Extreme Edge

Crash Bang Boom,
I had started climb the indiana jones wall so I went to a bit when you had to balance on a plank of wood. Or you would have to start again. I finished that part, now I have to walk across a bridge.But I was at the hardest bit you had to climb these really skinny bits of wood so I grabbed onto the narrow parts of wood and then I knew I was finished...

Me climbing the walls like a boss!
By Toby

Extreme Edge Rockclimbing

 

It was extreme when I started to climb the Indiana Jones wall. I was racing with my friend. Two more steps left! I did it, I beat him, I was so happy. But I said good job to him. Then I went to the snakes and ladders wall. It was a bit hard.So I decided to go to a different wall.

 



 

 By Gabriel

Why Tigers Are Not Multi-Coloured

Long ago, in a forest called Amazon, there lived a group of tigers. Their leader's name was Chan. He and his ambush were not your ordinary tigers. They were multi-coloured! They were all shades of blue, purple, pink, green, red, orange, silver and yellow.

 

One day Chan finally announced, "We are sick and tired of being all colours. We shall speak to Athena, the goddess of colours, and ask her to change us all to one colour!" "But what colour?" asked one tiger, so the tigers had a discussion. They decided that some tigers would be orange with black stripes, and some with white with black stripes.

 

So they went to Athena's Cloud Palace on top of the Jade Tree-shelter. As the tigers entered the palace, Athena came up to Chan and whispered to him, "Come along to the explanation room." She sounded like she was anxoius to know why the handsome purple tiger had come to see her.

 

When Chan explained why he and his ambush came to be colour-changed, Athena exclaimed "Why do you want to be only two colours?!" "We are tired of giraffes and hippopotamuses gawping at our colours. We don't want to be a laughing stock!" Chan told her.

 

"Very well, I will change you and your ambush to your colours of desire, but you must repay me with 10,000,000,000,000 California Clouds." Athena said. "We only have one left!" exclaimed Chan. "Well put it in the photo-copier, you silly!" yelled Athena, pointing at the silver machine.

 

Once Chan had payed Athena the amount, she gave him a somke bomb and told him to stand in front of his ambush and set it off. Once he did so, when it went off the tigers were their new colours! He thanked Athena and he and his ambush left the palace happy and not colourful.

 

By Holly

Siberian Tiger Cub

 

 



How The Peacock Got Her Colours

One day a beautiful peacock was at the zoo but she had no colours. Then one day she woke up and saw that she wasn't at the zoo,she was in the magical world of Oz.She saw a peacock, the prince of Oz.'' Well I'm a peacock to and my name is Bloom."The prince waved at Bloom and then she got her colours back. By Darlene

No colours                                    Colours

 
(left)                                        (right)   

The Burma trail

"Rustle rustle" Goes the wind blowing on my red cheeks, as I was creeping down the Burma Trail. My tummy felt like it had butterflies in it. I was so so scared. It felt like I was blindfolded and a ghost was behind me, trying to scare me. It was really cold inside the Gully. We had to hold on to string and an adult would be in front of us and they would tell us the directions of where to go. There were some traps but we couldn't see them. When I reached the Amphitheatre I hit a log and I was nearly finished doing The Burma Trail. When I had to climb up the steps on the Amphitheatre it felt a bit scary because you can fall down easily. When we finished doing the steps we did a little bit more and then the adult said  "The string is broken.' So I had to crawl and then I was finished and when I took off my blindfold I felt happy that I did it.

By Madushi

The Burma Trail

'Ok, here we go.'I got a blind fold on. I went in. It was dark and spooky, I stepped down a step there was a lot more to go and there was a wet soggy log in the way. I had to hop over it.I didn't even notice.I had to step on the other side of the rope.The bush got in my face and that was annoying, so I said:"Can I step on the other side." I needed to anyway. I walked along the slippery path.

I was very scared. After a little while I felt much better. While I was following the string, I never realised that a rubbish bag was coming near me and when it hit me I got a fright, such a big fright that I jumped over the log and I really enjoyed it.

By Grace

The Burma Trail

SNAP!  Went the sticks as I walked through the gully. When I walked through the gully I was scared and nervous, then I heard Fiama in front of me saying'' Darlene I'm scared'',so I went in front of her and kept on walking.I was still kind of terrified of walking and then I heard Grace being scared so I just went in front of her and I made it to the amphitheatre. A man's voice I heard told me to step up and up and up and then crawled up to the end and put my blind fold off and saw Grace at the end and walked back to the tents.

