Food groups

This year for camp we did something different instead of having a camp cook. The teachers must have felt for the parent cooking for our whole class because this year we had food groups. The way a food group works is you have a group of 4,5 or 6 people in group and they sort out food for the whole camp. It seemed like a great idea and everyone was willing to do it. I was in a group of four with Riely,Alex and James.Sorting out prices and quantities of food seemed to not be as difficult as I once thought. When we got to camp food was the last thing on mind. But dinner loomed closer. Riely was cooking dinner and I wasn’t worried for Riely because he is quite a good cook. Dinner was amazing it was chicken breast in a pita pocket with salad. Yummy! It certainly set the standard. All the following meals were very good some highlights were Pancakes,Burgers,Porridge and American hot dogs. Overall I think that the food groups idea was a success and I would do it again.

Christchurch tour guide

Have ever been wandering around Christchurch aimlessly not knowing what to do? Well now you don't have to with Lachlan’s guide around Christchurch. You can now learn the hot spots of Christchurch in handy light weight book. Why don't go to the museum with its ever changing exhibits and grasp New Zealand's ever changing history. Quake city is always an excellent place to visit learning about the devastation an earthquake can make and how a city can recover.  There are many amazing landmarks like the bridge of remembrance,Christchurch cathedral(currently under repair),Cardboard Cathedral and many more. If you are with kids I strongly recommend the Margaret Mahy playground. It is an amazing place. If you an art fan the art gallery is a great place for you and there is a lot of graffiti art if you look for it. And if you do prefer having a tour guide and your feet get tired easily. Take the tram. It has stops along most of the must see places that I have mentioned. I strongly urge you to see these amazing places.

Omaka scout camp advertisement

Have you ever wanted the experience of peaceful camping for your family and the hustle bustle of the city at your doorstep? Welcome to Omaka! You can do some shopping in the centre of Christchurch for the first day and swimming in a lake in the second! It's amazing! Do you want your children to enjoy nature as much as you did as a child, but still want to them to see the future in the making? Omaka is the perfect place! Have you seen eels that are longer than the length of your leg? No? Than check out the ones Omaka! I can not urge you enough to come come to this beautiful place. So go now!

Hawdon hut

On February the 11th all the Year 8’s(apart from one)left to go tramp to Hawdon Hut then conquer cave stream. It was a perfect day for tramping, the sun shining down on us. But I wasn't focused on the weather.  I was focused on William Pike. As I had read his book but it was surreal meeting him in person.  When we got out of the vans you can imagine everyone being very restless after the two hour drive. We got our packs and Mr Priddy began briefing us about our journey ahead. When we finally set off, I started chatting happily among friends. We were only around five minutes in the walk when we meet our first obstacle. The river. William Pike started explaining a good ways to cross rivers and explained that we should link arms and walk slightly upstream. We all did as asked. Then we set off again. It was a pretty scenic walk. I enjoyed the birds chattering and trickle of the river. It was pretty peaceful until the terrain changed to a empty river bed. With nothing to protect from the sun’s relentless rays and everyone’s drink bottles empty. We rushed to ,anything that sounded like a water source. When lunch rolled around everyone gathered around one tree that stood alone on the barren riverbed. As we set off again with my mouth feeling as dry as a desert. We finally reached a forest. With the shade I found a newly provided energy and before I knew it I heard a river. It sounded like music to my ears. I sprinted with all my might and as the sight of the river filled my eyes. I almost dived in drinking to my heart’s content while yelling. “Guys! WATER!” Everyone rushed over we splashed each other while lying in the water. We stayed for ten more minutes then we set off again. Nothing really happened until we reached the hutt. I sighed feeling a sense of accomplishment. As the wooden building loomed into sight. After we settled in we headed down to the river. For a swim it was really fun then we took we went on a walk boulder hopping. Everyone was going pretty slow so me and Eb started having competitions on who can do the coolest jumps in between boulders. I obviously won. We walked back and it was dark. When we got back we had tea and started William Pike some questions I remember we talked about Williams accident and questions about his leg. When we went to sleep I tried to put my clothe in a sleeping bag cover but that didn't work very well So I resorted to sleeping with Eb as my pillow.I woke up from a surprisingly comfortable sleep. I started taking quietly to Riely and Eb before we decided to head out. It was a crisp morning. As we walked along the morning dew and looked at the rising sun we thought about the day ahead. It felt like a blur as everyone woke up and started packing everything up. Soon enough we set off the felt half as long as we saw familiar landmarks that would send us rushing round as we knew we close to the end. As I saw the end in sight. I sprinted and felt the sense of pride over come me. Then I was excited for what was next Cave stream.

Speech

I am proud of my speech but next time I would do it a lot differently. I would not jump into the first topic I see next time and I 'd spend more time on the presentation.

New book

My new book

I started reading this book on Tuesday and it's already pretty interesting so far. It has been about a boy sick of moving schools and he is travelling  on the bus to school one day. Then he sees a strange boy running bare feet away from something. Next it switchs over to a officer reporting to a strange act of vandalism on a building site. Were all the surveying equipment was moved. The officer found that there were owls on the site. I have read a book like this before called scat where the vandalise stuff to stop them building in the forest. I think this book will have a simular storyline but it is good anyways.

Bee bot

This is what Harry and me have been doing for the last two sessions with bee bots. It was very frustrating to code them. This was the first time for us using bee bots.