Hidden Valley by Ben

HIDDEN VALLEY by Ben

On Thursday, January 14th 2016, my school went to Hidden Valley and it was awesome. I learned how to hockey stop. I also skied with a bunch of friends. Wilson brought a Camel Back. Wilson was one of the best ones out there. He stayed after and skied on almost all of the runs. I was going to stay longer, but my foot hurt.  I was trying to get on the bus but my dad kept talking to Wilson's mom so then I had to drive in my dad's car. They used fake snow but it tastes good.  I usually snowboard but I had to ski for some reason. Now I think I'm going to start skiing again. I started off skiing when I was younger. I wanted to snowboard but now I think I'm going to ski in St Louis and snowboard in Colorado.

Hidden Valley by Mitchell

Hidden Valley by Mitchell

Hello my name is Mitchell and 5th grade and I went to hidden valley on January 14. I'm going to talk about the trip. So the ride there was probably the least exciting thing but the ride was pretty awesome so if that tells you anything, the skiing was pretty awesome. The ride was awesome because everyone was so excited to go skiing. Some people were so excited that they where there helmets and goggles on the ride. as soon as we got there meramac was there so we sat at some empty tables in the hidden valley loge and talked until we had to watch a safety instruction video. After that was done we went into this HUGE warehouse that had tons of snow board/skiing boots and polls and skies and snowboards. Oh my! So we got are skis and we hit the slopes. there were 7 stations. 1.was getting on and off your skis. 2.waslearning what to do if you fall. 3.was the worst station where you would climb up a hill and it took so long and was so frustrating. 4 5 and 6 and 7 were about how to stop, turn and the magic carpet. Lunch was the best thing you've ever tasted in your whole entire life because you've been skiing all day and you are very hungry. My advice is eat slowly it will last longer. So after the 7 stations you can either take the biggener lift or if you are experienced skier than you can go on the big slopes. I went on the biggener chairlift a couple thousand times

Hidden Valley Ski Trip by Ken

The Ski Trip  By Ken

Today was Thursday, 5th grade was going to Hidden Valley. I couldn’t wait it was my 1st time skiing!, Mermac was coming. So was Captain. When we got to Hidden Valley, we into a building, I sat beside Robert. The 5th graders watched a safety video. After that we went into a stinky warehouse, “It stinks” Devon commented. Then we listened to one of the staff. I went to get my ski boots. Then I had to wait in a line forever, I got my ski’s. Than I went through the stations it was lunchtime when I got to the Magic carpet. Then I went back, it took me forever to get to station7. It took me 3 tries to get to the “Falling hills” That’s what I call the skiing hills, because I falled like 6 times. I went down the small hill 2 times. I also went on the lift 2 times which was awesome! The Rope till was very fast so I fell 3 times. I went with Devon on the lift. When we had to leave I was kind of sad, because I wanted to ski way more. I wish I could stay behind and ski more. When we got back to Glenridge. I wanted to go home, but I had to go to GCC.

Hidden Valley Ski Trip

Hidden Valley Ski Trip by Claudia

Our Hidden Valley ski trip was a lot of fun. People who could ski got better and people who couldn’t ski learned how. I had a lot of fun learning how to glide and how to move. I had never skied before, so this was all very new to me. Ski school took me around an hour, having to spend about eight minutes in each station. I also had to spend an extra twenty minutes side-stepping up the mountain to show the staff I knew how move. Stopping was easy for me and I loved riding the magic carpet. I soon learned how to swerve and ride the rope tow. A couple falls here and there, but the rope ended up helping more than it hurt.

I reached the top of the hill. Looking down I could see the lines I stood in, and the people that I learned how to ski with. I could see the chair lifts and the big bulldozer used to move snow. I could see all of the stations at ski school, and I could see the lodge clear as day. Then I looked down the hill. It looked more like a mountain from where I was standing. The people at the bottom turned into ants, the bulldozer turned into a toy truck. Everything shrunk into tiny specks. I could hear my heartbeat in my ears. I waited. Eventually my feet tired and I felt like I was slipping. I leaned forward and let gravity take me to the ground. In an instant I was flying through the air! The wind hitting my face was a relief. I sped down the hill with my hands in the air. At the bottom I came to a quick stop, spraying snow at everything.

My friend asked “How was it?” I had one reply. “Let’s do that again.”

Ski Trip by Riley

Ski Trip

Hi i’m Riley and I went to hidden valley Ski resort along with every 5th grader in the district. Befor I got there I was worried and thought it was very hard but when i got on the slopes it was like a dream come true. infact I only fell down twice and those happened in line, let me tell you about them.