This is me during the Burma Trail

 

By Darlene

The Burma Trail

It was a dark and cold night and we were going in the Gully to do a Burma trail. I put my blind-fold on and started on the Burma trail. I had to feel the string to get to the end. We went through obstacles. The obstacles were plastic bags, leaves , logs, branches and all kinds of stuff like that . I stumbled down some stairs a few times and twisted my ankle but it got better. "Crackle crackle" went the gravel on the path. As I heard  the creatures russling in the bush. I reached the Amphetheatre and stepped up the humungous stairs. I found the string again and walked up the leafy hill. I stumbled a few times but got back up again. Then they told me to take my mask off and I realised where I was and whispered ''That was fun'' and thanked the parents.






By Gretta.

The Burma Trail

I can feel the wind blowing in my face as I fall from step to step. I am creeped out but I am determined to keep on going. There are people everywhere so it is completly safe. One of the parents shouted "Watch out, take a big step." I think it's a log. I could feel the stones under my feet. "You're almost there." I could feel that the rope had broken off. I would have to climb the bank.  It was very slippery. There were lots of leaves. I almost fell one time, that was pretty scary.  'Click click' I could just see a flash of light. It was a camera. "Now" somebody said. "Take a big step." "You have finished."
                                               

 I have never felt so alive!!! 

By Ella

 

Here I am doing the Burma Trail.

The Burma Trail

Ping ping ping went the silky string as the cold misty wind blows against the string as I carefully step up the crumbly steps. Then I take off my blind fold and I say''that was awesome.''

This was me doing The Burma Trail

How The Elephant Got A Long Trunk

One snowy day Elephant invited Parrot to his house to be warm and play chess. So when Parrot replied like this:" I'm sure I am going to win, but OK...", they set off. "Welcome to my wonderful warm winter home! Now let's play some chess!" Soon the chess game was over, unexpectedly quickly. "Ha,ha,ha, I win!" Parrot exclaimed nastily, with a smirk on his face. But Elephant knew what to say back, so he replied with, "You are so incredibly mean Parrot!!I don't like you anymore!"

The dark starry night soon arrived and Parrot spotted a somewhere cosy to sleep in Elephant's little cottage. He couldn't get to sleep because the annoying comment kept ringing through his mind, he kept trying to cook up a nice big payback.This is what kept him thinking....

"I've got an idea, because I always thought his trunk looked weird, it's payback and it's good." He shouted such a horrible compliment that Parrot felt he should do something back.
Soon he fell asleep and morning came too quickly.Suddenly, however, he remembered his fantastic plan, "I must be ready!" He thought, "I must be ready, Elephant will want to play soon."

Parrot was right, Elephant woke up and asked to
play! "Parrot, come play with me! Hurry up!!" Elephant yelled as loud as a lion's roar. "Well, first I have a surprise for you! Come here!"

So for the next 10 minutes Parrot carried out Elephant's payback, Parrot pulled on Elephant's short trunk and it extended.
Nowadays Elephants have long trunks.


By Stella

Burma Trail

Rustle rustle...waved the flax bushes as I walked through the Burma Trail.  While I was walking I could feel the silky string.  Suddenly I felt something hit my head."Ow what was that?" I said."It's a log... put your foot over it." said one of the adults.  I could hear the crickets chirping in the Burma Trail while I was walking.

By Nico



The Burma Trail

"Come forward a bit and now there is a step infront of you." I could hear the stream beside me and I could feel the bugs landing on me while I walked to the start of the trail. As I stepped down to the start of the burma trail I  heard the other kids voices infront of me. Just then I hit a plastic bag, or what I thought was a plastic bag! A few steps later I hit something hard. "Ok just step over this log" came a friendly voice. now start to crawl on your hands to the finish and you're nearly there!" "Ow!" suddenly I came to a wooden edge and someone yelled "You've done it!"


By Anna

Rock Climbing

Heave!!  As I pull my weight up and rest my foot on a musical note.  Although I got past the musical notes, I can not get past the guitar.  But I persevere and keep going.  I try and try but I can't get past it.  I move to the snakes and ladders.  I imagine that I have a dice and I keep rolling it.  I'm afraid of heights so I float back down.

