Whareroa Farm

In the 17th of June, we went to the Whareroa Farm.It is a place of wonderful plantlife and small animals. We went with Rm 18. We got into groups. Rm 18 was group C and D. We split our class in half to do A and B. It was turning into a good day.

Our first activity was to go to a little stream that was filled with aquatic insects. I was with Mack, Jackson, Stase, Joshua Mc, Nathan and Luc. We had to go in pairs. I went with Mack. We first checked the purity of the water. We got 1.79 m. That was, on the chart, excellent. We scooped up some water and found lots of mayfly larvae. We studied them with magnifying glasses. Stase even caught a fish! It was really cool!

We went up a hill with Mr C. He showed us a place called Camp Mackay. It was a military camp in WWII. He then showed us a place that had cracked shells where the Maori used to eat. When we got to the top, he told us to use the map from the booklet that we got at the start of the day. It was very cold at the top.

When we went back down, we had lunch. We had a few games of Tag. Then it was our turn for Orienteering. We had to go into small groups. I was with Luc, Jackson, Mack, Chloe and Jessie. We had a chart with numbers 1 to 18. We crossed off 4, 5 and 6 'cause they were hard to get. When my group found number 1, 2, 3 and 13, we split up. Me, Luc and Jackson met Stase and Joshua so we teamed up. When we found 14 and 16, me and Jackson looked for 15. Then Stase, Luc and Joshua kind of ditched us. We found 17 and then we went back. It was time to do our final activity.

We had to walk through the river. Then the manager told us about some fungi. We then saw some wetas and a dead cat. Yuck! We went back to school on the bus. It was an awesome day.