Tour of the Navy Base

I thought that the tour was really boring at the beginning and that I really wanted to leave, but then we ate and the food was really good. After we ate we went on the ships for a tour and that was the funnest part because all the stuff that we learned at the beginning was all coming together and started to make sense. My most memorable part was when the tour guide locked me in one of the storage rooms at the very bottom of the boat. I really hope we can go back again because I think we all had lots of fun.

Navy Day Trip

On Wednesday our class took an interesting field trip to CFB Esquimalt, the Naval Base. We arrived in the morning and waited until the organizer, Darelle, arrived. She gave us an introduction, then immediately took us on a walk to fleet school, where the Navy students learn to do their trade. Once there, we split off into groups and started on our way.
The first place my group visited, after a quick look at the woodworking room, was the electrical section of the school. Our guide, Fillion, happened to have a thick, sort of hard to understand French accent. He showed us all these hands-on classrooms that had intricate-looking equipment. If I was allowed to, which I was obviously not, I totally would have gone and fiddled with all the wires and switches, trying to see how they all work together. After numerous confusing classrooms (due to Fillion's fast explanations and the complex diagrams plastering the walls) we ventured over to the machinery, and Fillion left us with some other guy who knew what all the machines did. I can't quite remember where that was because the whole place was so huge. Every little hall lead to another room filled with things like motors, engines, welding equipment, etc. and everything was pretty organized in each room. I was surprised about how many categories of jobs there were. Finally, our tour was finished and my head was swimming with all the information I had absorbed along the way.
Next was lunch at the cafeteria. Surprisingly, they had amazing food, but that's just my opinion. The place served everything from sandwiches and salad to pasta and cereal, and I even had marshmallow salad! It's something I will have to find out how to make. Once lunch was over and we were all stuffed, we headed out for another walk, but this time it was to go tour the ships. It turns out they are not quite as big inside, in fact, they were completely stuffy and small. Out tour guide was super nice, and he showed us around inside the ship. The stairs were really steep, but we saw a bunch of sailors effortlessly slide down them, which was a bit humorous seeing how they are supposed to be serious. There were these weird red hatches everywhere in the ship, and it turns out they were emergency trap doors used to escape from fires, and the odd curious person you may have needed to escape from when playing a prank... but never mind about that. Over all, the whole trip was pretty fun, and I originally thought it was going to be quite boring, but the people in the Navy proved me wrong. Just don't expect me to be joining the Navy anytime soon.

Our Trip to The Navy Base!

Yesterday we went to the Navy Base, as you all know! It was quite interesting to learn about what happened in the Navy. The beginning seemed sort of boring to me though, because I just wasn't as interested in the Fleet School. It might have been better if our tour guide didn't look so uncomfortable. The things there seemed like a normal school. That made it feel like we left our school to get a tour of another. Which in a way, we did. Over all, the Fleet School wasn't all that exciting. What was partially interesting in there was the huge guns we got to see in there! They were so big! What I did like about going to the Navy Base was the cafeteria and the boat. The cafeteria was really cheap for some really good food. My favourite part was definitely the boat. It was really fun to go all around in it and our tour guide was really really attractive. I'm serious. The tour might have been a hundred times worse if we didn't have him. Anyways, even though I found my love for life, the rest of the tour was really cool too! I liked the emergency doors at the bottom of the cabins. I thought that was a really cool! I also loved trying on all the fire fighting clothes. It was such a fun day!

