Bee an Expert

Bees are very important to the planet. Like how they can pollinate flowers and give us honey. Pollination is when the bee collects nectar by digging into the flower, but at the same time, the pollen sticks onto their skin like velcro from the male part.  The nectar then gets put into their crop. The crop is the special nectar storage of the bee. When the bees travel to another flower the pollen then rubs off on the female part to make more seeds. Then when the crop is full of nectar the bee then travels back to the hive to make honey. This is all important because without bees a lot of plants would die because there is nothing to help the pollen travel to make seeds. 

Lake Daniell Recount

On Wednesday the 12th of June room one and room eight set off for the
Lake Daniel tramp. We left school at eight thirty in the morning so we had time
to get there.

It took around an hour and a half to get to Springs Junction. I went in the car group
with Nathan K, Hannah K and Jennae Topliss. When we got there we all waited for
the other car groups to get there. Walking to the lake was easy, on the way back not
so much. Of course I was a little bit tired getting there, but we had lunch at the lake
to restore all our energy.

The lake was really shallow at the edge. Around the time of tramping there the new
hut was getting built. At the lake there was also a wharf going out about 5 metres.

As soon as we got to the lake it started raining which meant we were going to walk
back in the rain. Walking back in the rain wasn’t that bad because most people were
too hot. It was two hours one way. The time between breaks doubled since we started
walking back. After half way walking back my leg was hurting so bad but I just kept
going.

We walked in to Lake Daniell because we were all learning about hypothermia and
the native around the area.

I really liked the walk and I can’t wait to do another walk like that again.

Lake Daniell Group Pamphlet

The Umbles

The Umbles

The Umbles

• Stumbles - Loss of motion, slowed motion

• Mumbles - Slurred and slow speech, sleepiness and confusion

• Fumbles - Slow reaction time, dropping objects

• Grumbles - Change in behavior, having a negative attitude

Callaghan's Ridge Day Tramp

On the 11 of april our class and room 8 went off to do the Callaghans Ridge day tramp. The day for a outdoor activity started as usual. We got our car group together and headed off. I went with my dad, Lincon, Tyler, and Ms Truman (The Principal). We went through Kumara to Callaghan. The walk started off raining but it cleared throughout the walk. Every 30 minutes we stopped for a brake. I was wearing ridgeline gear so I think it was the first time in my life when I actually wanted it to rain. When we stopped everyone put there rain jackets on and had some snacks (it was still raining). About 10 minutes after we stopped the sun just decided it would just become sunny so I got sweaty again. (2 hours into the walk) we built our shelter to have lunch under.