First EOTC Week!

First EOTC Week!

Last week on Thursday we had our first EOTC day, that stands for Education Outside The Classroom. For a year I've been here I heard that they do this every year with the Trekkers which are the class 's of Ako Ngathi and Ruma Toru. The first thing we did was vote for what we wanted  to do and also we could suggest things for it, like if we wanted to go camping etc. Then in term 4 during the last 2 weeks we would do those activities, also I heard that it's very fun, now it was my time to find out.

Now at the first EOTC day, we went surfing and body boarding at Sumner which we took the bus to go there. In the bus (of course I'm with my friends) we were making jokes, laughing and playing. Then after a long ride, it was the  time to get out of the bus. Before any of us did anything  a woman introduced herself and a group of people.  In Sumner at a place which they teach children how to do surfing and body boarding, one of the people in the group  taught us how to see if the weather is good or not, it the waves  are rough of smooth and what are the dangers.

Next another person taught us what the parts of the body board are and how to ride it and the same thing for the surf board.  

After all that we were put in groups  of 3 and then were put in two groups which can be seals and dolphins  and one of us had to do that surfing and one the other.

 We were tired, we rested and had some food.

In the afternoon the seals and the dolphins have to switch whatever they were doing  like if the seals were doing surfing in the morning they would do body boarding in the afternoon.

I liked  body boarding the most because surfing was kinda tough and body boarding was a lot easier any ways bye! next up the 2nd and third part.