Out and About

So it there's clearly been an influx of posts on the blog over the last month... And I love it! The Outdoor Ed trips are coming thick and fast and keeping us busy and out of the classroom.

Here's a video of some of the troops out and about in there spare time. Good to see our students getting stuck into the outdoors.

3OED Kayaking Mission

Five days kayaking, 13 boys, lots of food, and heavy rain warnings on the news. These were the ingredients for an epic week.

1 day rescue clinic, 1 day at the Mohaka, and 3 days at the Aniwhenua. This was the end result.

Year 10 Mountain Biking

Due to the new gym being built, we had to pull an old switcheroo with rock climbing and mountain biking.

We set off on two separate days for a fun filled day of biking on the Te Aroha Mountain bike track. With a range of abilities, fitness levels, and bike quality this meant for quite an eventful couple of days. We endured walking up hills, fast down hills and quite a number of crashes (potentially close to 20 over the course of the 2 days).

Check out the pictures and video below, they say it all

All prepped up

McBeth before the big bail

Our esteemed leader

Aaron ready to launch

Welcome back to 2012

Welcome back to another jam packed year of outdoor adventures.

Our first term is full of ABL, Kayaking, and Mountain biking.

We've got an exciting year ahead with the gym being built, this will contain a nice big storage room for us out the back, an updated climbing wall, and hopefully a classroom.

We've also got a couple a new Mountain craft course for the year 13's and some trips tweaked for the better.

Below is our trip calendar for the year

Mr Leong's class is Class A

Mr Oliver's class is Class B

Year 10 Class A Class B	Year 11 Class A Class B	Year 12 Class A Class B	Year 13
Rock climbing Class A; Mon; 12 March Class B; Tues; 13 March	First Aid Class A; Thurs-Fri. 9-10 Feb Class B; Mon-Tues 13-14 Feb	Whitewater Kayaking Class A; Wed- Fri 28-30 March Class B; Tues-Thurs 3-5 April	Independent White water Kayaking Mon-Fri 19-23 March
Tramping A; Tues 19 June B; Mon 25 June	Taupo; Kayak n Ropes Both classes Thurs-Fri. 26-27 April. Mountain Biking A; Wed 6 June B; Fri 8 June	Rock n Abseil A; Mon 14 May Fri 18 May Fri 25 May B; Wed 16 May Tues 22 May Mon 28 May Caving A; Tues 17 July B; Wed 18 July	Advanced Rock Climbing Tues 8 May Wed 30 May Mon 11 June Thurs 14 June Thurs 21 June Tues 26 June Reserve day Sun 30 June
Mountain Biking A; Wed 12 September B; Fri. 14 Sept	Tramping A; Wed- Fri 5-7 September B; Mon-Wed 17-19 September	Mountain Biking A; Mon-Tues 30-31 July B; Thurs-Fri 2-3 August Risk Management AS; 2.8 Written assessment	Mountain Craft Sun –Tues 12-14 Aug Independent Mountain Biking Sun-Tues 23-25 September Assistant Leadership opportunities; Yr11 Tramping Yr 10 kayaking
Kayaking A; Mon 19 November B; Wed 21 November Orienteering During learning programme.(1 day)	Cycle Tour-Both classes Fri- SAT 26-27 October	Cycle Tour- Both classes Tues-Fri 16-19 October