Rock Climbing

By Emily

The Burma Trail

SNAP!  The string broke, Caleb fell, and he probably put his arms out. I trodded down a few more rocky stairs. A helpful parent advised; "This is where the string broke. Now try to find my right hand." I did, eventually and carried on, not knowing I'd come to lots of zigzags in the rope. I know it was zig-zaged because I saw a photo of it in daylight. Under, forward, about a quarter turn, forward, under, about a quarter turn... It was dark with a blind fold on or off and I had a blindfold on while doing the burma trail. Then I walked into a smooth, slimy thing. Photos proved it was a plastic bag being hung. I proceeded carefully to find my toe stubbing a log of wood. You're at the amphitheatre steps, OK?" Another helpful parent advised. "Yup." I replied and fluently climbed the amphitheatre stairs, trying to keep a rhythym. Unfortunately I couldn't. I then climbed through the bush. Did I mention I was wearing a torch around my neck? Stomp, Click, "Where's my torch gone?" It had unclipped, and rolled somewhere. When I finished I didn't go. I was wearing my dad's torch for most of the time so he'd be angry if he found out. I found it in the end and then ran to my tent. Quickly. I didn't want to lose my torch again.

Me doing the burma trail with my torch on.


By Matt

The Burma Trail

Thump thump, you can hear the children go up the amphitheatre. Crash... I walked right through the middle of a split tree.  I keep walking I come up to some stairs I go up all 5 of them.  I go back down down 1 of them and back up it again.  I keep following the string until I come to some more stairs I hold on to the string I  think I'm getting close I have to finish but the string is gone.  He tells me I broke it but I know he's lying.  I feel around for steps and find them. I walk up them with help from a parent then he says "I am done."

 By Mark

This is my friend Matt on the Burma trail.



The Burma Trail

It was a cold dark night.  There were huge leafy trees towering above me.  The gravel was grey and dull.  The cicadas' happy humming was fading away into the dark night.  It  was silent you could not hear a sound.  I was blindfolded so I could not see anything .  I felt the wind blowing on my face as I took a step the leaves crackled under my feet.  I gripped the string tightly.  I did not want to let go.  I started creeping through the bush very slowly until someone told me I had finished the awesome burma trail.

This is Jess doing the burma trail

Burma Trail

Crack, snap, crack, the gravel crunched under my cold feet as I trodded along the long stoney path. I keep following the rough string to get to the dark end of the fabulous Burma Trail. As I walked along happily again, I met a parent!  "Follow the string, the string leads the way,...you may need to step over huge obstacles, whatever you do, follow the string, the string leads the way."  The spooky voice that was creeping me out was so unrecognisable that I thought that it could be a warty green witch!  "Aaaaah!!" I yelled, that person is certainly trained for scaring children! The next parent that I met was Brent, he told me that I was at the the amphitheatre. I wobbled over the big brown log to get up the theatre's gigantic steps. In the dark murky bush, I crawled around in the soggy wet soil. Suddenly I banged into something, it was towering above me, so I lowered my head down to the ground. I could hear a noise, a noise that sounded like ripples of a stream.  I was at the end of the Burma Trail, it was frightening, but the best!! WOOHOO!! 
By Stella

 












 

Burma Trail

Crack, crack, crack!  Went the gravel sliding under my feet.  We are all following the thin string carefully while we are blind folded.  "Watch out for the rubbish bag."  I hope there is no rubbish in the rubbish bag because that would be yuck!!  Where is the string it must of broken?  Shall I keep on going or shall I wait?  So I kept on going and I got to the amphitheatre.  When I got there someone touched me it was James.  We had to step over a log and climb up the gigantic amphitheatre stairs.   "Stop" exclaims Grant.  "Just go up this slope."  When I got to the top Mrs Cook exclaims "You're finished."
                                                                       By Ryan   

I like swimming. I am swimming. I am doing backstroke. I like freestyle.

By Jay

Burma Trail

As I walked on to the burma trail there was a big step and it was all dark like darkness has taken over the world, an obstacle to go with it, it's not very scary at all.  There were adults who tell you to hold on to the string and tell you to step over things like logs, rocks to duck under trees, rubbish bags and the string.  When I got to the amphitheatre, I had to step over the humongous step with a blindfold.  I tripped over and got whipped to the ground, luckily I got back up.  Then I climbed up the muddy hill. One of the adults told me to take off my blindfold and I had finished "YAY!"

