water treatment plant.

Water treatment plant

On Thursday the 30th of June rm6 students went to Waikanae water treatment plant in Reikorangi we caught a Kapiti coach tours bus to the plant. When we got there one of the people came to greet us his name was Dave he told us all the health and safety hazards. Here are some of them there is corrosive acid,non breathable and quit a few others. Then we got divided into two groups I was in group 1 with Stase,Josh mc,Olivia,Georgia and Nikki. The first thing my group did was go to the Swale tank buried in the grass then we went to a platform that hung over the river. My whole group got a surprise when we seen two brown trout swimming in one spot but we had to be quiet to see them. Mr Corlett took some photos of them as well then we moved on to inside the building. First Dave told us about the machinery that they use the water cleaner machine was 140 thousand dollars in total all the machinery was 40 million dollars. That doesn't include the building they said they want the building to last 150 years. Then that was the end of the tour.

By Kieran

Whareroa farm

Whareroa Farm

On friday the 17th rm6 and rm18 went to Whareroa farm at mackays crossing. When we got there a lady with an axe came onto the bus and said to each group a,b,c and d to get off the bus. Then we meet in a shed so that the lady could talk to us about the farm. The other name for it is a catchment. After that we went to do our activities first my group did the mountain walk. Then our next activity was the stream testing which is where we had to measure the temperature of the stream. The stream was 11 degrees celsius on my thermometer once we did that we all had to get a very fine fishing net and a tray to get critters out of the stream. We also had to buddy up my buddy was Flynn we found a centipede looking thing and named it bob.I also got my gumboot wet because we fell in when I was piggy backing Flynn. Finally our last activity was orientering I worked with six people. We got all fifteen letters that we needed.

By kieran              

Pharazyn reserve

Pharazyn reserve

On the 9th of june rm6 and 10 children from rm19 went to Pharazyn reserve in Waikanae we all got there by bus on the way there I sat next to Josh t all we did was chat away until we got there.

Finally when we got there we pushed and shoved off the bus after all that ruckus Rob the oldest man talked to us and told us about the reserve. Next he showed us a tutorial of how to plant the tree Then we got stuck into it we had to partner up my partners were Jack u and wyatt. We planted 7 trees then the group had to meet at the meeting area.

Then Rob told us to follow him down a gravel pathway so we did. When we all got to the spot he wanted to show us I Stopped he told us some of the reserves animals. Then we walked back to where the bus was waiting for us. Then we all said goodbye to the people that helped us once we had done that I got back on the bus and came back to school.

By Kieran