made some real progress and

I was finally ready for the nutcracker and I was terrified to go on it but

I got it first try I didn't go up to high but in the end I did and I was turning

and going fast and I stopped wedging too because when I  did I went so

much faster I even nearly took out Mrs. Reid I was going so fast.

The walk down was not fun my hiking boots were knicked by a person

from lincoln high (mum was not happy) so I walked down in snow boots

they were not comfy on the way down we took it, slow witch,

I did not enjoy I just wanted to zoom off but  I'm glad I did not because

walking down in snow boots is not easy. And hour about passed and we

were finally down. It was such a relief. I was so happy and cold all my gear

wet because it was raining I just took off my jacked and we turned up the

heater and made it like a sauna it was so much better. It was a boring trip

back but we finally got to school then I got pick nd went to Mds for tea it was soo good.

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My genius hour proposal💥

Genius Hour 

Project proposal

1. What is your proposed topic?   Eel traps. 

2.what are the top 3 questions you brainstormed about your topic?

A.  how will it benefit the area that we put the traps in and how will it not                                                                               

B. how are we going to make the traps

C. What impact will it have on the community eg will it make more people

come and enjoy there self without the fear of getting bitten.

3. Why are these questions important to you?  

Because we want to know why the eels a being aggressive.

And also if it would help to have fewer eels in a popular spot to bring more people to it. 

4. What do you hope to learn? 

If the trap will work and will bring more people to the swimming hole.

Also how old are the eels that are in the swimming hole.

5. How do you plan to share your project with others

videos and photos and Tell friends and spread

the word that there are not as many eels. and get classmates

to go swimming there and see if they notice the difference

because usually you go there and see them while your swimming 

6. What materials do we need

 hula hoop 2x mesh wire duct tape meat 

   

7.list some ways the teacher can support us and our project 

Suggest some places we can try our traps at and sugget where we can

get the materials from.

8 what impact will it have on the community

It will keep the swimming hole a bit safer, and also will make

more people go there when they know that there not going to

get nipped, even tho eels are not prone to bite they are at the spot. 

WPCA Rockcliming

IT WAS AWESOME! I felt like I did the best of my ability., I woke up that morning and I was super tired and my body was aching I came to school had a gear check got into the vans and headed off to Punakaiki. When I arrived I was not scared is also found that I was surprisingly good at climbing.i started off with one of the small walls then I went to the big one I was ready I felt like I could do it... I was the first one to get to the highest wall and it felt amazing! it was a struggle as  there were a big dip and the wall and I did not think I could get over it but I was to pushed my self out of my comfort zone and I got over it I had got to the top, I looked down I wanted to come down instantly I was super high. It felt rewarding to get to the top tho when I was at the top the view was incredible you could see the sea and the river it was honestly amazing. We also got taught how to belay I was pretty good at it but I did not enjoy it as much climbing. I belayed sammi I pinched myself in the teeth (which is the thing that you thread the rope through and attach it to your harness). The day was super rewarding and I enjoyed it a lot the day had it's up and it had its downs but it was super fun.🙈

Long Multiplication (2-Digit Number)

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Camping is better than staying in a hotel ?

Camping is better than staying in a hotel

Some people believe that staying in a hotel is better than sleeping in a tent but your wrong! Why waste your hard earnt cash for a hotel when you can be just a cosey tucked up in your sleeping bag looking up into the night sky.

The money. you can't argue that hotels aren't expensive but whereas camping is a

small cost or free. Just think about it would you rather pay heaps of money for a

nice hotel and be bored or stay in a tent have fun for no cost at all, I know what one I would rather. The food not only is it expensive in hotels you could have the exact same thing for cheaper, for example, take, the big kiwi breakfast! is it quite expensive for an egg a couple of saussies and a hash brown,

and all that costs, about $25, but if you cook that not only will you cook more,

you can cook more for less money?

The view. When you book a hotel your also paying for a better view?
but when your camping you can get a better view for no cost and well the view of a river and
trees and well that's just breathtaking and well looking at the sea and a road it just does not
take my breath away!

The adventure! When you stay in a hotel in a city you get bored

let's face it… your mum just wants to shop and you get dragged around

and then you make your bank account feel sad, but when your camping

you have the time of your life and never get bored going for walks

swimming jumping off a bank into the water.

The smell of pool chemicals in the hotel pool and no splashing signs or

a wide-open river with cliffs you can jump off and swings you can swing

off you just don't get the same kick off swimming in a pool than swimming

in a river. Nature the trees and the birds in the wilderness and looking

down from your expensive hotel balcony, you see well cars and a few birds

but it's just not the same as the wilderness.

Family bonding. When you camp you go for walks with your

family, go swimming, roast marshmallows around the campfire,

and when you stay in a hotel you go to a mall then split up to different

shops and also you can't toast marshmallows around a fire you just play

on your phones and use the free wifi if you have it).

When you're with your family and camping you don't get bored there are

heaps to do, go for walks, go swimming, etc but you do get bored in your

hotel room whats there to do lay on your ben eat an expensive chocolate bar

from the mini fridge otherwise there is nothing really to do.

Shopping your in a city normally when you stay in a hotel and I know all we

do is shop if we get bored well what else is there to do, hotels are boring

and you actually have to leave your hotel to have fun.

In conclusion, camping is way better than staying in a hotel no matter how

flash that hotel is there a heap of things to do it does not cost much and

you get to spend time with your family, and spending time with your family

is better than a five-star hotel.

WPCA Rafting the Arnold

Holy moly what an amazing experience it was scary but heck it was fun...
flying over the waves and spinning because of hidden rocks under the water,
I would do it 100 more times if I could. I just loved the thrill of it it got my adrenaline pumping
I was not even that scared I wanted to jump to another raft but I did not want to fall in so I gave it a pass
maybe on a warmer day!

My ABSOLUTE FAVORITE Part was pyramid rock, so on this particular day, we could not see it because
the river was higher than usual. And where about 100m away from where it usually is and then we keep
on cruising down the river and then boom we got stuck on it then we dropped about 90cm down into the
water again! And we got stuck because the current was going towards us and it was pulling us back it
was very challenging but very cool it was such a relief when we got out of it.

We passed a dead cow that had been there for a long time I was dry retching and it
was so bad it was this rotten smell, in the end apart from being cold and wet it was such an amazing
an experience I loved it so much.

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