Bush survival

This is my backpack for a hike or a walk in the bush.

Fabulous Finish Term 4 week 7 More about me

This term for Chapter Chat the teachers read to us Ghost, the book was about a boy named Castle Cranshaw going by the nickname Ghost, in my opinion, Ghost had a rough family his dad tried to shot his mother. So they ran to Mr. Charles 24/7 country store later Ghost's dad was taken to jail. In the book, we meet these characters, Ghost, Lu, Patina, Sunny, Coach Broady, King, Mr. Charles and of course the school bully, Brandon.

For my Chapter Chat, I did More About me the hardest part was coloring as I'm not a big fan of coloring, the easiest part was doing the lines. I chose Lu because I really wanted to do him and he was like the main character but not really which is why I wanted to do him.

Bush Survival

 S.T.O.P

The s in S.T.O.P means stop and look around when you realize you're lost.

The t in S.T.O.P means think, look around and see what the situation is.

The o in S.T.O.P means to observe your surroundings.

The p in S.T.O.P means plan what to do next.

Water

To find water you can look for animal tracks as those could lead to running water as animals need water too.

Containers you might need to bring containers when you finally find your water source don't drink it bring it back to your shelter as the water is probably not safe to drink.

The water you got probably won't be safe drinking water but you can boil it in a pot or something fireproof to get rid of bacteria just make sure before you boil it that there are no leaves dirt or sand inside, you could filter these things out by using a clean sock or shirt, after the water boils just wait for it to cool down then drink your now hopefully safe drinking water.

Shelter

You need to make sure you build your shelter away from creeks or rivers.

You will need to build your shelter on a dry, flat surface.

Most importantly you need to make sure your shelter will protect you from rain and wind.

Fire 

You may have had your head stuck when I said you will need a fire to boil your water well here's how.

Build your fire on a flat surface that isn't too windy as that can take out the fire to make the fire you will need old dry grass, dry wood, and dry leaves and small twigs.

To light a fire you can use flint and steel or matches or a lighter if you have one in your backpack.

Place the old grass where you want the fire to be and put dry leaves and twigs around the dry grass make sure there are a few openings where you can see the dry grass once you lit your fire you may want to add logs in cross-motion then you'll have your fire.


Basic First Aid

Let's say you get a cut and you have no plasters or bandages you can use a piece of your clothing and wrap it around the wound and wait for it to heal but it's good that you rest for a little bit too but before you do that grab some water you'd biol and clean the wound first.

If you don't feel so good just have a rest for a while until you feel better if it gets worse you may want to know how to signal for help.

If your allergic to wasp or bee stings you probably have as EpiPen your bag its also good to have a First Aid Kit in hand if you encounter a cut or scrape.

Signaling for help

There are a few different ways to signal for help you can make a big fire that can be seen over the treetops.

You can have a flare gun, you might not have one but if you did it would be really handy.

Even having something that's noisy could help as if someone's camping they may be able to hear you.

Chapter Chat week 5 Term 4 Pick'n mix

This is my Pick'n mix I did a research center I had a lot of fun researching about them. My favorite one is the world's oldest cow.

 

Shelter Building

Today for the last Shelter Building rotation my troop (Tuis) had to make a shelter out of tarpaulin and rope. We had difficulty at first as we weren't talking too much together but we did start working together more like getting rocks to put on the side of the tarpaulin or holding things for someone, in the end, our shelter worked well. The hardest part when making the shelter was tying the rope and getting the tarpaulin over the rope as it was super windy, and the easiest part was at the end when we got the rocks on and someone went inside.

Chapter Chat Week 5 Term 4 Fantastic Favourite

This is the Fantastic Favourite I did a storyboard scene from the book we read this term Ghost. I did a classic scene where Mr. Charles ask Ghost "Let me guess sunflower seeds" and Ghost says "Let me guess a dollar.

Lego Challenge

This is my Lego Challenge I did, we had to make something involving the ocean, I did two scenes a lighthouse, and Dave picking up plastic on the beach.  The hardest part was finding the pieces for my scene, the easiest was building.

Chapter Chat Week 5 Term 4 A Way with Words

This is my Chapter Chat the only one I didn't do that isn't my pickin' mix or fantastic favorite was A Way with Words so I did it this week I did an acrostic poem about Brandon I hope you like it.

Shelter Building

The best place to build a shelter is near a water source not super close to a creek lets say but close enough if you run out of the water you can grab some  from that water source, you would also want to build your shelter in an open flat area if you don't wake up with something hard stabbing your back.

When building a shelter in the New Zealand bush you don't need protection from your shelter but if you hate mosquitoes you definitely will.

If you are stuck in the NZ bush look no further than the ground there likely will be sticks and other stuff to build your shelter, you may need when wanting to build a shelter is two trees big enough to build a shelter between them, sticks, twigs, and big tall leaves.

Some pros about sleeping in a bush shelter are, you close to nature, you can see wildlife and it most likely would be peaceful, some cons about sleeping in the bush could be it may be bumpy, you may not like bugs and that could be a con for most and being alone if you went by yourself.

Native Trees Blog Post

While doing native trees we researched a tree of our choice but before that, we planted Māunka seed in our pots we made out of newspaper. We also made lip balm and tea. I chose Pōhutukawa as my tree to research.

Chapter Chat week 4 Research Centre

This week I did Research Centre about Jason Reynolds I loved researching about him.

Clove Hitch

Clove Hitch

This knot would be good if you need to tie something to a tree like supplies that are light and you don't want them to be on the ground also you can remove it quickly because it's easy to remove.

This knot was a difficulty rating of 2/5 because it was easy to tie but I don't think I could do it with my eyes closed.

Figure Eight Knot

Figure Eight Knot

This knot is a stopper knot. I think it would be useful to stop something small from not going down the rope.

This knot is a difficulty rating of 1/5 because it's super easy to do I could even do it with my eyes closed.