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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.🙈