Today we went to the Cobb valley to learn bushcraft skills from some instructors who work at outward bound. We did location awareness, fire starting, navigation off track, and safety in the bush. The bush safety came in handy when a wasp nest was disturbed and children and instructors got stung. Everyone did the right thing to sort the problem out. Carrying on the students learnt how to build shelter that would keep the weather out if they got lost. 1 of the other highlights was falling over on the grassland that was very uneven. We finished off with a quick 1 in the river all students but one had to swim in their clothes. Well done to Shaye for being super organised. Caleb astonished the teacher by identifying 10 different species of native birds. It was a a fantastic day thanks to wonderful instructors and excellent students.
10 comments:
That looks like so much fun!
What do you use the bushcraft skills for?
Was it part of a camp?
Selwyn House School
Hey room 6 CAS
Cool photos, Was the water cold? (it looks like it!)
last time I went on a hike I nearly fell down a scree slope. were there any scree slopes on the walk you went on?
Alice 8B
Selwyn house school
Hi room 6 cas
That looks great fun what type of shelters did you make? where is cob valley? what inspired your trip was it part of a camp? what did you use to make fire?
was the water cold?
Jayden
Palmy North
NZ
Bushcraft Skills
It sounded interesting and different to the
things l have done. They gave good information.
They sound like they all had fun and were well behaved students.
We need the bushcraft skills incase we go out in the bush. It was only for one day but it would have been much better if we stayed the night
Alice yes it was cold and there were some steep areas
room6 cas
collingwood area school
tk
Alice yes it was cold and there were some steep areas
room6 cas
collingwood area school
tk
Hi the water was cold because its off the mountains. Had melted over summer. Sorry but I don't know a scree slope
Sticks and dead leaves, Upper Takaka, it was only a one day event, sticks and lot of other things and the water was freezing
Hi
The water was freezing cold! It wass hard to stay in the water for longer than 3 seconds! The cobb valley is in golden bay. Golden Bay is over a big hill from nelson, the cobb valley is on the takaka side of Golden Bay. It was heaps of fun..
Shaye
CCollingwood area school :)
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