Trip to Charlesworth Reserve

On Wednesday the 3rd of July we went for a trip to Charlesworth Reserve I was so excited to go on this trip since we were able to help the environment in New Zealand by planting native plants. We were allowed to come in mufti so we won't get our school uniform all muddy and dirty since we were going to do gardening. I wore something old so I wouldn't have to worry about getting my nice clothes dirty, on the day of the trip we left at around nine-thirty since it would take a long drive to the Charlesworth reserve. The main reason why we went there is for educational purposes since we are doing C.I.P which stands for Community Impact Project. It means we do the good things that create a positive impact on the environment, and since we are doing gardening here at school we were very lucky to be able to on this trip to be able to plant more trees not only in our school but around Christchurch. I find it really cool to know that we are doing a good thing to help our country and our environment, We also went there to help Charlesworth Reserve maintain their property since they are planting this many plants for habitats of birds, lizards and so on.

When we were going the class was very surprised by how many plants we had to try and plant there were at least hundreds of plants that we had to try and plant. Ours was to plant as many trees as we could so we could reach our goal of planting that many trees we thought we could definitely reach it with our huge imaginations and us believing ourselves. But weren't really close to the goal but it didn't make us look down on ourselves since it was already exhausting and we tried an absolute best to get a lot done. We reached at least 170 plants that we planted the ranger that showed us how to do everything his name is Andrew di not expect us to plant more than he expects his first batch was 100 so he added 70 more. I am happy that we all exceeded his expectations, It was really fun and we even found a few small crabs. People were having a blast they were sliding across the mud and digging for crabs but of course, in the end, we were told to cover up the holes and to avoid sliding on the mud.

The classes that went was 7/8AL, 7/8BH, 7/8TS to accompany us was the wonderful Mrs. Allan-Fletcher, Mr. Tisch, Whaea Jo, and Rachel and the rest of the classes had to stay behind.  After we did all the gardening we were able to have lunch but there was a long queue of girls waiting to go to the bathroom. After we had our lunch we had to help out collecting rubbish from this park close by, I shared a large black plastic bag with my two other friends Lhysette and Skyler. We found bottles and other pieces of rubbish we were not allowed to pick up the broken glass or sharp things because of course it is dangerous and that is a given. We even came across a few dogs and I really liked it because throughout the day the weather started to get really nice it was probably the best and warmest weather we had since April. That was the end of the trip I was definitely exhausted and there was mud all over my shoes and a bit on my leggings. On the bus I was really tired when we got back it was around 2 15 and we did sleeping lions and when we played I think I fell asleep without know since my friend Slyer thought I was sleeping.

In the end, it was amazing and was really exciting to experience it since it wasn't a usual thing I would do it was relaxing and fun to do it with my friends as well.

Here are some photos from our trip: