Green gold

 This week on Tuesday my school had some people to come to our school to see if we were good enough for green gold. That day after the bell rung we all headed to class. All of us except for the kids going to t welcome some new students to school. While they were there we made some leaves to go on a wall. we already had some hanging down from a tree and we had to write some stuff about our sustainability and stuff. those were hanging down from a tree while the ones we were doing now were going on the walls. 

What we had to do was using the picture we had chosen we would write about it and why we put it in the category. The problem was that I hadn't been there when they did it so I had to team up with someone.

A while passed and I had no partner until Filex came he had been there when they did the pictures so we worked together. We planed for the writing but before we could write the draft the people from the welcoming ceremony came back. 

Now that they were back it was time for us to go on a walk to the beginning of the stream in our school Pepeha. After everyone had gone toilet and had there bags with them, sitting on the deck, we started walking. 

Ten minutes passed on the road until we got to a farm. A teacher gave us a safety briefing. Directly after we got on the farm we had to cross over a stream. It was our schools pepeha steam when it was small. Lots of people got wet as they crossed over.

When that chaos was over we walked till we got to a nice picnic spot. There we had branebrack for ten minutes until we arrive at the, what we think is the end of our school pepeha river.

On the way back I thought how I was happy we were going back and how I had, had a good time.

To top off the day at the end we scored green gold

Ski trip

  Day 1 of skiing

In the morning after I took a shower we wanted for the lifts to open. The weather was to bad though so we stayed inside doing different activities until it got better. All of the activities we based on bean bags but one in particular was I get bean bags all on top of me, and then everyone get up on the couch and jumps on me. Another was we lose lots of the bags on the couch and then we made them slide down with us on top, both were fun for all of us.

After a long time inside the weather cleared so we got ready to go outside. We took so long to get ready that by the time we go outside, the visibility was bad again. We went down to happy valley to get me ski rentals and then we met up with some friends and we did a couple runs together, finally we left easy happy valley and we went up to the rock garden. It was super fun. It wasn’t necessarily easy but it was fun.

It must have been to hard for the friend that came with us though because after only three runs mum and she went back to happy valley and I was allowed to do some runs by myself until she got back.

After I got back from my 3rd skiing run, we went up the sky waka , gondola, to the cafe, then we went up the delta chair and went all the way down to the base of the gondola. 

We did this a few more time until I wanted to go back to the rock garden. We did that a few more times till we went back to the hut.

Day 2 of skiing

After I got my ski rentals on the second day of skiing me and mum met up with a person named Rob. He is someone from our ski club and he was with someone else. Yes, the talking went for ages but when they were done we went up the gondola. There we went up the Valley T-bar and went up that once.

We finished by going down to the bottom of the gondola. We did that by going through rock garden and to the bottom.

The snow was so good in the Garden that we stayed there for one more run, then we went up the rock garden lift again but instead of going down rock garden we went down Tenence valley.

A while passed and we went back up the gondola and stayed there. We went up the valley T- bar until we wanted to go all the way down. ( we did that two more times).

After a lunch break we rode up the Knole ridge T-bar. There we went up a trail that led us out west. We got information that the T-bar out there did not have he best snow by it so we just went up the chair lift. It had such good snow and it was partly nearly flat and parts were steep but all was fun. 

The snow out there was soft and fluffy with small chunks of screeching ice. The weather was fine but there was low visibility going on and off. Finally we had to go back though because it was too hard to ski. When we got back, a girl named Molly, and Vita both from my club slid down a steep hill on our butts.

Day 2 of skiing

After I got my ski rentals on the second day of skiing me and mum met up with a person named Rob. He is someone from our ski club and he was with someone else. Yes, the talking went for ages but when they were done we went up the gondola. There we went up the Valley T-bar and went up that once.

We finished by going down to the bottom of the gondola. We did that by going through rock garden and to the bottom.

The snow was so good in the Garden that we stayed there for one more run, then we went up the rock garden lift again but instead of going down rock garden we went down Tenence valley.

A while passed and we went back up the gondola and stayed there. We went up the valley T- bar until we wanted to go all the way down. ( we did that two more times).

