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Lake Daniell

Lake Daniell

Last Wednesday the 12th of June. Rooms 1 and 8 went on a tramp
at Lake Daniell. Ms Kemp and Mrs Robins came with us along with
8 other parents. It took us 5 hours to walk the track. While we were walking
the track we had to work in groups  for a treasure hunt.

We went to Lake Daniell because rm 1 and 8 are doing the William Pike
Challenge award. Since we are learning about hypothermia we decided to go
in winter. We had to keep lots of warm layers on to stop us getting cold.

We had lunch at the hut. Once we were finished our lunch some of us went onto
the jetty. We didn’t stay long once we were finished our lunch because it had
started to lightly rain. We didn’t stop on the way back but on the way

Lake Daniell is near Lewis Pass. Lewis Pass is part of the Southern Alps.
The track starts at a campsite just past Springs Junction.
It follows a river up the land for part of the way and then the river breaks of.
The track leads to Lake Daniell.

This trip could not have happened if we had not had all the lovely parents
volunteer to help us. They had to transport us there and back. We are very
thankful to them and the teachers because without them we wouldn’t have
been able to go. We also made this trip happen by having the right gear.
If we hadn't have the right gear we wouldn’t be able to go because we
would probably get hypothermia.

Callaghan's Ridge

Yesterday room 1 and 8 went to Callaghans ridge for a day tramp. Lots of great parents came as well. It took us four and a half hours. On the track we had to work with a couple of other people for a fun treasure hunt. I worked with Rebekah and Sasha. We found all the things including, a beutiful Tomtit (Miromiro),  interestng button fern and wierd brace fungi. 

The weather on thursday was lightly raining so we had to be carefull of slipping over and falling and hurting ourselves badly. The track was saturated and extremely muddy so it was really fun. In the afternoon the weather got better so that the track was soaked but it was no longer raining.

At lunch time we had to make wind and rain proof bivy's out of a tarpoline and rope. Our team did really well. We changed our plan from what we had decided in class because we hadn't seen where we would be making the bivy's before. Our bivy was really waterproof and sturdy. We tested it by shaking the water droplits on a tree onto the top of the bivy/ tarpoline.

I really enjoyed the walk because I got to walk with my friends. I also liked that it was a day of school. I learned alot yesterday that I woudn't usualy learn at a normal day at school!

I think that we could do games along the way like chinese whispers to make the walk a teeny bit funner. We could also do more challenges like un- muddiest shoes.

Beach Cookout

In teams we will

• 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

Today room 1 and 8 went to the beach for a beach cookout. We had teachers
and parents helping us. The kids in my group were Nathaniel, Summer and Charlie.
Our parent was my dad, Tim. Mrs Truman was floating around looking at different fires.

When we got down to the beach we had to make a fire in the spots we had chosen.
We used tinder (tiny sticks like gorse.) After putting the tinder we had to put kindling
on the tinder. We had to arrange the kindling in a teepee shape. After that we had to
arrange bigger sticks around the kindling. In the end you end up with a medium teepee shape.

We went and cooked the food and made the fires at Karoro beach. Karoro beach is on the
West Coast of New Zealand by the Tasman sea. Next to the beach is Watson Stream/Creek.

We went down to the beach at eleven in the morning on the 3rd of April. It was a Wednesday
of term 1. We went down in Autumn because you are allowed to light fires then without a
permit. Mrs Kemp had a permit anyway but of course we didn't need it.

We went down to the beach for a number of reasons.
One of the reasons was because we wanted to do it for
 the William Pike Challenge. One of the other reasons was because we wanted
to learn new skills like lighting a fire and building a safe fire. I reckon the most
important reason was so we could have fun though. I definitely thought it was really fun!

Our team didn't really have team roles. I think we all contributed evenly.
For our food we made Taty Fry for our main and pancakes for dessert. We
were the only team to make pancakes from scratch. I really liked the taste of both foods!

We didn't use too many ingredients. Everybody only spent five dollars because
that was the maximum amount of money you could use. The most challenging
thing for me was not being able to adjust the temperature! The part that I most
enjoyed was cooking the food a different way to usual!