Jack

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Firstly we walked from school to the ashley river it was a long walk...but is was fun(me,baileyl and ryan were talking most of the way) Then We sat down and had some morning tea and talked about our challenges that awaited us.After that we got sorted into our house groups then we set off to our first challenge.First of all my group Kahurungi went to first aid with ms Monk we had to build a strecther we used thick sticks and jumpers then we carried Jess B down to the river (the sticks snapped at halfway)Then we went to river crossing with Mr Ferguson and Mr Dvries and we learned how to cross a river safely.It was alright except we only went up to our knees in the river.Then we went to our last challange...Bivi making.We collected alot of branches,leaves and grass for our bivi.After we finished our bivi we hoped in it and got judged(A beetle crawled up Matthew's back) We didn't win but we enjoyed the day.Finally we walked back to school then we went home Overall i rated the day 8/10

By Jack

​ The Desert ​ Did You know there are over 1498 species of animals that live in the desert! They all survive by adapting to the desert's harsh climate.You would usually last 1-2 days without water and about 2-3 weeks with out food it also depends on how hydrated you are.

Plants can last all year long by adapting to the meagre supply of water.There are all diffrent types of plants including cactuses,century plants and the coachwhip plant.

People from the desert need good shelter to protect them from the heat of the desert.Some of the people from the desert such as the Aboriginals from Australia and the San from Kalahari survived by just hunting the desert animals.

There are more lizards then snakes in the desert because lizards are more active to the desert through the day and snakes are more active through the night.Many lizards like to ly in the sun in the early morning to warm up their muscles after a cold desert