After a lunch break we rode up the Knole ridge T-bar. There we went up a trail that led us out west. We got information that the T-bar out there did not have he best snow by it so we just went up the chair lift. It had such good snow and it was partly nearly flat and parts were steep but all was fun. 

The snow out there was soft and fluffy with small chunks of screeching ice. The weather was fine but there was low visibility going on and off. Finally we had to go back though because it was too hard to ski. When we got back, a girl named Molly, and Vita both from my club slid down a steep hill on our butts.

Ski Trip

Things I learned on ski trip.

On my first 3 days of skiing my family rented out a apartment on the ski mountain, so I thought it would be super cool if we were the first people on the Chandila, so I got ready really fast but every one was going slower slower and it was annoying but I wanted, and the lessen I learned that day was more patients.

The next day we was bad visibility so we had to be much more careful about skiing so when we skied we had to ski small turned to make sure we didn't go fast. That day I almost mastered small turn skiing.

On the last day at the apartment I had a lesson, in the morning we didn't have the best instructor and he said we could only do easy trails. In the afternoon though we had a good instructor and he said we could easily do black diamonds with good technique. That day I learned how to do carving turns because that's what he taught us.

During the next few days I just practiced the stuff I learned and practiced the stuff I practiced, but on the last day of the trip after face planting on a big jump and crashing full on into a metal pole, I learned the most important lesion. Even if everyone else slows you down, still ski with them because it is a lot safer to ski with someone than it is to ski without someone.

That is what I learned on my ski strip.

Quickwrite 6.9.21

 Brrrringggg! I answered the phone and…

Gasped in surprise,” mum!” “You got the tickets to go to the African Safari!” “Can we all come?’ I asked hurriedly. We can, I thought after she said it, yes we were off to the safari.

At the safari stacion we wanted until It was our turn to go on the day safari tour. We got on it. The shaky jeep bumped along splashing water in my face every time because I was trying to drink water. Even though I was wet I was happy because it cooled me off in the sweltering heat of the tour. 

After about half an hour we stopped to look around. Now that we had stopped it was a lot hotter because there was no wind. As we looked around we didn’t see any animals. Just a big open place with no trees. 

After that pit stop we got back on the jeep, but last time I had been in the shade. Now I was in the sun, and it alone was so hot I was glad I put it on far once but the worst thing was the seet. It had been sitting in the sun all that time and now it was hotter than blistering heat.

Another hour passed and I was starting to get bored when I saw a herd of lions. They were more muscular than they looked in books but they also looked thin to the bone, but what I was really focused on was their mane. Their famous mane was a nearly perfect circle and was just so fluffy looking. I snapped a couple photos and then the jeep kept on moving. I hadn’t actshiely noticed that it was on until it had started again.

Then about fifteen minutes later we saw a lion, the animal I most wanted to see. I imprinted it in my mind. Every small detail then The jeep learched to a stop so I snapped a few pictures and we restarted. After that the tour had to turn around because it didn’t have enough gas to finish the tour and everyone demanded all there money back so thats what we got. We saw all the animals we wanted for free.

The end

P.SThis is not a true story

Quick wright sentence starter 30.8.21

 We had a tank full of fuel and…

A car to drive in, camping time!

We all load our belongings into one of our cars and then all but one of us hop into the other. Dad is driving the car with the belongings and mum is driving the car with the people.

Pump, bump,bump, bump,bump,bump,bump,bump.” This is a crazy bumpy car ride” I say as we slim into another pot hole. We look out at the glimmering blue ocean and wonder when the ride will end. Then after another hour we arrived at a lovely camping ground, and we were the only ones there.

As we put up the tent on the soft dry grass a gust of wind comes and nearly plows the tent right out of our hand. Then we put up the fly, make our bed and prepare the lantern and shove the rest of our belongings into the other two smaller tents that are pitched in a 50 millisecond walk from us. 

Then we put on our bathing suits and start hiking to the mountain lake. It was hard work walking up and down. At first the hike was out in the open where there was plenty of sun but evenchiely we got to a native bush and wet slimy ferns slapped us in the face and a small trickle of water trickled down a grove in the path.

