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=Kuranui OUT DOOR ED 2012=

= = =Term 1 Rafting= =** We went on the bus up to the Waiohine Gorge to do Outdoor Education.When we got to the base we gathered in a circle and wrote down 1 thing we are going to try to do when we're doing the Outdoor Education and 1 thing we could improve on.After that we played a game called the peg game in this game you had to steal the pegs of the other people.When we had finished the game we went inside and the man explained to us about river safety and river crossings and about the rafts we were going to make.After that it was morning tea time before long we were on to making the rafts in groups of 7. We floated the rafts down the river after that we went home on the bus.I really enjoyed this apart from the cold river. **=

= = =Term 2 Caving=

On the 15th of may 2012 I and about 30 other year sevens went on the bus to Pukaha Mount Bruce to do caving.We arrived on the bus at
===Pukaha Mount Bruce then we went inside to talk about caving and what we would see in the caves,after this we had morning tea and while we were having morning tea we looked out the window and saw 3 Takahae .After morning tea we went and sat back down and talked about fear also we learnt about Glowworms,Bats and Wetas we then did a presentation about one one these amazing creatures.Before long it was time to get lunch,go to the toilet and get our helmets for caving.We then set off for the caves which were about a twenty minute walk across a farmers paddock and then down a path that cows go down to go to the milking shed.When we got to the caves we got out our torches and the instructor talked to us again about rules in the cave then we all climbed down into the deep dark gloomy cave when we got down there was an underground stream going through it on the roof there were cave weta and cave spiders.We then walked along the track and up a hill of limestone it was slippery and you had to be careful also there were stalictites hanging down from the roof.After that we slid back down to the entrance of the cave and climbed out,We then walked back to===