Navy Base :)

I was talking to some people in my class, asking if they liked the field trip. I got a variety of answers, ranging from yes, no, kind of and all sorts like that. Do you want my opinion? Well I loved it! It was the coolest field trip i've ever been on. When we first got their, I wasn't sure if i was going to like it or not. Yes i'll admit the first hour or so it was boring, but once we got to the cafeteria it started to get interesting. It started off with a bus full of excited students, we finally arrived and got the tour started. The leader of our group, Neil was his name was also a Hall Tech. A Hall Tech is someone who knows all of the jobs, and went to school for them. For example, a Hall Tech would know plumbing, sheet metal, carpentry, wood working and lots more. After we got our tour of the Fleet school we walked on down to the cafeteria. At the cafeteria their were tons and tons of things to choose from. It varied from salad bars, spaghetti, sandwiches, cereal, fries and much more! Finally after that we got to go on tours of the ships! That was my favourite part, we got to go down all stairs, and in all the little cupboards! The funniest part i think would have been when Ashley St. Jean (our tour guide) locked Derek in the bottom of the ship! Derek was screaming like a little girl! :) Overall i think it was a great learning experience and i hope to go back someday! :)

My Trip to the Navy Base

Our field trip to the navy base out in Esquimalt, was a new experience for me. We went for the whole day, which was pretty awesome, but also tiring because we had to walk everywhere (except from school and back). My two favourite parts while we were there were: having lunch and having a big tour of the ships. I liked having lunch there because I got to see the cafeteria that the "navy people" get to eat in every single day ( the food was delicious!). I loved the tour because we got to climb in to almost everything that lead to new areas, and before we got to go home, I played a game with the group that I was in to see which side could put up the right flag that my tour guide said (it was a tie! 1-1).

Field Trip to the Navy Base :)

I learned a lot from the field trip to the Navy Base. I learned why they go out to sea, and what there job is. Something i learned from that, that i didnt know before, was that they do search and rescue. There job is actually very important, and taken seriously. Always hard at work, doing something. We went through the classrooms, where they get taught on what they have to do before they go to the ships. This part of the field trip was not my favourite because i found it boring and dragged on. We went to the cafeteria and they had lots of choices to choose from. This was my second favorite part :) After that we went on the big ship that was docked, it got interesting. We went through where the sailors cabins were. I personally would not like to go on the ship for a long period of time, because i get claustrophobic very easily, and their beds especially, are very close together, and there is close to no room. There was lots of stairs, and ladders going in to different places in the ship. I think the navy is a very important, and i think it is great what they do for us. I really did enjoy this field trip, and had a lot of fun.

Navy Base Woot Woot.

On Wednesday, our class went to the Navy Base, it was okay. Not really a place the girls want to be. I mean, guns and electrical, ships, shooting... whoohoo. More a guy thing I would say. Anywho, when we arrived there by bus, we first visited fleet school. We split off into two groups with each a tour guide. The group that I was in had a tour guide with bushy eyebrows. Our group walked down the halls on our way to the Electrical room. It had switches, dials... all kinds of electric material. One of the men that was at the Fleet school, told us all about what they do. Then we moved on to other rooms, a woodshop, drafting, etc. They were interesting but as I said before, more of a guy thing. After all that we visited the metal working shop and other shops that had to do with metal. The last room we visited was a huge room with a tank and somet other "dangerous" weapon. After lunch, it was said that we were going to go on a fleet ship. I didn't think it was going to be that exciting until Nicole, Kalina and I found out who our tour guide was... man. What a hot tamale. Really. That was the best part of the trip. Thank god we didn't have Mr.Who Shapes Their Eyebrows guy. So, I rate this trip 4/10 for the beginning, than 8/10 for the fleet ship tour. Enough about Hot Tamale and more about the ship, I liked the Emergency exits and the secret hatches. I also loved putting on the Firefighter outfits. Great Trip B. GREAT TRIP.

Naval Base Field Trip.

