Term 4 Week 7 Fabulous Finish Character Model.

This is the last Week of Chapter Chat, I hope that you have enjoyed my last task for this year. So these are Ghosts run-down pair of High Tops, that he has had since his Dad drank to much and was just about to to kill them. In the art space in Whetu people kept saying to me "You should really do another layer of black paint". But I said no because to me it gives it that affect of having, them for years and the paint is chipping and they are old and crusty. Your probably wondering why did I added random brown spots on Ghosts shoes, well I added them because in the book he got into a fight with  Brandon and he got Chocolate Milk on his High Tops, or you could also imagine it as gooey mud since he has them for quite a bit of time, so its your choice of the point of view. The thing that was the hardest to me was doing the shoe lasses, because the first time I did it I just put them through the holes instead of, doing crosses. I would like to say a big thanks to Mrs Fraser, because she helped me during the way for putting the shoe lasses in the holes. I am very proud of myself by thinking outside of the box for my last Fabulous finish for, this year. Like I said at the top I hope you enjoy my Fabulous Finish and have a Happy New Year.

Task 2 Bush Survivor Whetu Survivor.

This is my Second Task for Bush Survivor, we had to make a backpack with what you need to go tramping. It was really hard adding a lot of detail to each little shape, but I got it finished just in time. I think that I have succeeded in this Whetu Survivor.

Whetu Survivor Bush Task!

 Welcome to Week 2 of Whetu Survivor, we got to do Bush Survivor with Mrs Kennedy! It was really challenging finding out what S.T.O.P means but I figured it out, and it says what it means in the description below.

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

Signalling 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.
• Use a flare gun so someone will recognise you. 

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.

Term 4 Week 5 Chapter Chat A Way with Words/Pick n Mix

This is my 2nd Chapter Chat task because this Week, you were allowed to do two tasks because we still have our Fantastic Favourite, and Pick n Mix. I did acrostic poems for this week. Most of the Characters in the book Ghost, were the ones that I did. Here are the list of people I did, Ghost, Sunny, Petunia, Paddy, Mr Charles and last but not least Coach Brodie. When I finished writing the acrostic poems my hand was so sore, but I got it finished which was awesome. I made my my Chapter Chat 3D for a reason, because in all my other Chapter Chat tasks I have never ever made 3D before. Also this will be my last Chapter Chat task until next year, because now I only have to do Fabulous Finish and to me that does not count as a Chapter Chat task, even though it probably is. The hardest part about my Chapter Chat was the whole thing because when I started to glue the sides together it did not work it would not stick together. I worked out that I needed more glue. That fixed it and made it much better. Like I said in the top part my hand got really sore, but I did not give up and got it finished. At first I thought that I Needed Mums help, like I thought I needed. I managed it by myself which makes me feel surprised and proud, of myself for the effort I put into my Chapter Chat enjoy.

Term 4 Week 5 Chapter Chat Digital Design/ Fantastic Favourite

This is my Chapter Chat for Week 5 I did Digital Design. My favourite flag is the Assassins flag  because it looks evil and when you race they would, look at you and make you go to sleep on the track. I made flags because the Defenders went to race like I said in the past post, and these were the components and other teams. I made these flags for the supports like the Mums and Dads and, whanau that would be waving them left right and centre, for everybody to see. I made the flags more supportive by using Popsicle sticks for the handles, to wave it around instead of just paper and it will probably tear apart and be broken, and that would be bad. I would like to say thanks to Ihi helping me cut out the flags, it was pretty difficult because there were tons curves and it is pretty hard to cut out, but we never gave up on cutting out and lucky we did not mess it up.

Whetu Survivor Knots Clove Hitch

For this Weeks Whetu Survivor Knowledge Seekers got to learn about Knots, with Mrs Heaven, Mrs Loft, and Mrs Fraser. There are so many types of knots but on this post I attempted the Clove Hitch, Knot.  If you want to do the Clove Hitch you need to use something supportive like your arm, leg, chair and many more supportive objects.                                                                    

To me the best time/situation to use this knot is when you have a trailer, and you need to go to the dump, so when you tie the trailer to your tow-bar,/the end of your car. I recommend this knot because it is really secure if you pull it, it will not come apart as easy like your regular basic knot, that will defiantly come apart then you will be saying bye bye trailer. I rate the Clove Hitch knot 4/5 of difficulty, because the Clove Hitch knot is really difficult because you have to do a lot of twisting and turning, but when I tried to pull it apart it would not go, so I had to get help from a friend that's why I would use it for a trailer so you do not have to say bye bye trailer.

Whetu Survivor Knots Figure Eight Knot

For this Weeks Whetu Survivor Knowledge Seekers got to learn about Knots, with Mrs Heaven, Mrs Loft, and Mrs Fraser. There are so many types of knots but on this post I attempted the Figure Eight knot, when you make the knot/tie the knot when your finished just to make sure that is completed it should look like a number Eight, if its not then you have made a mistake somewhere along the lines of tying.

Fun fact did you know that the Figure Eight knot also can be called the Flemish bend, I like the name Flemish Bend because to me its sounds stunning and not basic and boring the Flemish bend sounds like it has more pop to it but then again that's just me you may prefer the Figure Eight knot because it sounds like a puzzle. But anyways I think that I would use this knot in a situation where I am going to go rock climbing and I had to secure myself I would use this knot because did you know that when rock climbers go climbing they prefer to use this knot because it is really secure and easy to tie. I would rate this knot a 2/5 because it is pretty easy because it only took me three times to make it perfect.

