Rock Climbing 

On Friday the 26 of June me and some of my classmates went rock climbing at Charlestown. When we were waiting at school for the van and once it came we all went to the van and hoped on a site and we drove to the polytech to get our equipment. They showed us how to put the harnesses on and they gave us helmets. We played a game to get to know each other. The game was that there was a tidy and how ever we chucked it to we had to say their name.

Once we were all finished talking we went back outside we all went back to the van Mr S was our driver none of us trusted him to drive but we all just sucked it up and let him. Me, Maddie and Kaleigh were in the front seat. After a little bit we all got bored so we asked Mr S to sing and he did at the moment he likes Alex Warren so he sang Odanairy for us and it was really interesting.

It was a really long drive but after a bit we finally got there. I was so happy to get out of the van and stand up once we were all out of the van Mr S went to park up right there was a picnic table on the grass so we put our bags on it.  One of the guys showed us how to play a game and the was that we had to stand in a circle and some some would be in the middle and they would say someones name and if they said a name that person would bend down and the two people on each side would have to say the other person name and how ever said the name first the other person would have  to go in the middle.

The game was fun when we stopped playing, he told us that we had to walk to the place. So off we went on the walk. It wasn’t that long there were lots of parts that were muddy and slippery. When we had made it to the place that we needed to, we saw all the people seating up. Once they were all finished they took us down and we had to go into a cave it was really slippery and once we were down we went all the way back up.

We made our way to the rock climbing bit I was so so so so scared we had to get split into to groups me and Maddie got split into different groups and we were mad about that I was doing rock climbing first we went over to the wall they showed us what to do Ivy went first she made it to the top and then Mercedes went and it was my torn and did not want to do it but I did I didn’t go that hi once we were all finished we went over to the ab sailing they told us how to do it we all got a practice they said that I was good at it but there was no way that I was doing the bit one I was to scared.

I did like the rock climbing because it was a really fun experience! I would do it again.

• Brylee

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Ski Trip 

I zipped up my jacket and carefully walked out the classroom and in through the dark to the shadowy shape of Rachel’s car. The time was only 6:15a.m. but we had to be at Porters bright and early. I watched the sun slowly become visible as I rethought everything from, “If I had all my gear?” or “If I remembered all the ski code rules.” After deciding that chips should be a breakfast food and they tasted delicious in the morning, we started to feel the chill of the icy day coming our way.

I hauled my bag out of the endless pile to load everything on, ready for the cold weather. The slippery ice coated the rock path somehow clinging on to the racks of skis of all different sizes. My legs swooshed together rubbing against my pants and nearly jumping out of their sockets from excitement. 

We gathered round our tables staring at the ski boots searching for our number when our instructors came over and introduced themselves. Carefully looking to make sure both numbers were fifteen I wandered over to the seat, took off my sunglasses and gloves and began to untie my shoes. I slipped my feet into my chunky,red,plastic boots and clunked my way down to search for my skis. After me, Kaleigh, Mercedes, Chelsea, Brooklyn, Jethro, Sharveen and Megan were ready and equipped. We hiked our way up the snow along with Aprill, our instructor, to our lesson spot.

Our start of our lesson was mainly for the beginners that hadn’t skied before and since Kaleigh, Chelsea, Mercedes and Megan and I had been before,we let the rest of them take their time. Soon enough after a couple of tries my memory was back and I started to remember how to ski again. The hardest part from the lesson was waiting in line. Since there were about three different groups going down at the same time the line was massive. We got so impatient that we decided to side step up the hill. 

On the level parts it was okay but as we started to get further up we just started rolling back down again so eventually we just gave up. The beginners slope was not the funnest but the best part was the magic carpet. I slipped down to the black trail, relaxed back and enjoyed the ride. After passing many snow balls, busy groups of people and tiny skiing experts, I was ready for the intermediate slope.  

I jumped on the pommer and rethought everything I needed to know to make it through down the mountain. As the seat binged through the flimsy yellow borders I slid my way down to the edge and round the corner, careful to give others in front of me space. The cold gust of wind filled my skis with icy flakes as I stayed in control and slowed down to make my way through the red netting.  Excitedly I hoped in the line once more obeying all the sighs. 

Since Kaleigh and Dusty left to ride on the Advanced slope I went and found Elsie to ski with. At the top we debated who would go first . I zoomed downwards  behind Elsie like I was a snowflake drifting down through the sky when Elsie crashed. Instead of keeping going I stopped to see if she was okay.

Although we are all having fun up the slope little did we know that a very terrible crisis is happening. Climate change is affecting our slopes and it is a very serious problem. Not only does it change our environment but it also affects the creatures like lizards and insects that have already adapted to the snow. These snowy creatures are experiencing a Habitat squeeze. 

The snowline is changing due to climate change which is forcing these already snow adapted creatures to move upslope to more snow. But it’s not just snow animals that have a problem pests will be moving further up the mountain since further up the mountain is warm. If we want to continue skiing we must care for our environments.

Overall the ski trip was amazing and I would love to go on it one hundred times more. The ski trip was so fun to just slide through the snow and try your hardest to make it the whole way down. I would definitely go on it again. It’s just sad that it will be my last one with school.By the end of our day although I was tired I had a fun and exciting experience behind me. 

Caitlin

This week we have been learning about gibbons and there are some facts about the gibbons in the blue boxes some gibbons live in temperate rainforest.

Kia ora koutou and welcome to my blog post about box Jellyfish which is also called Chironex Fleckeri there are 6 boxes full of interesting facts about the box Jellyfish and they are most venomous  marine animal in the ocean.