What the
children had to say about
Fishing:
Mark Armstrong -
I enjoyed fishing because we caught a lot
of fish
We also leaned how to fillet fish.
And Mr. Macarter said I was the best.
Christopher Dansie -
The Chongwe trip was excellent.
BUT!!!!!!! the fishing was better than
excellent because I caught four fish before every one put their second worm
on their hook.
Jack Ryan -
My group went fishing on Thursday. We
fished at the waterfall and I caught two squeakers which you have to be
very careful with because it has barbs on the end of its fins. I also
caught a barble which looks like a catfish.
Mammals:
Dalitso Miti -
Mammals are to me the most interesting
things on this earth. On our trip Mr Taylor took us for mammals he had a
lot of knowledge on the animals of Chongwe. Whilst we were with him
we saw impala (common), buffalo, lion, kudu and many more. I learnt a lot
about identifying mammals and knowing how to find animals. We also got
taught about spore and dung. Mr Taylor pointed out the browse lines that
the animals will browse up to. I really learnt a lot from the grade 7
trip to Chongwe. And got better at identifying animals.
Anthea Coxe -
Did you know that every single mammal has
breasts in between the front legs; hair, fur or wool. That is something we
were told by Mr. Taylor and Mr. McDougall. Lots of these mammals also have
an apposing thumb. You can get loads of mammals in the lower Zambezi and
we learnt about them. Lots of animals make a path to a river or dam so
that when they are in danger they know which way to go and they know that
it won’t collapse. Did you also know that when an elephant False Charges
you its trunk is in the air and when it mock charges you its trunk is
hanging these are some very useful facts that can help you in the future!
Chimwemwe Banda -
We saw lots about mammals at the Chongwe
such as impala; waterbuck, lion, leopard we also saw hippos and lots of
elephants and baboons. I learnt a lot about animals. I learnt were you
would find animals and what they eat.
It was really fun on the game drives we were
very lucky to have seen the lion thanks to the other group who told us were
it was and were also lucky to have seen the leopard.
We also saw 2 reptiles a sand snake and saw
crocodiles.
Birds:
Tanna Blumberg -
Mrs. Dr Parsons took us for the topic of
birds. We learnt on how to identify a bird, this was called GIS, the name
you use to identify things. You listen to their call, you look at their
bills and how upright they stand. In the early morning birds call each
other and talk to each other this is called ‘dawn chorus’. Some birds fly
in a straight line like the Egyptian goose but the lourie flies from one
tree to the other. The giant kingfisher looks straight down into the water
when it sees something. I learnt that the male plover looks like it is
wearing a bowtie and the female wears a bra. I did a project on birds
thinking I knew a lot but there were tons of things that I did not know.
Lee Savoury -
In my opinion birds are the most magnificent
creatures ever created. They are extremely interesting to me in many ways.
My favourite types of birds, naturally, are raptors. That does not mean I do
not like the other birds, I just find them more interesting. Like my father
birds amaze me, and I was lucky to have Mr. McDougall and Mrs. Parsons as my
bird guides at Chongwe. They taught me many things about birds that I will
never forget. But also I enjoyed just pointing out birds to myself and
staring at them through my binoculars for a long time. I am sad that such a
few people share my interest, because birds are truly fascinating. I would
like to start collecting bird eggs with my dad, because they are equally as
interesting as the birds themselves.
Thank you Mr.
McDougall, Mrs. Dr Parsons and Mrs. Fleming.
Dan Parsons -
Birds lay eggs, they have feathers, they are
warm blooded and most can fly.
To me they are the
BEST, most MAGNIFICENT animals you can get in the whole world. Birds amaze
me extremely. At Chongwe we saw lots of Birds and different types of
birds. My mom taught us allot about birds and what they do. On the mammals
trip Rory McDougall also showed us allot.
Darting:
Daanish Ticklay -
Have you ever dated before because it is
great fun ,I enjoyed it. Darting is when there is a sick or wounded
animal and then you get permission from the game rangers and ZAWA to shoot
it. When your darting an animal the best place to shoot it in its hip or
thigh so the medicine can react quickly and make the animal fall a sleep. If
your shooting with a scope you should aim right in the middle of the x and
then you shoot.
Jason Woodley -
At the Chongwe trip this year I learnt a
lot from darting. Darting is used for lots of purposes such as
transferring animals into safer places and different places, health
check-ups, animal monitoring (putting satellite collars on them for the
global positioning) and many more. We all got to shoot at a dart board. It
was great fun Chimfwembe and I got bulls eye making ours the best shot in
the whole class. In our group Mpanga was the best girl and also the best
girl in the whole class. Tommy-lee, Conor, Chris, Tanna and Laura did very
good as well. It was really funny when I was shooting Mr. Coxe said That I
was shooting at a Dart board not my brother!!! Chongwe this year was as
fun as last. Thank you to all the staff that put valuable time and effort
into making it special for us.
Heath Gross -
We went with Mr. Parsons to hippo city and
shot his dart gun all that powers it is a headless 22 round.
