Careers Expo

Mrs Binnie announced we were having a Careers Expo day on the 10th of December. She gave a Dream and Discover booklet. We started to come up with ideas for our careers choice. I chose Zoologist and Cheyenne chose Veterinarian. We also got another Big Idea booklet to write down our information, questions and bibliography. We got to go to the Library and have the computers to find out more information about our career. On the computers most of us went on www.career.govt.nz to get most of the information we needed. Then we started choosing partners with a similar career to partner up with for our careers board.  After our partnering was finished we started covering our board with paper and cutting out our headings. Then we typed up our information on the computers and found pictures we wanted for our boards. Once Mrs Binnie had checked our work she printed it for us to collect and stick on our boards.                  

                                                         Hayden And Braden  For us the most exciting part was that we got to dress up like our career and bring along props to suit our Career choice. After a lot of preparation and organizing we were finally ready for the next step. Sticking, gluing, mistakes and then  relief when we were finished.  The day had finally come for the CareersExpo! 

We walked in with our heads high and feeling confident. Mrs Binnie chose spots for us to set up our boards and get everything organized for the afternoon.                                                           Georgia and Emily

It was really exciting and had a buzz in the air, there was colors everywhere, people dressed up, adults and children all in one hall! Lots of people from around the community came to see all our hard work and were really impressed.  They asked us all sort of questions such as 'Why did you choose this career?''How do you get into this career?' and 'What are the qualifications you need for this career? 'In the end it was time to go home, but we all had so much fun preparing for our future and learning about all different types of career choices. We hope the Community and Kindergarten had fun and learnt some things they didn't know before.  

 Georgia S and Hannah B 

                 Isabel and Dayla 

                        Sam

     

             Jewel and Dana 

 

               Hayden R and Doug 

              Chealsea and Hannah B 

              Amber and Olivia 

                               Jackson and Zion 

             Cheyenne and Holly 

 

                          Shane 

                   Phoebe and Lily 

   

                 Baylee ( and Reuben ) 

                         Kayden 

                                     Aidan                                                          

                               

                                                                                     



                           By Cheyenne and Sam

Room 8 Nydia Bay Camp!!!

On the 4th of November 2013 it was finally time for room 8 to go on school camp! The destination we were heading to was Nydia Bay in the Marlborough Sounds. But first, to get there we had a 1 and a half hour bus ride, and a 1 and a half hour boat ride, which meant a LONG day ahead of us! 

First of all, when everyone arrived in room 8 at 8:30am on Monday, Mrs Binnie, Ms Mannix, and all 4 camp parents were flat out packing gear, and sorting the last minute things to do/take on camp! Once everything was sorted we had to take our big pack, and our day bag down to the bus which was waiting for us outside the front of the school! The bus driver, Jack, loaded all of the big packs into the bus, and the day bags, we took on with us. 

Here is a photo of us inside the bus!

Here is a photo of us loading all of our gear onto the boat.                                             

After the bus ride, once again it was time to unload everything, and to carry it onto the boat, named the Gallieo. Georgia S was lucky enough to be taught how to drive the boat, also she got to sit on the high chair where the driver of the boat would usually sit! Everyone seemed to enjoy the ride, and the 1 and a half hours on it seemed to go rather quickly!

When we finally arrived at Nydia Bay we had to unload all of the gear off the boat, this part took the longest as the lodge was 800 meters away, which was uphill too! As soon as everything was up at the lodge, we sat down and had our lunch! Then we all got to know the place, we set up our bunk-rooms etc. After that,we headed off for a short walk to the beach, where we looked for different sea creatures, we found fish, starfish, scallops, oysters, and tons of mussels! We even discovered that Georgia H is Room 8's female version of Bear Grylls!! She ate a sea-worm, a mussel, oyster, scallops, and even a fish eye - all raw!

Our other highlights of the week was doing the activity rotations! They were: Fishing, Kayaking, Hobo Stove Cooking and Bivouac Building. We also liked going swimming and jumping off the jetty!

