Christmas Research

For another one of my Christmas Countdown tasks, I decided to research about Christmas in the USA. This was really really fun. My favourite part was decorating my slides because I just really love decorating. The hardest part was finding some pictures of what I wanted because it just came up with random things. I really enjoyed this task and give it a 10/10.

Here is a link to my slide.
Christmas slide

Christmas Wrapping

For my second Whetu Christmas Countdown activity, I decided to digitally make a Christmas Wrapping design. I made lots of digital Christmas trees and copied and pasted them all over the google drawing. I really liked how my activity has turned out. I enjoyed making the Christmas trees because I got to add as much detail as I wanted. I give this activity a 10/10.

Reindeer Recipes

For my first activity for Whetu's Christmas Countdown, I decide to make food recipes for Reindeers. For my first recipe I made a Rolled Oats mix filled with lots of fruit. This recipe was pretty easy because I just chose some really yum things and put them in and mixed them together.

For my second recipe, I made Carrot muffins I tried to remember 5hings my mum puts in her muffins and I just came up with measurements for all the ingredients this one was a lot harder than the first recipe because you had to prep all the ingredients and you had to bake them and remember important ingredients. I really enjoyed making these recipes and would love to do it again.

Survival Backpack

For our last task for our third round of survivor, we had to make a backpack containing all the things you might need if you get lost in the bush while hiking. This task was really fun and challenging. The hardest part was thinking of the last couple of things for my backpack because I thought I had everything but really I could add more. The easiest part was finding the images because there were lots of options when I searched for the thing I wanted. I really enjoyed our Survivor rotations and would love to do it again.

W7 T4 CC Fabulous Finish

For the past two weeks, we have been creating our Fabulous Finishes. For this term, I did a Descriptive passage. This task was really fun and challenging. The hardest part was finding one word to describe Patina because I can think of sentences to describe her but I can't think of words. The easiest part was the dots because dots are just mini circles and there not hard at all. I really enjoyed this task and give it a 10/10.

Survival Research

What is the S.T.O.P acronym for survival?

When becoming separated with someone in the bush it is important to remember the following information in case this might happen.

Stop as soon as you realize you're lost.

Think about the situation and what is happening.

Observe your surroundings.

Plan what you are going to do.

Finding fresh water.

 Flowing water (rivers, creeks, and streams of snowmelt) are safer drinking options than puddles and lakes (stagnant water) because of lingering bacteria. 

You should also bring a filter for when you need to filter dirty water if you are lost.

Don't drink straight from still water such as puddles and lakes because there is a high chance you can consume bacteria if you have a filter you should filter it.

Shelter.

When building a shelter it is important to remember the following advice.

Build away from creeks or rivers because you can get washed away or wet.

Build your shelter on a dry and flat surface out of the wind.

Your shelter needs to protect you from wind and rain otherwise it's not a very good survival shelter and you won't get protected.

Starting a fire.

When you get lost in the bush and it's freezing it’s very important to keep yourself warm because you will most likely not survive from body temperature rather than an animal attack.

When getting kindling and firewood, make sure that your wood is dry so it burns easily.

Start your fire off with small and dry bits of wood so you can really get your fire going rather than chucking a log on and hoping it will burn when you just started.

You don't just have to use wood you can use dry leaves just as well as wood.

Basic First Aid.

The most basic wilderness first aid skill is to properly prepare. Putting together a well-stocked travel first aid kit means that you’ll have all of the resources you’ll need when you are hiking and need assistance. Common items in a wilderness first aid kit include disinfectant, bandages, bite or sting ointment, a pair of tweezers, and Bandages.

You should always expect the unexpected because you never know when someone will get hurt.

Don't panic when you are hurt or someone else is hurt it is important to be calm in this situation.

Signalling for help.

Something that will always get rescuers attention is fire you should always have a really powerful fire at night with lots of flames because at night it pops out more.

At day time you should always have a smokey fire because it is dark and more visible than just flames so the rescuers can see you easily.

If you're going to light a signalling fire you should always keep checking on it and stay close to the fire so there's more of a chance of the rescuers seeing you.

T4 W5 CC

This week for Chapter Chat I did Digital Design. The task was to redesign the book cover for the book Ghost. This task was really fun and tricky. The hardest part was deciding the layout of my book cover because I had lot's of ideas and it was hard to just choose one. The easiest part was not really anything because everything was just as equally hard and easy. I really enjoyed this task I give it a 10/10.