Sligheadaireachd! (Orienteering)

Sligheadaireachd

Air Dimàirt 28 Am Màrt, chaidh a h-uile duine ann an clas1-7 Gàidhlig gu Fionnlagan airson sligheadaireachd.  Thàinig Dòmhnall, Lynn, Mgr Oliver agus Mrs MacArthur air a’ bhus còmhla rinn gu Fionnlagan.

Dh’innis Dòmhnall dè tha ann an sligheadaireachd agus dè bha sinn a’ dol a bhith a’ cleachdadh.  Bha sinn a’ dol a bhith a’ cleachdadh ‘dibbers’.  Bha a h-uile duine ann am buidhnean; bha mise le Lewis, Harry agus Ronan. Bha steiseanan ann cuideachd agus bha againn ri na steiseanan seo a lorg.

Bha feum againn na dibbers a ghlanadh ann an steisean glanaidh.  An uair sin bha steisean toiseachaidh ann.  Bha feum againn dol aon bhuidheann as dèidh a’ chèile.  Nuair a thòisich a’ bhuidheann againn chaidh sinn gu steisean 3.  Bha map aig a h-uile buidheann.  Bha na steiseanan air falach; bha aon air falach fo drochaid agus fear eile fo chlach.

Nuair a ràinig sinn a’ chrìoch, rinn Dòmhnall priont den ùine againn.  An uair sin bha againn ri dol gun na steiseanan a-rithist ann an òrdugh cheart.  Mu dheireadh, fhuair a h-uile duine ugh teoclaid.

Bha e fuar ach bha e math.

Orienteering

On Tuesday 28th March, all the pupils in P1-7 Gaelic went to Finlaggan for orienteering.  Donald, Lynn, Mgr Oliver and Mrs MacArthur cam with on the bus to Finlaggan.

Donald told us what orienteering involves and showed us the equipment we were going to be using.  We were going to use ‘dibbers’.  Everybody was in an group; I was in a group with Lewis, Harry and Ronan.  There were stations and we had to find the stations.

We had to clean the dibbers in a cleaning station.  Then we went to the starting station.  We had to start one group after another.  When my group started we went to station 3.  Each group had a map.  The stations were hidden; on ewas hidden under a bridge and another under a stone.

When we reached the end, Donald printed out our time.  Then we had to go round the stations again, this time in the correct order.  Finally, everyone got a chocolate egg.

It was cold but it was good.

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