By Taegan

 

Rock Climbing

Click, click as I clip onto the carabiner. Then I reach to the first triangle. While I was holding onto the first triangle I lifted my right foot onto a triangle. Although my feet hurt I managed to get to the tippy top. At the rock climbing place there is a little room called adventure land and that's where I found the triangle wall. It was fantastic fun. I think that all the other ones where terrifying. Can you guess what the mystery rock climbing place is?
                                                                  By Izzy

The Burma Trail

Crack a branch swayed over my head I can`t see a thing!!!! A hand touches mine. Oh good that was Gretta's hand. Then a silky thing swiftly passes over my face. A dead twig snaps under my feet. An adult of whom I can`t put my finger on told me that there is a big steep front of me.  Oh no they have lost the string so I have to crawl up the slippery bank.  They have found the string again so I walk the rest of the way up the bank. Finally I feel the stairs and start to climb up the stairs when I get to the top Gretta is coming up the stairs.  We both take our blindfolds off.  Then we both climb up the stairs chatting and we wish we could do it again.
                                                                   

By Victoria



                                                                                                                                                                        

Burma trail

I hold the string carefully as I strode in the rocky gravel. I can feel the blood rushing through me and I can hear the river flowing beside me. My heart is pumping fast. I go to take a step over a log. When I get over the log I feel a tingling on my face ''What is that'' I say. I think it is a floating bush. I keep on walking forward Toby is chatting loudly. Then I climb up the amphitheatre I know I am almost there. I walk into the bush I hear the trees rustling and relief. Mrs Cook exclaimed that I am finished.

By Logan

That is what was tingling on my face

The Burma Trail

Crumble, Crumble, goes the small tiny stones as I carefully walk from step to step. I am holding onto the long rough string so I know where to go. I continue to pass through the many obstacles and the dark native gully. I can hear the parents helping other blindfolded children. I start taking huge steps up the amphitheatre. I reach the top of the amphitheatre and start climbing up vertically, I can feel the cold hard dirt on my hands I know I am in the open bush. Finally I reach concrete. A parent said ' You can take your blindfold off." I was happy that I had finished.

By James

Here is Nico at the end of the burma trail.

Burma Trail

Crunch, Crunch, Crunch, goes the stones under my feet as I crept down the crumbly path. I could feel the cold air tickling my face. I was nearly finished but I still had a bit to go, so I kept on going until I felt a plastic rubbish bag in the middle of the rocky path. I then heard a voice saying "keep on walking and watch your step."So i kept on creeping. The last thing I had to do was walk up the amphitheatre. I took a big long step and then another, and then another. I finally finished walking up the amphitheatre after falling a few times. I eventually heard Mrs Cook "OK you can take your blindfold off." and sprinted back up to my tent.

By: Reece

Burma Trail

The bush was in pitch black darkness and the wind howled like a pack of wolves. The trees were wining with fear and I was ready to do so myself.I mean it's not the easiest walking through a forest, blindfolded with nothing to guide my way but a piece of string." Step through the hedge if you dare." A familiar voice said of whom I can't put my finger on.

Suddenly I bumped into somthing hard but dellicate. Then a gentle voice whispered "Caitlin, I'm scared." This time I knew exactly who it was it was Stella. Even if you didn't know her you could tell she was petrified, I knew this before we started and now she seemed ten times as scared. "Nearly there, step up the stairs."

A light flashed and I could hear the other campers. Mrs Cook exclaimed "You're finished!"

By Caitlin

Swimming

I like to learn to swim in a deep pool but we did it with life jackets. It was fun. When we finished we went to do our last activity.

By Rokas

The Burma Trail

In the dark, creepy bush I slipped on my lime-green blindfold. The end was a long way away, so I had to keep on carefully following the long string all the way through the Burma Trail. I couldn't see a thing all the way through and I lost the string one or two times and I walked into 5 trees! We all had to creep through skinny openings, climb up banks and step down steps and over logs. We even had to get on our knees to crawl under low branches! The teachers had attached rubbish bags as well as flax bunches to the trees so we didn't know what they were. It was a total surprise! Fiama and I kept together along the spooky trail, fighting through the bushes. At last we got to the end, where we had to crawl up the steep bank to the top.

By Holly

Me doing the Burma Trail