Tyrolean Traverse

On the first day of the adventure south programme on camp we did the Tyroleand Traverse activity. As it says on the screenshot of the comic life I made on the Tyrolean traverse, here are the steps we went through.

3. After a 10 minute hike through the bush we got to a creek (that was a size of a river). We learnt that we were going to cross the river being only attached to a piece of rope!

3. Then we had to find a tree that we were going to to tie the rope to. After that we had to cross a wobbly bridge nearby with the rope and then find the tree we were going to attach to it on the other side.

4. We learnt some knots that we used to attach the rope to the trees. One of the knots was the no knot knot.

5. Then we had to be attached to the rope and then you had

to cross the rope ( it definitely hurts your hands) to get to the other side. But there is a twist which is that you were being pulled up by the people in your group so if the let go you would get dunked! Also when I asked to ahve a swing and to go down for a sip of water from the creek below!

6.Lastly, once I had finished I had an amazing feeling, the feeling that I had completed the Tyrolean traverse!

Year 6 Camp Reflection

This reflection is made using the famous thinking hats.

White hat - Facts Figures and information:

It was at Borland Lodge, Edge of Fiordland National Park, Southland, New Zealand.

The people who did it were the Year 6's at my school, our teachers, and some of our parents and for a wee bit our principal.

21-25 November 2011

MB schools year 6 xamp.

Red Hat - Intuition and Emotions:

It was better than I thought it would be. On some activites I was a bit nervous. For most of the activities I was extremely excited (including the ones I was nervous in).

Black Hat - Judgement and Caution:

The bad thing about camp was the annoying, pesky, mosquitoes.

Yellow Hat - Logical Positive

Being able to hang out with friends for a good quality length of time. Achieving things I haven't done before in my life.

Green Hat - Creativity and Alternatives:

Make sure next time to put tonnes of mosquito repellent on.

Now this one is not a hat but what would I advise next years campers:

Remember to put mosquito repellent on.

Year 6 Camp

Last week the year 6's at my school went to Borland Lodge for camp. Over the next few weeks I will be doing some posts on the activities we did there. I will also include an overview of the camp using the thinking hat tools. Here is a link to their site: www.borlandlodge.co.nz/

Week 6 Reflection: Comic Life

Today I have been working on Comic Life Magiq. It is a great application for making posters as it has good tools which allow you to put in stunning pictures which are framed, have cool speech bubbles and amazing fonts. You can also pick from amazing themes and add snowflakes for example to add to the poster you are making. I would rate it a whopping 9/10!

Drama

As I have not been telling you about inquiry I suppose I should now. After having taster sessions of the different types of art (dance, visual art, music and drama) I decided to go with drama. I must say I have only attended three of the many sessions (as I have been away a lot this term) I have learnt tonnes of stuff about drama. For the art sharing event at school we are going to produce three short plays about things that have recently happened in New Zealand the rugby world cup, the Rena disaster, and the Christchurch Earthquake. Last session we worked on the rugby world cup and I can't wait to work on the other plays we are producing.