The First Day At Camp

Sprinting through the door I was ready for a fantastic week at camp.

The year 7-8 students camp was on Monday 14TH-Wednesday 16TH March and they were camping on the field at Point England school.

My first activity was team building with Mr Barks. The activities that our group( THINKERZ) participated in was the blowout, channel run, mark it up, and the one with the box. It was really exciting and funny when people kept falling over.

Now it was time to put up our own tents with Mrs Nua. I was sleeping with Racheal, Tracey, and Vaine. Our tent was one of the biggest tents. It felt different sleeping in a tent because it was cold at night. I would prefer to sleep at home, but it was alot of fun.

Next, we travelled to the street (Intermediate building) to help with the hangi. Ms Tito was in charge. First we had to wash our hands. There was pumpkin, kumara, chicken, potatoes, and stuffing all together in a foiled plate. With the stuffing we had to get some bread and tear it apart into little pieces. Some of us were eating the stuffing.

After our great work of the hangi prep we got dressed in our togs and were off to go kayaking. First Mr Burt showed us where our goal was to go around. (the green triangle). Kayaking was a bit scary because I was worried that I would fall out of the kayak.

My highlight was Kayaking because it was really a fun experience. I hope we get to go kayaking again. I felt like camp was wonderful and had a fantastic time.

How To Put Up A Tent

HOW TO PUT UP A TENT
When a tent is put up correctly others can finally use it to sleep in.

MATERIAL:
Pegs, two poles, waterproof cover, string, tent, bag, hammer, base for the tent.

METHOD:
Step 1: Make sure that the equipment that is needed for the tent is in the bag.
Step 2: Take everything out of the bag and place it down neatly on a flat grassy area.
Step 3: Grab the base of the tent and put it down on the ground.
Step 4: Grab the poles out and make sure they are connected.
Step 5: Put the poles in the clips that are on top of the of the tent.
Step 6: When you’ve did both sides tie the string at the top onto the poles.
Step 7: Put the poles into the circle at the bottom of the base.
Step 8: Grab out the cover and put it on top of the tent.
Step 9: Once you’ve did that peg in the cover and you are finally ready to sleep in it.

All About Me

Kia Ora, my name is Chelsea and I am a year 7 at Point England school. My favourite subject is maths. It is very cool and also my favourite sport is softball. I am in room 21 and my teachers name is Mrs Lagitupu.

I have 1 brother and 2 sisters. After school we all play and go for walks. Every morning when we go to school,I run with my baby brother in his pram. He laughs all the time.

This year I am looking forward to camp and being in sport teams to represent the school.

When I grow up I really want to be a teacher because I think it would be a good opportunity for me.

My Amazing Holiday

My Amazing Holiday

In the holidays me and my family went to AMF bowling in Panmure. When we arrived my sisters were running all over the place like wild animals. When my dad paid for us to go bowling I was extremely excited. After the game I was very disappointed that I didn’t win but it was a lot of fun.

A few days later we went to the wave pools in Mt Albert. When we got in the pool it was freezing cold but after a while it began to feel warmer. As I was in the deep side the waves were crazily moving me around like a washing machine with clothes all around but it wasn’t, it was people. An hour later it was time to go and get dressed. When we all finished getting dressed we drove off and went to Burger King. It was an awesome day.

On the first of February we went to Rainbows End. All the rides were super fun. My favourite ride was the Fear Fall. My mum frightened me when she said it wont stop. She was lying. When I went on it, it felt very breathtaking. That was my first time I had ever went there.

Mufti Day

As I was walking in the school gates I saw colours all around the school and I jumped up and down saying ”yeah its mufti day.”

When the bell rang I ran to class and gave my money to Mrs Lagitupu for the Christchurch earthquake. It was a sad time for those who lost their friends, families, and love ones. Our class raised 50 dollars but the whole school made 800 dollars altogether.

At lunch we had a awesome picnic on the field. There was delicious watermelon that was being cut by Mr Jocobsen. There was music and games happening.

Even though it was a hot sunny day,I still had a lot of fun.

Tamaki Tech

On the 14TH of February 2011 the year 7-8s left school at 8:30am and we went to Tamaki College for technology. It was also really hot and people were moaning. We were talking to some people that we knew who were walking past us.

I was in the 7A group and we were doing wood work. Our teachers name was Mr Grundy but he said we can call him Sir. First we had to come up with 5 ideas for what we were going to make. I came up with a chair, a car, a train, a dressing table and a computer desk. We came up with some safety rules too. They were: 1.Walk don’t run! 2.This is no play area. 3.When “Sir” calls for attention stop what you’re doing and pay attention. 4.(Chisels) Don’t wave it around, don’t put your thumb on top of it, put it on the tip and there were many more.

Sir showed us some of the things that others made last year. He drew a gumboot lifter in 3D and it was a very smart idea. At the end of tech I learnt a lot about different kinds of things you can make with small amounts of timber.