William Pike visits Rimu!

On the 9th of august, 2017, William Pike was coming over to our school at 2:00pm and we were getting ready for his arrival. Well... Base and I were getting ready for William's arrival, we made slide-show of what we have done so far at WPCA this year (we did rope climbing and sailing so far) & we also mentioned last year some people did it too, as well as that Base & I are the william pike leaders in our school.

When he arrived, we were told to greet him and to lead him into our classroom, then he talked to our classroom & I ChromeCasted my slideshow onto the television screen & showed the photo reel of our activities that we have done so far.  Then it was time for Base and I to lead William outside so he leave.

I had lots of fun and thank you for having a look at this blog post, if you want to comment, pls comment down below.

Last blog post of the year WPCA.

Hello oh so many bloggers/users on my blog, I'm just here to inform you that this is my last blog post for this year, you will see me next year on this blog and seeing what is in store for next year.

But anyway, MERRY CHRISTMAS and have a happy new year!

This photo is when some of my class (including me) were able to complete the William Pike Challenge.
(I'm in the bottom left of the picture)

My hiking haiku poem

I hope you enjoy this haiku I made about hiking on July the 4th.

My mid-year reflections!

This is my mid-year reflections in a prezi, I hope you enjoy it. :)

My WPCA rock climbing recount

It was the 20th of June, when the Year 7/8s in my class and I were getting ready to go to rock climbing and the reason why we were doing this was because it was part of our William Pike challenge. So we had some parents to help us by driving us to the place that is so high - the clouds are 1 metre above you and the place is called Cattlestop Crag.

When we arrived, the temperature was quite chilly and we met Josh and Steven, our instructors and we followed them on a path and when we stopped, they talked about what we are doing and what were our values we are focusing on today. These values are Pride and Resilience. This is important because when you do something and accomplish it, you then have pride to do more challenging versions of the thing you accomplished and have resilience if you fail doing something, don’t give up and try doing it again!

We put our gear on and our gear contained of : a helmet and a harness. I was also confused how to put on my harness. Cattlestop Crag was a big hillside with lots of rocks from the 2011 earthquakes.

I was amazed how good I was at rock climbing that wasn’t at clip n climb. We had a good time climbing and I had pride and resilience because I pushed myself to the limit.  When we were packing up I had a good feeling inside that I liked doing rock climbing and I want to do it next year.

I hope you enjoyed my recount, I had a good time during rock climbing and I hope to do it again next year.

The day my class went surfing.

On Monday 21st March, the Year 7/8s and I from Rimu Class went surfing for the day at Sumner Beach as their first Outdoor Challenge for the William Pike Challenge Award. I expected it to be  kind of easy, but it was harder than I imagined!

I found actually getting up on the board a bit difficult, but once I practised a lot, I was getting the hang of it. I learnt that my classmates really like surfing! Everyone seemed happy and keen to give it a go.

When I surf again, I will remember the 'cat’ movement and to keep my feet right down the bottom of the board when I start. It's important to be aware of other surfers too and not to cut into their wave.

Here is my poem about surfing:

Surfing,

I can see the people surf on the waves,   

I can touch the water of the waves,

I can smell the saltiness of the sea,

I can surf the most epic waves,

I can hear the exciting screams of joy and fun,

I can taste the salty sickness of the water.