Fabulous Finish!

This is my fabulous finish for the book Ghost. The book is about a boy named Castle (who nicknames himself Ghost), who joins a professional track team. He goes through many struggles, one where the police could even get involved. The character I chose for fabulous finish was Mr Charles. Mr Charles owns the country store where Ghost buys sunflower seeds. We don't know a heap about Mr Charles so I had to make a little bit of it up.

Survival Backpack

This is my survival backpack for Whetu survivor! I did a torch, a sandwich, a water bottle, a compass, a lighter, a first aid kit and a flag. I also did information on why you would need them. I did it all entirely out of google drawings! Except the bag. I copy and pasted it from the slides.

Whetu Survivor: Bush Survival. Eels

Shelter

•  Build on dry ground or your shelter will sink

into the runny mud.

• Build up on high ground so if it floods you will

not get drenched in water.

•  Don’t build on a sloped hill or you may fall

while your sleeping. 

Finding Water

• Dig anywhere that is slightly damp because

you will most likely find a source of water.

• NEVER drink salt water. It will just make

you more thirsty.

• Make sure it is clear and smells normal.

Fire

• Never make a fire with wet wood because you

will just have a smokey, fire and most likely it will go out.

• Make sure there is a source of water nearby

so if the fire goes out of control, you can put it out.

• When you make/light a fire you need Dry

Wood, Heat Fuel and Oxygen.

     Bush Survival

What Does S.T.O.P Stand for in the bush

• S. Stands for Stop
• T. Stands for Think
• O. Stands for Observe
• P. Stands for Plan

Signaling for help

• First you should scream

“HELP HELP I NEED HELP” so somebody

will recognise that somebody needs help.

• Do the S.O.S Signal and a helicopter might

recognise you.

• Try and make it noticeable that someone

is there and needs help.

Basic First Aid

• Stay calm.
• Make sure you know what you are doing

before acting.

• Make sure you know what has happened

before trying anything

CC W5 T4- Fantastic Favourite

This is my Chapter Chat for this week! I did a storyboard.

If you're wondering what the white stuff is some of the way through, it is the noise of the gun, which sadly there are no objects in storyboard.

Alpine Butterfly Knot

I also learned how to do the Alpine Butterfly knot.

I would give it the difficulty rating of 3/5. It was quite difficult to do, and took a few tries. It is used to join two ropes together, though you can tie one with just one piece of rope.

Figure Eight Knot

Secondly, I did the Figure Eight knot. This is the one I did!

I would give it the difficulty rating of 4/5 because I still struggle tying it, even though I know how to do it! It is a stopper knot.

Reef Knot

For Whetu Survivor, we are learning about different types of knots. I have learned how to do three different knots. Firstly, I learned the reef knot. This is what my one looked like!

I would give it the difficulty rating 2/5 because once you know how to do it, it is really easy! Most of us use this knot for tying shoelaces.

Extremely Excellent Outdoor Shelter Challenge!

This is us making our shelter. I am the short girl in the blue hat holding the blue thing. We tried many different things to have it stay down. We used rocks, but they weren't heavy enough. We also tried jamming sticks in the holes into the ground.  That didn't work either.

Mrs Kennedy told us it was too high and to just use our bodies to hold the tent down. I am the one in the tent. It was very warm and cosy inside the tent.

This is us in an actual tent. We worked well together when threading the poles through the tent. Today, I learned that our group can not jam sticks in the ground. Oh, and I learned how to put up a tent. 

CC W4 T4: Creation Station

This is my Chapter Chat for this week! I did Creation Station! The task was to make Coach Brody's Olympic medal. I did that and balanced it carefully making it look like I was wearing it in the photo. It is not guaranteed to stay in the same spot very long. This relates to the story because Coach's secret was that his dad sold his Olympic sprinting medal for twenty dollars and died shortly later. I would call that karma.

                            Maori version 

                     (  hīnaki  anō te pai tīhokahoka hangatanga )

Shelters, shelters, shelters,  building shelters is a good
skill to learn, even if you don’t like going outside, you never
know when you will be faced with a situation where you have
to spend the night unprepared in the wilderness. 

Favourite Shelters

Our favourite shelter is ( the tarp tent. We want to do
this one because it is simple and more like a real tent.

Our favourite shelter is a spider shelter, I would like to
build it because it looks really spooky and kinda haunted
plus it is really easy to make check out this website, to
see how you make it. It is mostly made out of leaves to
protect you from the inside.  

Shelter Building

For our Whetu Survivor, we are constructing shelters. We were told to research shelters. I think the best place to build a shelter on dry, flat ground near a source of water, but not close enough to the water that if it floods you drown. Making sure that the shelter is sturdy and sealed, you shouldn't need to worry too much about the wind. Try also building you shelter between some trees so they can protect you and your shelter from wind. As you won't have any man made materials, you will need to make the shelter out of sticks and use dry leafs for a more comfortable sleeping area.

If you build a good shelter, you should be safe from wind, but as long as you can get out of the shelter, mosquitoes can get in! Luckily, here in New Zealand the worst animal that could attack you out there is a mosquito. Since no other humans will be nearby, it should be pretty quiet and peaceful. However, you will be far away from civilisation such as food and entertainment. So it would most likely be pretty boring and you will have to find your own food which could be poisonous. DO NOT EAT RANDOM FOOD IN THE BUSH JUST BECAUSE THE BIRDS ARE! Birds have different stomachs than us so some things that are poison to us might not be poison to them.