LOCK 2022

In lock this semester we participated in a variety of actives such as Kayaking, rock climbing and bush cooking. I had a few goals in this subject one being to get myself into the water for kayaking. I am not the biggest fan of river water, but I got myself to get in and ended up having a great time. There was one day I remember it was quite cold and I really didn’t want to go in the water, but I got myself with my friends to go and it ended up being really fun and enjoyable. The weather was never really an issue for any our activities.

Climbing-

Climbing was the first unit we participated in with Lock. First we learnt the basics about the safety gear and how to attach it the climb. We learn about the 7 H’s to keep safe and make sure we have everything ready to start climbing. These 7 safety checks were; hair, had to be tucked in or tied up, helmet, had to be on properly with a small space in-between the chin and strap, harness, to ensure that the harness is on properly and that when you put the first through the straps that you cannot pull it out,  hardware, to make sure you have the correct hardware, hands, make sure to have gloves on, hoofs, make sure to have closed in shoes, happy, always make sure to enjoy what you are doing. Then after we learnt the 7 H’s we learnt how to hoist up the climber. After we learnt how to stand properly and use the ropes. We  then begun climbing the wall in the ISC. We all had different abilities and some people even made it to the top platform. It was a lot of fun and we challenged each other to get as high  as we can.

Kayaking-

Another one of the activities we completed in lock is kayaking. Kayaking is a water sport and it is really fun. We went down to Shelly foreshore for a few weeks and did kayaking there. We learnt to put on a skirt, flip over and safely and how to paddle. We went to Shelly over about 5 weeks and played different games and went to different places in the water. While kayaking we saw swans in the water along with other birds. Also while kayaking, there were quite alot of the river bush like things in the water which we saw.

Bush cooking-

Bush Cooking was our final activity that we completed in lock. We learn many things such as how tot build the two different types of fires, what materials we needed for the fire and of course how to cook on the fire. It was such a great and fun experience with out classmates. Our assessment consisted of being in groups of four and we had to create a planning sheet of what meals we were going to make. We had to make an Italian dish, Asian, Indian and Mexican dish over a few lessons. This was a lot of fun as we got to be creative and cook up yummy meals.