After what seemed like thirty minutes we finally reached the lake. It was beautiful and definitely worth the walk. Then after a long swim we walked back to the camp site to watch the sunset on the water while roasting marshmallows and making smores.

In the morning after a bad night's sleep, me and my family went for a swim in the ocean. Well all except mum, who went on a walk instead.

Then after another night we packed up and went home.

Quick write 25.8.21

 The pirates were coming…

“Load and man the canyons”.” Activate the dust field,” I yell. The ship looms out of the water. “ARRG,” they yell. Then they run down the ramp thunk, thunk, thunk. Badle stations I yell. The pirates brandish their electro swords and mega guns, then they fire. Beep, Beep, Beep. “The Dust Field can’t take much more of this” Someone shouts. “Then fire the laser canions” I shouted. Then Kaboom, They have breached the other wall. “Otter, Handle that,” I say. 

“Power up, Fire, Power up, Fire, Power up, Fire” Boom, Boom, Boom. “Our forces are overrun” The lights flicker. The walls shake. “Abandon control center and join the fight”,” we must protect the treasure”. 

We load up our guns and charge. As we march out of the control center into the battlefield. The wreckage is terrible. The once indestructible dust field was now a pile of charred rust. The canyons fire a weak shot. The bad power must be affecting it, the geniraters can’t handle the strange.

Chunks of the once smooth walls collapse all around us. The smoke in the air makes it hard to breathe. We put on our masks and fire our guns. We advans on our aponence. The one person in the command center activates the defender droid and they come marching in perfect formacion. Then at my command he brings up the nuk proof defence mode and the whole main center becomes surrounded by medle and  three hundred layers of dust field.

Then the pirates' second wave comes in. Our canyons take out the last of the canyons and reinforcements at the cost of their handlers.Then we get overrun so using the last bits of energy we fire up the nuclear bomb. After we set the course of the bombs/ we run to the speeders and go far away.

Then it explodes and all gets destroyed except the main center which was still protected by one thin layer of dust. Then the generators gave out .

94 years later

We walked into a creepy building that was the head of the world since and researched almost 100 years ago. It was said to be attacked by ants or something, but it had something that nowone could recreate. The dust field and defender drodes.

Planting at the Wetlands

 Yesterday, me and my class, MLH, went to the wetland on a boy from our schools farm whose name was Cory. When we got to the wetlands everyone put there bags on the back of a tall shearing shed. Then my teacher did a safety briefing where she told us where to meet in case of an emergency. Then she told Cory's dad to tell us all what we were doing.

Once Cory's dad finished, we walked through the oozing mud to the wetlands, then we broke into two groups, group 1 and group 2. I was in group two and my group was planting first while the other group wat fertilising the trees with sheep dags. So we hopped over the fence and started planting. 

At first I didn't know how to plant but in time it became easy. First you massage the plant, then you grab the base of the tree and pull it out Then you put it in the hole you dug. If the plant doesn't come out of the plant holder easily keep massaging it.

Once I planted my first tree I went looking for other trees to plant. Then I saw that someone was planting one of the best trees. It was one that would grow super tall. I tried to help plant that one by digging the whole but my shovel wasn't good enough so an adult did it instead.

Then I keep looking around for another one of the trees and I found another. I wanted to plant that one but the adult did it instead. So I found one more and a different adult named Ann dug the hole. Me and Maggey went looking for other trees. There were no more so me and Maggey headed back to plant it. I had been massaging it for a long time so it was very easy to plant. After finally planting the tree I really wanted to plant I was very happy. Then all of us tried to thing of a name for the tree. Ann found one, MAN, M, for Maggey, A, for Ann and N, for me, Nathan.

After that we had a quick morning tea, then the groups swapped jobs. I started filling up buckets of dags while a girl in my group named Klara delivered them. After about another hour of fun, but hard work, we had lunch...

Once we were finished with lunch we walked to the sheep shed where the lambs were kept. Then we got to feed them and pick them up, some select few lucky people were allowed to help give the lambs milk.  

After that we went up into a beautiful native bush to finish off the day.