Lost In The Forest.

At 2:00pm on day two of camp in Hanmer, group D did Orienteering.

First, the leader, Heather gave us a map, a compass, a pencil and paper and if we needed it, a stop watch. Next we learnt how to read the map and how to use the compass. We had ninety minutes to find all the markers [controls] and the most points you could get was 600. Unfortunately,my team split up,so it was only me and Rachel. We met Rachel's dad on the way so he came with us right to the end.

When we got back,we found out that we had come 2nd with 520!!!!! WOW!!!!!!! I never thought we would get anywhere near 1st!!!!!!

Biking!

On the 3rd of march we went biking.
First we went to get a helmet each and a bike.
Then we tested the bikes and mine was perfect!

ZOOM! Then we went through the forest.
It was sooo fun!!!!

Then we were finished.
So we put everything back and went to eat!!!!

waterfall walk

On Monday 2 of march rooms 7 and 10 went to hanmer. by car. I went with Louis's dad lutz, Josh, Louis and I. When we got there group d (my group) did the waterfall walk the waterfall was 41 m high. it took 33 mins to get there. I went ander it. It was fun.

Hot Pools

On the 2nd day of camp,late in the afternoon at 6:45 pm Rooms 10 and 7 gathered up to go to the hot pools. Everybody was so excited. Then we all  headed down to the pools. Some people ran down with Mr Norton but I didn't run because I was to cold. When we arrived we met up with a life guard who talked to us about safety and were all the pools were. Even though I had a Hydro-slide pass I didn't go it because I wasn't sure what it was like.We were only allowed in the pools that were on the left side of the entrance. I mostly went in the fresh water pool and the hot spas. At 8:45 pm everybody got of the pools and got changed. Then at 9:00 it was time to go back to camp.

         

         The End.

    By Annabelle.

Bivoac

On the last day at Hanmer Springs we made the bivouacs.
Logan, Maddison, Moss, and jooyoung, and I, made a bivouac.
First we got two logs, then we found four trees, so we decided to go there.
There was two trees in front and two behind.
We put the logs on the trees one behind and one in front.
We found lots of sticks with leaves on them, and lots and
lots of long sticks.
For our roofing we picked up lots of twigs and long sticks
and also sticks with leaves on them.
We versed other people in our class.
After we made the roofing Mr Norton got a bucket of water and pured it on us we got
a bit wet other people got soaking wet but we only got a bit wet.
It was really fun, i hope we go again...........

Tree Cimbing

On the second Group D, which is my group, did tree climbing.

 The first thing we did was to put on a harness and a helmet. Our first activity was lots of fun. We had to build crates on top of each and the highest block tower won.

 We divided into two teams. My team won by 1-0 because we got lots of draws. After the activity we started climbing trees.

Stella was the first person to climb up the smaller tree. The some people climbed a higher tree.

I found tree climbing hard but challenging.

At Hanmer  Camp we did Mountain Biking and it was fun.

First we put on a helmet that fitted. Then we all got bikes. Next we got started.

I fell off once. We did the mountain biking in the forest. It was steep, especially when we went over tree stumps and roots.

It was really fun I was sweaty

The Building of the Bivouac

On the last day of camp, Wednesday, we set out to the forest.

We did a blind trail, but after we made shelters called 'Bivouacs'.

Mr. Norton gave us 30 minutes to build it.

I paired up with Jessica.

We chose a nice tree to build it on and we set to work.

Jessica found nice, big flax stalks to build it with.

She handed them to me and I put them in place.We made sure to make a hole to get in and stuck 

some branches, like a roof.

Just in case,we threw in some flax stalks inside. We waited until Mr. Norton shouted "Okay,times up! Can everybody get in there bivouacs?!"

We squeezed through the hole and covered it with the branches.  We accidently left a hole in the roof and got really wet. We pulled the branches away for the photo.

My Bivouac

When we got to the forest on the last day for the bivouacs, Mr. Norton told us where the boundaries were.

After that he told us GO!!!

We ran to find somewhere to build. We found a excellent place to 

build. We started to make our bivouac.

When we finished, Mr. Norton came around with a bucket of water.

I saw it dripping on my head. He said it was only going to be a

dribble. He stuck his hand in the bucket, Then he flicked it 

at us. I didn't get wet. YAY!!!!!! 

Diamond Smuggling!

On Monday night at 7:00 till 9:00 we went Diamond Smuggling.
Everyone was involved.

