Callaghan's Ridge Tramp

Callaghan's Ridge Response

On April 11th 2019 the Room One and Room Eight students
 that wanted to do the William Pike Challenge participated
on the Callaghan's Ridge walk.
Firstly I was in a car with the driver as Ms Kemp
( my teacher) and the students Jack, Wairini, Summer
 and me.
When we got to the start of the walk we already had
 our scavenger hunts in our hands. The scavenger
 hunts we were given were things we had to find but
 we had to show a parent before we found the item or
 thing. I kept hearing the bird throughout the walk and
I recondised their different sounds to the birds. There
was things to find like the tomtit(miromiro) bird,
 piwakawaka(fantail), bellbird, bracket fungi, blue
 mushroom and other plants like the crown fern. In
my group I had my brother Jack and my best friend
Milan.
Our term groups also had been told we have to make
 a bivvy at lunch time about half way through the walk
to keep our team dry while having lunch. In my group
team I have had are Ethan, Aimee, David and Korban.
 I also liked the sound the rain dripping loud and clear
above my head. Our parent helper Rowan helped us
 and asked us question like where the best place will
 be to build our bivvy. We figured out that if you want
 all the water to run off the tarpoline then you need the
 bivvy roof to be on a slope. My group sat quietly under
 our bivvy and had our lunch. Soon Ms Kemp came
 around and gave everyone a jelly frog which I was
 thankful for.
On the walk our teacher told us that we were defiently
 going to be getting rain on the track. I love to walk in
 the rain but not many other people did and complained
 about their feet being wet. The feeling of the wet soggy
and moist shoes is understandable for me and others.
 The track the rain did effect us and the track alot. This
 effected the track and us this way because it made the
 parts where you thought were leaves when they were
leaves floating on top of water. The water from the rain
did not only make me step in huge puddles of unable to
 see water it also made the mud on the ground of the
walk slippery and so many people slipped over or fell
 on someone.
I part I most enjoyed/ liked was when my group team
 had worked really well together on our bivvy and made
 it a success. This was one of my favorutie because this
was my second  time learning how to make a bivvy with
 the supplies around us.
Next time we do a tramp I would suggest maybe to do the
 Point Elizabeth walk. It isn't too hard or too easy and
I think it would be perfect for a group of people we
 went with for Callaghan's. I have only done half of this
walk and I would like to walk the whole thing. This walk
 doesn't take too long just about an hour and 45 minutes
but maybe longer because we have occasional stops to
keep the group up and for eating and drinking breaks.
All together I really really enjoyed this walk with Room
 One, Room Eight, myself and the parents as well as
 teachers.I would reccomend this work to anyone because
 I think heaps of people could be capable of doing this
walk if they wanted to.

Lake Daniell Tramp Response

Lake Daniell Response

On Wednesday the 12th of June Room One and Room Eight had planned to go out on a tramp called Lake Daniell. Our classes are doing this because we entered into the William Pike Challenge again and this is one of the things we are doing for it.

In the morning we all got told our car groups and both classes headed in their car groups they got told they were in and left to go to Reefton. In my car group there | was Hannah, Nathan, Cailan, Hannah and Nathan’s dad and obviously myself.

So Wayne, Hannah’s dad drove us towards Reefton. On the car ride to Reefton Nathan and Cailan were being| really funny and made the start of my day better already.  We finally got to Reefton. We all got out of our cars and some of us went to the toilet and the other people ran around through the bush. We had to jump back into the car and headed for Springs Junction.

Now, everyone finally got to the start of the tramp. Ms Kemp went through everyone and gave them a number, mine was 22. We all did a count off and then started the tramp. I walked with my friend Milan and my brother Jack.

Walking through the tramp was really cool. There were heaps of different kinds of Beech Trees and it was interesting to see different types of plants. Everyone was very supportive to others and helped them along the way.

Ms Kemp also gave set group each a scavenger hunt to do. In my scavenger group I had Milan and Brighid. We all worked together to kind plants or animals on the tramp like different trees and birds like the South Island Kaka and the  Long Tailed Bat.

Along the tramp people like  Milan and Aimee said that I had a nice t-shirt or either a nice bag. I really enjoyed the way up to Lake Daniell it was really nice and the lake was really cool. On the way back my brother felt really sick and had been twisting his ankles a lot, so I walked with him the whole way back and helped him with anything.

Altogether I really enjoyed this tramp and I recommend this to anyone who likes to go tramping because its nice and easy and it’s good to get outside and enjoy the world around us.

Beach Cookout

Beach Cookout 

In Room One and Eight we are learning to

• Design a menu suitable for cooking on a campfire
• Keep within a $5 budget
• Share the jobs and food provision fairly between team members
• Bring along all equipment we need to cook with/on/in
• Work cooperatively to cook our meal

On April 3rd in the morning Room One and Room Eight walked
down to the Karoro Beach to do a beach cookout. There were
many parents and the teachers Ms Kemp and Mrs Maclean.
In my group I had Korban, David, Ethan and myself. Each
group had their own parent to help them. In my group we had
 Angus Taylor as our parent. At this time of the year it is
Autumn so it is an open fire season.
For our team group we figured out what we wanted to cook
 because someone said nacho's and we all agreed on cooking
 them as well as pancakes.  At our beach cookout we didn't
 have set jobs we all just took turns doing somethings.
When our two classes walked down to the Karoro Beach we
 were very close to Watson's Creek and the ocean at Tasman
Sea. To make our fire we used dry things like old mans beard
 then kindling and last thick pieces of wood in a pyramid shape.
Our two classes went because so our teaching could see how
we work as a team, to have fun, for the William Pike Challenge
 for a new experience and to build new outdoor skills.
Doing the beach cookout didn't really have any challenges
 I thought we worked well as a team, but I managed to flip
a pancake easily.

I had a really good time down at the beach with my team and
 I thought we worked very well together. If we could do this
again I would like to.