Whetu Survivor Knots Reef Knot.

For this Weeks Whetu Survivor Knowledge Seekers got to learn about Knots, with Mrs Heaven, Mrs Loft, and Mrs Fraser. There are so many types of knots but on this post I attempted the Reef Knot. When you tie this knot you need to make sure that it is finished by easily sliding, it side to side if it does not slide to side then you may have made a mistake but that is okay, because it took my a little while to make it perfect because when you make a mistake you learn from it.

This Knot is my favourite knot because it kinda reminds from under the sea like coral or something. It is easy if you practice a couple of times. I rate this Knot a 3/5 for difficulty because if your a beginner for tying, then it will be pretty hard but then you will get the hang of it then you will just want to keep on trying and tying this pacific knot. 

Whetu Survivor Knots Alpine Butterfly Knot.

For this Weeks Whetu Survivor Knowledge Seekers got to learn about Knots, with Mrs Heaven, Mrs Loft, and Mrs Fraser. There are so many types of knots but on this post I attempted the Alpine Butterfly  Knot. This Knot is pretty difficult I would rate it a 4/5 because, you have to twist it around and around on your hand. And you could easily mess it up but that's okay because when you make a mistake you learn from it, and you just have to remember to never give up and have hope because it will work. I would use this knot when I go camping then if my string breaks then I would tie the two ends together and then, create the Alpine Butterfly Knot because did you know that it is the strongest knot ever. 

Term 4 Week 4 Chapter Chat Creation Station Origami Medals.

This is my Chapter Chat I made Origami Medals. That took hours like literally hours, but I think that I made something unique because nobody for Chapter Chat, has ever made anything origami. To me the hardest part was the whole thing because if you do not know what origami is, it is the Japanese way of art of folding paper in to decorative shapes and figures. I wanted to try something by thinking outside of the box, which I think that a have achieved that goal. I really like that I chose to put one set of Olympic rings on one of the medals, because to me it makes it 10 times cooler than it originally was. Ok so we finished Ghost I know it is pretty sad but anyways, I am going to give you a little bit of a blurb of information about what happend. So I left at the secrets and dinner so a lot has happend so Ghost went to training with his silver bullets, new stolen shoes. They go get there new uniform that looked  electric blue, Defenders written in gold writing with a fist of gold Crunching something, and Ghost was last to get his but then he asked "Um what about my uniform" Coach replied with a grump"Oh here it is" he had pulled out a piece of paper from this large box, and it said with fire hot writing shoplifter has stolen $299 worth of  shoes if you see this young boy then please call, 132-657-890. "GHOST WHY DID YOU STEAL SHOES" But Coach" SIT" Then Coach told Ghost ever thing about him like, he lived on the same street as Ghost and when coach was a l boy he made it, to the Olympics then he ran and won that's why I made the medals, anyways then since his dad loves drugs he sold the medal for $20, for drugs. Long story short Ghost made it to his first race and got ready and then that was the end...

Peaceful Perfect Pukekos Shelter Building!

For our last activity about Shelters we got to build a Shelter! It was pretty hard because we were all stressed to make our tent, so my title is technically the opposite of what it says, but I still like the name. My teammates were Paige, Shelby, Asha, Brigitte and Chloe. We thought that we needed to tie our rope, really high but we were wrong because then Mrs Kennedy came and said "Tie it down low because it is only supposed to be a one person tent" then we were like ohhhh because we all thought that it needed to fit all 6 of us, but we just needed to make a one person tent. During building the tent/shelter we made some funny camping jokes like whats a trees favourite drink? Root Beer, and a lot more. I think the easiest thing was working together because we all would say something, nice to keep us going. But it was really fun in the end but a bit frustrating, at times. When we started to give up I said come on guys, just because we are failing does not mean we have lost yet, so then we restarted again again and again. Now we know that even though there is 6 of us, it just needs to be a one person tent because just imagine that, your in the wilderness unprepared for the unexpected.

EELS Excellent Shelter Building

                                              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 first favourite shelter is the Tarp Shelter/Tent. We want to do this one because it is simple and more like a real tent/shelter, so it is like your out on a camping trip but your really not.

Our second favourite shelter is the Spider Shelter, we 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 and branches to protect you from the outside.  

Information about Shelters/Quiz about Shelters

                                                Shelters
Shelters, Shelters, Shelters, there are so many types of them, like a bush-craft shelters animal shelters and many more.  Did you know that shelters are actually really helpful, like for instance if the sky goes really manky and it looks like it is going to rain, then just quickly build a shelter with the things around you, then it protects you by keeping you dry from the rain. Or if there is wild animals around you then if you build a shelter about medium size then they cannot get in because if you make, it to big then they can squeeze in through the gape.

                    Where to build shelters/Good places to build
The best habitat to build a shelter is flat and dry ground, plus branches and leaves. You want to build your shelter on flat and dry land, because it is more stable because if you have wet gooey land then your shelter/tent, will sink into mud that's like quick sand. If you build on a sloped area then your shelter will most likely go down the slop. But like I said in the top peace of shelters you should really use the stuff around you instead of losing your spot for looking for better materials. When you build shelters a good idea is to build your shelter on high ground because if you get hurt then somebody will see you so then you should get help straight away.