Canterbury Museum : EOTC Activities

Hi everyone! Welcome to another post, today for Wānanga we were assigned to do tasks where we complete activities about the locations where we go out for EOTC week. We had to choose at least one activity from each location and the one I did today is from the Christchurch City Centre. For that activity, we had to write a paragraph about a topic on the site that read and answer a question. 

On the online Museum Module, many different topics were being exhibited ranging from the World War from Ancient New Zealand Animals. The passage was called Ancient New Zealand: Squawkzilla and the Giants. On the page, there were another two passages one about research on Waipara dating back 62 million years ago and another research on St Bathans which dates back 20 million years ago. I chose to read about the research on Waipara. What I found interesting in this passage was the amount of ancient penguin and bird fossils found on the Waipara Fossil Sites. The animals I found intriguing was a giant sea turtle because of its size and their specific kinds of species. 

E-O-T-C!

"YAY! It is time for EOTC WEEK"  This is the time of year where we do our traditional EOTC week which is means "Education Outside The Classroom".   I was really excited and happy, and also very sad because it was my last year here.  For the actvities we did Clip n' Climb, Ice skating,  Surfing with fish n chips, Mega air, Jellie Park and Sailing.

First Day: Clip n' Climb and Ice skating (Thursday)

• On our first day was Clip n' Climb and Ice Skating, I was and really excited for the Ice Skating but I was nervous and both excited for Clip n' Climb because you have to climb up some obstacles that are really high.  So it was now thime to go, my friend, was holding on to me that is because she was scared.  So we got onto the bus and we got droven to Clip n' and Climb. 

• Once we got there the first group went to go climbing first, so our group had to wait for a 30 minutes, so in that 30 minutes we played and games and ate some food.  So then after that it was now our turn to go climbing, so my group went down the stairs to put on our safety gear.  I was really excited, so for our safety gear we had to wear a harness, so then after that the instructor walked us to the climbing room.  I was getting excited, so we started climbing,  started on the square one which goes really high. So after 30 minutes we finished and got on the bus to go to ice skating. 

• So the bus drove us to the ice skating rink, when we went inside the ice skating rink,it was freezing.  So I put on my long socks and went to get my skate's, I put it on and went to my group and lined up.  So my friend and I went inside the ice rink, and started ice skating, my other friends didn't know how to skate so I teached them how to. After 1 hour or 2 we finished and went on the bus to go back to our school.  

Second Day:Surfing and Fish and Chips (Friday)

• On our next day we were going to do some surfing and fish n' chips, it was really gonna be a hot day so I put on some sun screen.  So after the long bus ride, we where at Sumner beach, the sun was and shining and the waves where crashing (Literally).  So we got started, we got separated into 3 groups, I was lucky because I was with my friends.  So when the other groups had finished, our group put on our wet suit and got divided to groups.  My groups was called "Dolphin" the other group was "Seal".  In my group we were doing surfing first, i was so excited.  
• So we got ready and went in the water, and started surfing, I went near the deep one and got on my board and road the wave stood up about at half way and fell down as I was gonna do a turn.  It was really fun, and there is something we also learned "The Shaka" it means when you stand get a chance to stand up on the your board.  

• So for lunch we got some fish n' chips with some donuts, so I finished my lunch and got lined up for the next activity, the next activity was body boarding.  I was really excited because body boarding and fun and easy.  So i took my board and and walked out waited for a wave and lied down on my board and road the wave to shore.  So then after that we went to go change and pack.  But somethings terrible had happened, 3 or 2 people was caught in  a rip, which is a wave that pulls you in and take you back to sea.  When that is happening a loud siren will play and the people lose their consciousness.  

Third day:Big day out (Friday, Mega Air and Jelly Park)

• It was finally time to go to mega air, mega air is a trampoline place.  So we get split into groups, of two with the years 4.  I was in the first group with my friends, we had to walk to mega air because it was really near to our school.  So when we got there we started off by watching a safety video.  Then after we started jumping, I started on the tumbling track and then went of th foam pit then on the air pit.  So then after that we went back to relax and get packed to go to jelly park.  
• So we got on the bus to jelly park and the bus drove us to jelly park, we got changed and ready to go swimming, but before that we had to put on sunscreen and a hydro slide pass.  i went with my friend to go swimming to the hydro slide first the line was big so we waited until we got to the top.  When we go to the top we picked the super fast slide, I got on and raced my friend.  Soon enough we found ourselves going, we probably stayed there for about 1 hours. 

Fourth Day/Last day: Sailing (Thursday 

• It was finally the last day, which was sailing I was really excited for sailing because I knew how to sail.  SO first we were split in groups, I was with my friend who was quite scared, so the first thing we needed to do was build our sail.  So after a few minutes, our sail was built we had morning tea and some time to practice on the sail.  So then we picked some sail's to put on the water, then we started to do a one on one practice with the instructors.  I went on the sail and drove the boat, the wind wasn't picking up so I was driven back.  I got inside the water, and helped out, we got into groups to practice ourselves.  A few hours later, my groups was freezing, so we decided to get changed and eat some lunch.  So then everyone got out and started helping us by taking apart the boat and loading them onto the storage room. So then the bus was here and we were driven back.  

EOTC Week

Last week and this week we did EOTC week, EOTC week is education outside the class room.   I was really excited.  I feel scared but excited at the same time.

Surfing and Body Boarding,

On Thursday 8th December we went to Sumner beach to do some surfing and body boarding. We had to learn some safety rules before we go in the water.  After that I had to change into our swimming togs and grab a wet suit that fits, then we got change into our togs and the wet suit and we went surfing and body boarding.  For lunch we had fish and chips, Donuts and hot dog.
Adrenaline Forest and Spencer,
One Friday 9th December we went to Adrenaline Forest and Spencer park.  We got split up to 2 groups my group was first to be climbing the tall trees.  I got up to stage 3 it was really scary but also fun.  It was also very challenging.  Once we finished we had lunch in Spencer park which is just across the road.  When we finished we played in the playground and the other group went to Adrenaline Forest.  When they finished we went back to school.
Mega Air and Top Team,
On Tuesday 13th December we went to Mega Air and we did top team.   First we watched a video with safety rule before we jump and after that we had lots of fun.  Genica, Aiden, Kea and I did some flips and Handstands and then we went to the foam pit and the Air bag we had lots of fun in racing in the Air Bag.  We were there for an hour.  Then we had to walk back to school.