 Nydia Bays  island, which Jewel, Hannah and Georgia swam to!

Kayaking with Don

A special breakfast each morning!

Georgia is the boat driver!

Hannah got tipped in!

Female version of Bear Grylls!

Bacon Eating Purple Turtles Bivouac!

Kim loves marshmallows! 

Amber having to eat flour because she got a 'BLONDE' award!

Peanut Butter and Mayo face mask!

Ms Mannix acting as a vampire for Camp Cluedo!

Mrs Binnie lending a hand to pack up!

We made a unique new friend!

                                         Excited Room 8 on the boat!                                                                           

Kaden wearing Hannah's Onesie!                                      

                                      

Out the front of the boat, knowing we are almost there!

Room 8 rocks!

The big walk!

The jetty that we walked to

Hannah and Amber sorting out bait!

Bella and Hannah cooking pancakes on the Hobo Stove

Olivia and Clayton ready to go Kayaking!

Hannah jumps of the jetty!

Chealsea has been swimming!

When doing the walk we even got to cross a river!

Waiting for the fish to bite!

                

                            Emily and Jackson doing the toilet duty!

Rock Climbing

   We have been doing some rock climbing in the school hall.Mr J told us the things we                         

must have under control to keep ourselves safe so we don't fall off the wall.                                              

                                                                                                                                                                                 

These are the steps we must follow:                                                                                                          

                                                                                                                                                                        

*Have two partners, one belayer,  the second one holds the belayers harness so that they don't fly off to the top of the wall and of course someone to climb..                                                                                                                        

                                                                                                                                                                    *Make sure you and your belayer have your harness on tightly around the waist and fitting comfortably                                      round your thighs.                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                    *When you clip on make sure you (the climber) has one of the carabina's facing inwards and one               facing outwards. Also its best to have your hair tied up so you don't get it caught                                      
                                                                                                                                                                    *Your belayer just clips their carabina on any way because they only need one.                                      
                                                                                                                                                                    * Make sure your belayer has the Grigri facing towards your belly button.                                                
                                                                                                                                                                    *You need to check each other very carefully because you don't want to get the harness bit wrong or                else it may cause trouble further up the wall.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                                   *Next you pull the rope tightly so that when you start climbing you have support, then when you fall                     you won't break any bones.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                    *When you are ready to climb face the wall and say "Ready to climb" and when your belayer's ready               they will say "Ready"                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                    *Now that you've gone as far up the wall that you feel like, you'll say "Ready to come down" and your             belayer will say "Ready" and you lean back without hands on the wall and put your feet on the wall and you'll slowly come down.                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                    *As for the belayer you must slowly pull the lever left and down, but if at any time during this                  procedure you pull it too hard and they come zooming down instantly,  release the lever, that will stop                them from falling.                                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                               

*When you have finished climbing untighten your harness and    take it off.                                                                                    
                                                                                                   
*Those are the important rules to follow                                            
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                        
                                                                                                   
                                                 
                                                     
                                                 
                                                        
                                                   
HAVE FUN CLIMBING        

The Enjoyment of our Awesome Experience…

                                                                                   

The way we ended up doing rock climbing with Room 8 is one day the class was in the library and Sam asked if we could do rock climbing. Everyone thought that was an awesome idea and so Mrs Binnie booked us on the rock climbing wall right  away.                                                                      

                                                                                       

We all went to the hall and Mr J taught us all how to attach the harness and take it off, we also learnt how to be  a belayer by                                                  

keeping the rope tight when the person is climbing.  Dayla also added heaps of extra tips.                      

                                                                                                           

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
We all got into lines picked by the teacher and the first person from each line got to climb first,                               
the second person from each line was the belayer, then the third person from each line was the                           
second belayer who holds the  first belayer. Everybody got a turn at each one.                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                   

         

                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                      




{-------  BY DAYLA

                                                                                  
                                                                                

AND ISABEL  --------}