Walk For Water Selwyn/Waikirikiri

Walk For Water Selwyn/Waikirikiri

Why?

This event is happening because the river is sick.You can no longer swim or take your pets down to the river and drink and play in what used to be the clear, fish friendly Waikirikiri river. A group of local Selwyn people decided they wanted a change and to highlight the issue because it is local elections soon.

Who can go?

Anybody can come and give it a go any day at any time.

Where?

The event starts at Glentunnel and ends at Te Waihora. It takes 4 days so why don’t you come down and Walk For Water,also follow the facebook page by clicking on this Link:Walk For Water Selwyn/Waikirikiri.

I have walked for the last three days which taken 50 and now it has come to an end with a very special ceremony  where the organising people stood up and reflected on the walk and talk about the river and what it used to be like.  Water was taken from the start of the Waikirikiri at Whitecliffs and carried down 65 km down to the cut. This is where the Waikirikiri meets Te Waihora and I was lucky enough, as the youngest walker, to pour this water into the lake with my pops who was the oldest.

Enchiladas

Enchiladas are from Mexico, traditionally they were small fish wrapped in a tortilla.
Enchiladas are made from corn tortillas which date back to the Mayan times in 2000 BC. Enchiladas come from the word enchilar which means 'to add chili peppers to' When I make enchiladas I have chicken or beef mince wrapped up.       

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

On book day Romilly and I  dressed up as  Basil and Pepper from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

The Silver Van

It was a still dry day at the river when that horrible silver van pulled up where we kids were swimming. Everyone turned around and it went silent, The only thing that could be heard was the chirping of the birds and splashing of the water. There was a click as the door opened and out stepped a big man in a black suit. Then another one popped out and I realised that they were bodyguards- the next person to step out must be very important.

I Reflect

I learnt about the tuatara for my report that I am doing for writing.

I was adaptable when I had to do a report on tuatara instead of jewelled gecko.

My next steps are to finish the introduction  and move onto the physical features of the tuatara.

Shave for a cure

My friend Nina came up with a idea to shave for a cure. Unfortunately  something happened and she couldn't do it. But I still carried on and have decided to write a diary about the process of shave for a cure so if any one else wants to do it they can get a few ideas from this. 

I felt really nervous when I had to stand up at assembly. Don't be afraid if you make a mistake - just fix it and carry on because I can tell you I made a few! You will be surprised who comes to sign up for shave for a cure. We had more girls than boys at one time. Shaving isn't every ones cup of tea so you don't have to shave to help fundraise. You can run a bad hair day and everyone comes with crazy hair and people bring a gold coin donation.

What its shave for a cure?  
Shave for a cure is a Leukemia and Blood Cancer Foundation event where people get others to sponsor them if they are going to shave. Our school supported the Child Cancer Foundation so its like kids doing something special for kids. 
What's the hardest thing to get shave for a cure ready?  Probably making sheets and ringing people to sponsor me. The most fun things about shave for a cure is making bad hair day posters, adding how much money we made and getting a big parcel of balloons and buckets for the day. I would like to give a big thanks to all the teachers, friends and my family that helped me through the process of shave for a cure. 

Tree climbing

 As I climbed up the first step, I felt my legs start to shake. I heard my friends cheering me on. My foot levelled a foot hold and' my hand felt around a spiky branch.  I climbed further on and manoeuvred my self up the tree like a monkey. But then the foot holds came to a end. I reached my hand up to the rusty old bell that didn't make a sound. "Bananas" I yelled out to my team below and they slowly abseiled me down. As my feet hit the ground, My legs crumpled and I nearly feel to the ground,but I steadied myself and went round to help my team. The next person went climbing up the sticky sappy pine tree.

Show time

This is me and Fern

On Sunday I went down to the farm with my dad and dog to give Di and Bruce, the farmers a present  from looking after our dog Fern. I played with the other dogs in the yard for a while then as we were going to leave, Di told us that 'she had seen a add in the paper about a show that, people from all over the world like Japan,France,Africa,England and more can come and watch. About farmers and what other people do and show them how to do it like sheer a sheep or something like that, but then she thought of me and Fern she has seen us do our agility and dog training and was thinking if we wanted to give it a go. Though we will have practise lots and lots and maybe just maybe we can get in.

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