The first time I fell, I was in line for the beginners lift, i was in the back ow what i call the coloso-line and I saw a skier going down the 2nd hill with the rope tow he was blasting down the hill and did not slow down to get in line, He curved away and I thought he was going somewhere else But then I realised he was going towards a hill and I knew he was turning to get in line. I thought He would slow down but He didn't seem to know how to stop. In a split second He slammed into me with (What I thought was) The force of a semi and next thing I knew I was in the snow face first.

The second time I fell I was waiting in the line for the rope toe when Jack came up behind me and lightly shoved me in the direction of the sign.sliding backwards I had no Idea where I was going. I slammed into the sign and fell over.

PE: African Dance

 

Field Day

Field Day (tomorrow, 22/5/15)

Blog by Migl

Tomorrow is our last field day (dramatic music, please).  If I could use emojis here I would, and there would be a million sad faces.  Or that (below).    

Just in case you don’t know what field day is, field day is a CLAYMO meeting when CLAYMO groups get together and play stuff at stations.  My favorite station is the water squirting station, but they are taking that station off because the field was too muddy (what they all say).  But field day is fun!

What’s your favorite station at field day? 

PE: Bean Bag Noodle Tag

Bean Bag Noodle Tag in P.E.

by Soren

    Today are class played bean bag noodle tag which is a really fun game that takes skill and quickness. Bean bag noodle tag is wear you send one person from your group to try to get a bean bag but sometimes it is hard because the taggers are sometimes really good. The bean bags are around the red circle and you7 have to get a bean bag without getting tagged but if you get tagged then you have to put the bean bag back and then next person from your group goes.There are four taggers and the taggers  can't go out of the red circle.

    In P.E. during when we played bean bag noodle tag I sleep under the taggers and grabbed a been before they could tag me but one time that didn't work and I had to put the bean bag back and go to my group empty bean bagged. Another time I waited until someone tried to get a bean bag and the tiger  went after them then I would just pick up a bean bag and run back to my group. Bean bag noodle tag was really fun.

            Did you think bean bag noodle tag was fun?

      How did you get bean bags without getting tagged?    

PE: Jump Roping

Jump roping

         By Soren 

    This month is jump rope for heart. In P.E. we have been doing jump roping. Jump roping is really fun and it keeps your heart healthy and that is what we are doing this month. Also in P.E. we are jump roping to songs and if you get through the whole song without stopping you get to write your name on a piece of paper in the gym and that’s pretty cool.

    There was a packet that was sent home and it has a piece of paper on it that says, i’m jumping in honor of blank. The P.E. teacher said that it should be someone that has or has a heart disease because this month is keeping our heart healthy and every other month. Jump roping really awesome and fun and you can really do it anywhere you just need a jump rope. Remember to jump rope and keep your heart healthy.

    Do you have your name on the piece of paper in the gym?

      Do you agree that jump roping is fun and exciting?

                Who are you jump roping in honor of?

PE: Sadly Rollerblading Ended

 Sadly Rollerblading Ended

    This week we did rollerblading but sadly today was the last day. Rollerblading was awesome after you got used to it and when you tied your blades good and tight. But sometimes it wasn't  to fun when you got stuck behind someone slower than you wanted to go.

    Rollerblading was the second best things we did this year,but skiing was the best by far.I got to skate without wrist guards because I gave mine to someone that needed them because there were not any left. There is one thing that I didn't like and that was there was not that much room to go fast or faster. I wish we could have done it outside, that would be awesome but we would have to make the black top smooth or smoother.              What did you like about rollerblading?What did you not like about Rollerblading?

                                                                                 

                                   

PE: Rollerblading

Roller blading

            By Taayan

    Today was the last day of rollerblading. We have done it all week. It's the best thing you can ever do in p.e. I love doing the limbo and the cha cha dance. I think everybody would agree.

    The first day we went over some rules about blading. Then we got our blades,helmets and wrist guards on and started blading. The second day when we came in,we went straight to putting our stuff on and started rollerblading. We did the same thing on Wednesday. On Thursday we did the same thing,except we got to do the limbo. We did the same on Friday. It was the best week of P.E. ever.

                               Would you like to rollerblade?

PE: Rollerblading

        roller blading by Soren

    This week we are doing rollerblading. We do rollerblading tomorrow and through the week, so I am predicting that it will be awesome. Rollerblading is awesome because you can go fast, slow, make sharp turns and cut people off so they fall :D haha.

    Rollerblading can have it’s downs, Including putting your helmet on, getting your blades and putting them on, getting your wrist guards on with the olw side up and getting the hang of rollerblading. When you are done with all that good stuff, you can  blade fast or slow or the speed of when you fall and skid on the ground.

    I can’t wait to blade can you? Since this post will probably will be posted tomorrow you have already been rollerblading, so then you will know what your favorite part of rollerblading was so What was your favorite part in rollerblading?