A way to overcome challenges

Challenges & Strategies

Challenges

• Heights
• Swimming
• Injuries
• Lack of Experience
• People Stealing
• Getting Lost
• Possums and Pests
• Embarrassing Clothes
• Lost Needed Items

Strategies

• Not to look down
• Close my eyes
• Being Careful
• Check things out
• Check bag sometimes
• Hold onto map
• Closing the door
• Bring blank clothes
• Bring Spares

In camp, I’m scared of various things. I have acrophobia (fear of heights) which is quite common. The main reason why I’m scared is because we will participate in activities that include going up high places like: big ladders and rock climbing.

  The other is when we have to swim (I can’t swim). We have to do sailing and raft building (we have to test out our rafts). Even though we’re supplied with life jackets, I have those feelings where it won’t make me float, but that I would sink down to the sea floor. I know many sea animals, but I get a shiver down my spine when things/tiny fish touch my feet (especially when I’m far away from shore).

Statistical Investigation

Lake Waihonu was rolled 20 of 66 / 40:132 times. Marama Island was rolled 31 of 66 / 62:132 times and Mount Albury was rolled 15 of 66 / 30:132 times.

They should go to Marama Island because it was rolled more than %50 compared to the others.

Do you Trust me?

Friday 26th of June 2015

For the importance of preparing for camp, we had three challenges. The first challenge was to partner up with the student that was the closest to you. The second was to have your partner to cling on to your shoulder while they have their eyes closed. The leader had to lead them to the entrance gate without going on the grass. The blinded people needed to trust, listen and follow while the leader had to give instructions. The third challenge was to switch places (when you reach the gate) and to lead your partner back to class (going on the grass was allowed this time).

 Once everyone is brought back to class with their partners, the teacher picks one random student to face the board while the class messes up the room to make a maze. After the desks are moved around, the teacher disorientates the random student by turning him around, so that he/she will not know where to go. The student had to lead himself/herself to the exit just by feeling the items around them.

  Once the person reaches the exit, every student partners up with a different buddy. The buddies sorts out each other by picking who will be the leader and who would be the disorientated person. The leader had to guide them by voice so that their partner wouldn’t bump into incoming objects.

A Donation for the RSA

RSA volunteers exchange distinctive red poppies for a donation to the RSA Poppy Day appeal in support of veterans as well as ex-service people and their families in need.
   The poppy reminds us of sacrifices made-both past and present. Poppies were the first flowers in the battlefields of Flanders in Belgium during World War One and are a symbol of remembrance and hope.
   Poppy Day had been a part of the oldest nationwide appeals. Poppy Day is usually held each year on Friday before ANZAC Day. Poppy day 2015 will be held on Friday 17th of April.
   It remains our most important appeal of the year so please donate.

Quite a boring day at Nico and Danielle's house

WALT - use another sentence when another person is talking.
Who: Nico, Liam, Vaughn, Carl, Eugene, Miguel, Ashley, Menardo, Mamalo, Honey, Melissa, Danielle and Me

What: We went to Nico’s birthday

When: Saturday, 10:30, 12:45, 4:00 and 6:00

Where: Nico, Danielle and my house.

On a wet sunny Saturday morning at 10:30 a.m, I got changed, had breakfast and biked to Nico’s house to play Call of Duty Black Ops ll. When I got there, Uncle Nick was cleaning the garage. As I entered the kitchen, I saw ‘Happy Birthday!’ banners sticking on the walls. I entered the living room to find Liam, Jesse and Nico. They were all dressed up and Nico was playing Call of Duty Black Ops ll online.

  I watched them play while I sat down on the couch. Liam was failing repeatedly on Jelly jump and Spring Ninja (he kept on dying in the start). I took turns with him and almost beat his high score (his score was 7 and my high score was also 7). As Jesse came screaming down from the kitchen, he hit me on the forehead with his equipped bullet-less nerf gun (it made a small bruise).

  When Jesse let go of the nerf gun, I snatched it from the ground and hid it in his toy box. When Uncle Nick came up to me, he said, “Sorry Gabby, you have to come back next time because Nico’s friends are coming.”

I asked Nico, “When are they coming?”

“They’re probably coming in about 5 more minutes” ,Nico replied.

  After 45 minutes, his friends still weren’t there. Uncle Nick grabbed the phone and gave it to Nico. “Why don’t you call them?” ,Uncle Nick suggested.

“But I don’t want to” ,Nico replied as he complained.

“Come on, boy. If you don’t call them, they won’t come.” Uncle Nick replied. Then Nico kept saying “No!” every time Uncle Nick was talking.

  “I will!” Liam volunteered. Liam grabbed the phone from his dad and asked Nico the number of Eugene. When Liam called, Eugene said that he was already in his car. Then I went into the kitchen and picked up my paper tattoos. I cut out some and stuck them onto my arms. Then I removed my tattoos that were below my elbow.

  After some painful scratches (I had to scratch the paper tattoos to take them all off) under the elbow, I biked off to my house and parked my bike near the mailbox. I walked to my cousin’s door (she’s next door) and rang the doorbell. Mamalo answered the door and I walked inside. I met Danielle in her bedroom and sat down on the bed as she was putting makeup on her face.

Getting Crashed by a jeep can really hurt!

At 2009, I was 4 and Jihad and I were waiting for the school jeep to come. As I was standing still I looked across the road and saw my school principal and the school jeep. At that time, I never knew what was “look left, look right and look left again”, so I just ran as fast as I could (I was slow) and a jeep was beeping at me from the other side of the road and I just stood there, mindless. The lights of the jeep got closer and hit me, knocking me back.

  I was knocked unconscious and woke up in a hospital bed. There was a needle going inside the back of my hand and it kind of hurt whenever it sucked up blood. I was given healthy food (a banana, rice, peas and broccoli) and taken care of for weeks. Whenever no one was beside me, I would always look at my room mate who was at the other side. After weeks of healing, my blood bag was filled and I was able to go home.