The other day our class went to the Naden Naval Base in Esquimalt, it was really fun! The first thing we learned about was the fleet school, we toured it and they told showed us all the classes that are in the building and told us what they teach in each class. There was three main trades that they learn about. The first one we learned about was Elelctrician trade which they work on computers and other high tech stuff they work on. The other trades were Stokers and Hall Tech, all these trades are "Hands on" for the students. In the fleet school they showed us different engines and machines they work on, some they use to make other stuff and others they are fixing to put back 0n the boats. The next thing we did after the Fleet school was go eat lunch and socialize with friends. After that we walked over to the boats and got a tour. We were showed the workers cabins on the boat for when they are at sea and showed us where everyone hangs out when they don't have to work and what the kitchen looks like. Our tour guide also told us some of the meanings of the words because they have different words from what we say, like for kitchen they say Gally. We were also shown where the person drives the boat and it looks like it would be very hard to see out of. My favourite part of the field trip would have to be the Tour of the Ships because it was cool seeing what the ships look like inside.

Feild trip

I really liked the feild trip because we got to see everthing the the Navy people do. I really liked when  my group and I went to check out the engines and saw how they were worked on. I liked how we got to go see the big AA gun that was pretty cool. I liked when we went to see the guys working on the chairs. After Fleet school my group and I went for food at the cafeteria (food was great).
After lunch we went to tour the ships. First, we went to the ship's bridge and  our tour guide showed us what every thing does. Then after that we went to the cabins were there was 3 beds on each side stacked up. Then after that we went to see were all the waste went (that was gross). After that me and my group went to go try on the fire suits. Unfortunately it became time to leave. That was one of my favorite field trips I've ever had.


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Esquimalt Navy base. WOOT !!

On March 14th , 8-5 went to Esquimalt navy base. It was special because they have never taken a tour on a ship. First we walked up to the fleet school. We saw the diffrent parts of the school like the Mechanices, Drawing etc. It was really cool because on the hallways walls their was really old pictures from the navy from a long time ago. I noticed that the poeple who were showing us around the class rooms were men and I noticed I only saw 2 women! After we were done in the school we went to the cafetria, the food was really good ! Then we went down to the water and walked across the jeddie. We got onto the ship and had to climb up and down really steep stairs/laders. We sat in the captins chair, Saw the Work out Room, Were they slept, And a whole bunch of little Escape holes. I thought that the tour was pretty good, their was a lot of walking in the sun. I think they should let you do more things instead of just talking. Anyways the tour was really great and was worth while.

Navy Base Review

On a scale from 1-10 I would have to rate the base an 8. The beginning of the tour was very, very boring. I had no interest in plumbing and mechanics. The comfy rolling chairs made me feel a bit better in this part of the tour. The walk up the hill was tiring but worth it (well, not THAT tiring). At the top was a deliciously stocked cafeteria. Even though I only bought some fries and a pop (I had packed my own lunch) I was still hungry for more. This was a very good part of the tour. Last and certainly not least was the tour of one of the navy ships. We got a full tour, got to see how things worked and played a flag raising game. This was my favorite part of the trip. Did I learn anything? Nothing that I already knew. I didn't take an interest in the mechanics so I didn't learn much here. The cafeteria, I didn't learn anything but I did learn a bit on the boat. As I said, I rate this trip around an 8.

Esquimalt Navy

My field to the navy base

When I got to the base with my class from school we went to the navy base where my dad works. I did not see my dad but it the base was great. We went on some ships and I saw my dads ship the Protector. The base was cool I saw where the men and women went to school to train for there trades. When I went in the school I saw the all the different trades in the building. I saw the work shops and where they had there meals in the school. I saw the wood shop, plumbing systems shop, the metalworking shop, and the engineering shop. We went for lunch in the main cafeteria and the food was so good. We walked a long way but it was worth it, I had fun. :)(: (O)_(0) :P :D

CFB Esquimalt

On Wednesday, our class took a tour of the navy base in Esquimalt. First our class took a tour of the fleet school witch is where the train people to become better at something like how to be an electrician or sheet metal or wood shop there was a lot of things that they learn there. After the tour of the school we went to the cafeteria and the food was great. after we had lunch we walked down to the navy boats we didn't get to go on the big one but the one we went on was still really big we got a tour of the boat I learned a lot like that it was in Vancouver checking every boat an my tour guild said that they caught a lot of drug smugglers and he then showed us where every body stays and sleeps and where they game it was an awesome tour of the base and then we got C D at the end and we also got book marks and then we came back to school my favorite part was walking around the ship and i had lots of fun.