We got a Diamond from Mr Norton.
Then we ran through the river. And I fell in!
It was frezzing cold!!!!
I ran past 3 pearents.

Group B won by 2 points.
Then we went back to camp.
I was even more colder!!!!!!

I really enjoyed it!!!!!!!!!

The End
By Carina

Waterfall Walk

On Monday 2nd of March 2009 group A, B and D went on a waterfall walk it was a really hot day. When we got there we started walking for 2 hours.



I got really tierd from walking because we had to walk up hill and I am not used to that. When we got to the top of the waterfall we had a break and looked at the beautiful waterfall.The waterfall had colours like blue and silver it kind of looked like a rainbow the waterfall was 41 meters tall and had a pool at the bottom.


Then we went back on the way back it was all down hill and I kept falling over. It was so so so fun. At the end we walked back to the cars and went back to camp.


By Madi.

school camp.

On Monday 2nd of March we drove to our exiting school camp. Sam, josh and me were in the same car. My dad drove us there and the car trip was 2 hours long . when we finally got there we unpacked our bag's from the car. I was with Ben, Josh and Sam's bunk room. our first activity was mountain biking . We put our helmets on then we got our bikes . We biked through the scar . forest we went down relly steap hill with a jump. Then we biked around for a bit. After we biked back to camp had dinner. And went to bed.

Hot Pools!

HOT pools

On Tuesday 3rd March at 6:45 pm, Rooms 7 & 10 went to the Hanmer Hot Pools.


Most of the Group went hydro sliding which was really awesome .The fresh water pool was way warmer than it was last time I went In the pool.It was sparkling blue like blue glitter.It was really funny because Carina, Annabelle,Grace, Amine,Michelle and I did water ballet in both hot pool and fresh water pool . They looked like swimming tornadoes.


In the end It was time to get out and dressed and leave in the car's we came in .

The End
By Amelia.

Hot Pools

On Tuesday 3 of March at 6:45 pm at the Hot Pools.We were all lined up waiting desperately going in.At last we finally go in we all got change and the instructor told us some rules about the Hot Pools. When that was over she let us go and have a fun swim. Me,Theresa, Jessica and Xiaoling walk to the hydro slide.We climb up the stairs,it was tiring , when we got to the top we raced down like 100 times . It was getting cold,me and Xiaoling decided to and get change and wait.that was my time at the Hot pools.

camp cool

Camp recount.

on march 2nd we did tree climbing it was very fun. My favorite part was
climbing the pine tree because it had lots of sticks.we did a crate challenged
and it was very fun.


On the 1nd march we did mountian biking we went all around
a forest it was tiring.We did jumps on the bikes it was
so fun.


on the 3nd march we did the hobo stoves
we got to cook pancakes on stoves.There where lots of wasps.


By Jacob

The Waterfall walk

On Tuesday 3 March 2009, Group c was going to the waterfall.

First the parents drove us to the forest.

We started walking.

The way to the waterfall was really long.

We first had to go up down up down.

I didn't like the waterfall walk because it was hot and long.We kept going up and it got higher and higher.It also got cloudy.

I was really sweating.

There was 6 bridges and 60 stairs in a total!

We reached the waterfall and it was huge!

Mr Norton took a photo of a group of girls and a group of boys.

On the way back Mrs Jamieson took the lead. There were a lot of steps.

I fell over a few times. I didn't feel good when I fell over.  

Tree Climbing

Tree Climbing

On Tuesday 3rd of march at 12.oopm group d(my group) did tree climbing. We climbed twotrees . I climbed both of them.Itwas fun.I got to the top on both .We built a tower made of crates with someone on top. The builder stacked them and someone stood on top I enjoyed it,it was fun and challenging.

Hot Pools

It was Tuesday,6:45pm in the evening when

everybody gathered at the courtyard.

Mrs Harford talked to us about which car 

we're going in.

After the talk we went in the cars(I got to go 

in Mrs Harfords car!).

We got to the hot pools and I was still in line to get my Hydro slide pass.

When we got our pass the life guard talked to us about safety and which pools we were allowed in,at the same time some people got changed.

Some ran to the normal pools and some ran to the hydro slides.

                                                                  After an hour it started to get cold so some                                                                     people got out and got changed.

                                                                  Few minutes passed,we gathered at the

                                                                  fresh water pools Mrs Harford talked to us,

                                                                  then we left the pools and went back to 

                                                                  camp.

            I enjoyed it!