Wero Whitewater Trip

Last week Friday, Room 12 got to go on their kayaking trip. 

When our lesson began we started with organising groups. Some had six and others had seven. Next we talked about river safety. Moving on from that, we finally hopped into a raft and started paddling. We went around the course, trying to get comfortable with paddling. 

After our first lap my group decided to make our raft spin around the rushing river. We were bumping into walls and another group. When we collided with the other group, Peni (their member) fell out. That resulted in laughs. I think I was crying. 

Many laughs later we moved onto swimming down the river. There were two groups, those who wanted to float down the small fall and those who chose the big fall. I chose the small fall.

I had a bunch of fun and hope to go again.

Kakapos in Danger

The past few months kakapo's have been affected by a disease named aspergillosis, a fungal disease that affects the respiratory system. Seven kakapo have died with 35 in hospitals around the country.

Those in hospitals are being medicated twice a day and are being fed their favourite native plants. 160 of the birds remain.

This is disheartening to hear seeing that there are not many kakapos left. Hopefully the numbers go up soon.

Rippa Rugby

Yesterday was our last day of rippa rugby. For six weeks, every Tuesday we've been with coach Corey who would try to teach us to use comms, pay attention to our own team, and to not shy away from the ball.

This session we played cat and mouse, over the river, rippa rugby and bullrush. Over the river was a newly added game which nearly everyone loved. There were two teams and a section in the middle, the river. We played with two rugby balls/grenades. If they dropped on the floor, no matter what side or who threw/kicked it, the closest person would be out. If it landed in the river, the person who threw/kicked it would be out. If someone caught the grenade the thrower would be out.

We also had a competition. We had to pass down five balls to the end of our line and beat 19 seconds, Room 8A's score. If we had won, we would have gotten three rugby balls.

This session was the most enjoyable.