Field Trip- Navy Base

Yesterday my class went to the navy base. It was by far the best educational field trip I've been to. One reason is because the food. It was amazingly delicious and there was a variety of selections to choose from. I also enjoyed the tour of the boat. My friends and I tried on fire equipment and sat in the captains chair. It was interesting that they had their own little gym so they could be in shape while they are sailing. Although we had to walk around a lot. We got a little rest on there cabin beds. It looked like a crammed uncomfortable space, but it was surprisingly comfy. Over all it was amazing. The tour people were really nice too. I hope we will go there again soon!

Navy Field Trip

Yesterday our class went on a field trip to the Naval base and I really enjoyed it! First of all we learnt about the trades they could learn there, and took a tour of the Fleet School. The were three main trades. The first one we learnt about was the electrician trade. It involved hands on work with computers, and other high tech equipment. Next, we learnt about the stoker trade. And lastly we learnt about Hall tech, which worked with sheet metal, and plumbing. We toured the base and saw huge engine parts taken apart, and many different "Hands on" work stations. My favorite part about the Fleet school was when we saw the huge mechanical guns, that shot hundreds of bullets per second. Then we went to lunch. After that we moved on to a tour of the Navy ships. Taking a tour of the ships was my favorite part of the day! We walked down to the docks and were assigned to our tour guides. My tour guide was very funny, and cracked a lot of jokes. Ha ha. he showed us the bridge, which is the only part of the ship with windows, he showed us the cabins, and Galley, and took us to a part of the ship that was under sea level. The stairs were so steep! In all, the most favorite part of the day for me, was having an awesome tour guide so us around the ships. All together, the day was very fun! :)

Field Trip to The Navy

The Navy was more fun then I thought it would be. I seen on Television a lot about ships and I have always wanted to experience the feeling and I did so, which was really exciting for me. When the people gave us a tour around the workshop, I really wanted to know about what they do there, but I my mind kept drifting away from what they were saying so it was hard to listen. Also, I could not understand most of what there saying because of the noise. After we finished eating we went to there ships. They toured us around the little ships. I was really wishing that we went around the big ones. Are tour guide was really funny. When he talked he made alot of sound effects which made it fun and also he had an accent. At first it was hard to understand his english, but then I got use to his accent  and I was able to understand him. He first showed us where they eat, sleep and use the bathroom. I can not believe they live there for so many months. I don't feel comfortable when I imagine myself there. It was really fun to just to play around on the ships. Being able to go through holes and using the stairs to go up and down there was so exciting. We played a game where we had to change the flag the fastest. That day was really fun and if there was a chance I would like to go again.

Field Trip

The field trip to the Naval Base was extremely fun. I really enjoyed sitting in the back of the bus talking to my friends, and Brandon. I liked touring the classrooms and work rooms of the students from the base. Going to the cafeteria was really fun too, I liked the freedom to chose what you wanted to eat and sit where ever you wanted. My favourite part was touring the boats and learning what the life is like while your out at sea. When I grow up, I hope I'll be able to work at the base because it seems like a really challenging, and fun job. It would also be exciting to serve my Country.

CFB Esquimalt

On Wednesday April 14, my class attended a field trip to the Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt. This Navy base controls the West Coast and the Arctic. Not only a base, CFB Esquimalt is also a fleet school where cadets and average people train to become Seamen. The school had shops like metal and wood. The skills that you learned here were the skills that you would need to fix a hull breach, engine failure, or even a broken air conditioning unit. The tourguide explained to us that each ship works like a small city, everything must be maintained. We toured the school and the ships Yellowknife and the Nanaimo. These two ships work as multi-functioning patrol boats. They mine sweep, map the floor of the ocean, and patrol the waters of the Arctic and the West Coast. The Ships had one 40mm Bofor and two 50cal. machine guns. In the small arms locker they had MP5s, C7s and shotguns. Before we toured the ships we ate at the cafeteria. The cafeteria had good prices, and the food was filling. Overall I thought that the tour was cool.

Feild trip

I really enjoyed the Field trip because it was our first one and it was a good one. I found the ship very interesting but I found the classrooms boring because all we did was listen to some guy talk on and on about how great the navy is and how you should it. The ship was very interesting because to see the confined places where they slept and the places where thy worked, hung out and ate. The part that i didn't like was that I couldn't eat in the cafeteria and that I forgot my lunch on the bus so I went hungry but other than that I had a great time. The tour guide that showed us around the ship was really funny and was so fun.

our trip to the navy base .

Yesterday was our field trip was to the navy base in Esquimalt, over all i enjoyed it but at first it was pretty boring. I didnt like touring around the buildings and learning about the trades, all the walking hurt my feet a lot. But I really liked the tour of the ship, I was in a group with Derek, Jenna, Hayley and Quinn. We saw pretty much everything on the ship and it was pretty intresting. The tour guide was telling us about how no one ever gets to go on the ship and that we're one of the only groups that have. At one point we went in the VERY bottom of the boat, after all of us got out Derek was the last to get out so our tour guide locked him in for a couple seconds and he was freaking out. I got to sit in the captains chair, and go into all the bed rooms and go down all the stairs and into all the storage rooms and everything. While we were at the navy base we had lunch in their cafeteria that was huge, we got food and then continued the day. It was educational but still pretty intresting, I still don't think I'd ever want to be in the navy though. But over all I think it was worth going there for and I wouldn't mind going there again.

Our Field Trip to CFB Esquimalt

On Wednesday, our class took a trip to CFB Esquimalt. The CFB is a Navy base which controls Canada's west coast and the arctic. First, we took a tour of the base, which is basically a school where people can study trades and different stuff like being an electrician or a hull-tech. The school they study in is called the fleet school. After our tour, we went to the cafeteria and the prices are very good because they have no taxes. We went on a tour of the Navy ships after we went for lunch. The boats that we toured were called Yellowknife and Nanaimo. The ships were cool because they had a lot of guns and other stuff, like the big binoculars. They also showed us the bunks. I thank the Navy and what they are doing for Canada's west coast and Canada's arctic. <(")

My field trip to the navy base

The other day I went on a field to the navy base. It was very fun and we saw lots of neat sights. Some parts that I liked were that we got to see all the different shops and classrooms. I liked how our guide explained how all to tools worked and what all the people here learn. Some of the shops that I saw were:
The Wood shop
Metalwork shop
The engineer shop
The plumbing systems shop
and the guide explained how these things work. After we saw the shops we went to the cafeteria for lunch. My favorite part was when we got to go on the ship. The ship had lots of rooms and lots of equipment. I saw the place where the workers sleep. I also saw the storage room which had cool things in it. I went to the bridge and saw all the controls. I liked the telescope because I could see everything up close even peoples faces. The hallways on the ship were very narrow and it had small rooms. My least favorite part was having to walk a long distance from the base to the ship but overall it was a great trip and I had lots of fun.

Field Trip to the Navy Base

During the field trip to the Navy base in Esquimalt , I thought it was very fun but as well as educational. I had fun because we actually got to in the class rooms and learn about the different trades. I felt it was a little boring at times when we had to listen to people talk for a long period of time, but it got even more fun when we learned about the ships and how they work. I thought going on the ships was the funnest part because we got to go in the different rooms and see how everything runs smoothly. I liked how the tour gides engaged us in learning about the ships by playing games with us so we understood things more. I am looking forward to going to the Navy Base again to learn even more things.