Camp Week - by Danny Small

When we went kayaking I nearly fell out of my kayak because I was going really fast. I got a really wet sleeve and my hip got really sore. When we played tag I went really fast to get away from the taggers. I won tag - it was really fun. I had a black kayak which looked cool. I really liked kayaking even though it was really hard to turn around in the kayaks. When we were going to the shore we had a race and Brodie came first and I came second. Kayaking was really fun.

Sleepover - by Brodie Wilson

On Thursday the year fives and fours had a sleep over. Thomas and I slept in Matthew’s tent. After that we got free time and I played on the playground. Then we had tea. For tea we had potatoes and sausages, also homemade coleslaw. After tea we had ice cream and then we got free time which was cool. After free time we got to go into the hall and played some games. When it was dark we played spotlight then we went to bed.

Kayaking – by Bree

What I enjoyed about camp week was kayaking because when we jumped in our kayaks Cameron gave everyone a push start. We played games like candlestick and piano. With candlestick you had to tag people with your paddle by the front of their kayak. If you were tagged you would put your paddle in the air and if somebody who was not in tapped the front or back of your kayak you could paddle away again. When we played piano keys we stood up and walked on each others kayak.
I think that camp week and kayaking was really awesome and I hope that the polytech people enjoyed as much as I did.

Kayaking on the Waihao River - by Max Sail

In outdoor education week the year fives and I went kayaking on the Waihao River.
With the help of the polytech students I have to say it went really well. Before you could go onto the water the polytech students made sure you had your gear on properly. Then whoosh!!!!! You were launched onto the water.
My favourite part was when we played piano keys on water. It’s when you get out of your kayak and walk\crawl across everybody else’s kayaks without falling into the water, then get back into your own kayak. I was hoping somebody would fall out but I think that nobody would like to because the water was very COLD. I had good fun kayaking on the Waihao River. I hope the other year fives did to!!!

Sleepover – by Hannah

On Thursday 8th of February 2012 the year 4 and 5’s slept over. We had sausages, potatoes and homemade coleslaw, made by Mrs Harris for tea. We played spotlight at around 8.30. I was in for one of the rounds. I kept on shining the torch I was using on people but they would not go back to the soccer goal!!!!! I was sleeping in Rosie’s tent with Emily and Rosie. We got to have a time when we could shine our torches and talk, then we had to whisper, and then we had to be silent.

Billybob and Jack

In the April 2011 school holidays we went sailing in the Marlborough Sounds. Tamati Tui from Ruma Tui came with us too. We drove to Picton and sailed out of Waikawa Bay Marina to Endeavour Inlet. We stayed at the Endeavour Resort which had a really cool hammock. There were Wekas outside our cabin everyday. Every night we played Uno. We walked through the bush to Furneaux Lodge. There were lots of Tui’s and other native birds following us through the bush. We saw lots of jellyfish from the jetty at Furneaux Lodge and when we were sailing. On the Tuesday we sailed to Resolution Bay where my Dad went for holidays when he was little. We fed the fish from the jetty. On Wednesday we sailed to Ship Cove. This is where Captain Cook landed 7 times. It is really beautiful. There is a big monument and some old cannons. We went fishing and caught blue cod for dinner. On Thursday we sailed back to Waikawa Bay. We went to the EcoWorld aquarium in Picton where they had lots of big fish, sting rays, seahorses, packhorse crayfish, shark egg cases, an octopus, turtles, and a dead giant squid. They also had geckos and tuataras and red-crowned kakariki parrots. The next day we went to Blenheim and camped on the boat at the Omaka Classic Fighters Airshow. We saw lots of old World War 1 planes and Billybob even got to sit in the ejection seat of an Air Force plane. They also had old tanks & fire engines and a vintage car display. On the way home we stopped to look at the seals at Kaikoura. Thanks for coming on holiday with us Billybob. We had lots of fun together.

Jack Clarkson

Kayaking

I traveled in a car with Mr Clarkson to kayaking on Wednesday. When it was my turn I got dressed into the wet suit that Catherine’s mum gave me to wear. We had to get safe helmets on and safe life jackets on before we got into the boats. I got into the kayak and I got pushed in. Another group went with Mr Jury for a walk on the farm while my group went kayaking. It was fun at kayaking.

By Shavannah

Kayaking

On Wednesday I got to school thinking happily about kayaking. Finally we got sorted into groups so the adults could take us to the Bruce’s farm. Mrs Albrey took Kayden and I. Suddenly we came to a stop. Kayden and I looked up - we were there. We climbed out of the car. First Mr Jury took some other kids and I out to play some games. The first game we played was a hide and seek game. Kayden and I were the champs at that game. We played a Titanic game. A skipping rope was the Titanic. After that we went kayaking. I tipped over into the water. I thought the day was extremely fun.

By Nathan

Spotlight

At spotlight we went up the hill to spot people who were trying to get up. We had torches. When it was my turn to try to get up the hill I went to see Jacob. I sneaked around the hill and ducked down so he wouldn’t spot me. Then I quickly ran up and hid in the grass so he couldn’t shine his torch on me. I crept up the hill but someone called out my name and I had to go back to the start.

By Mitchell

Camp week

During outdoor education week every year four went abseiling on the Ellis’s farm where there were really big cliffs that we were about to climb down. The giant cliffs had enormous cracks right down the middle of them and the farmer said that they are annoying when he goes picking cranberries at the top of the biggest cliff because he hates climbing at the back of it.
The smallest cliff was easy because it was only a hill with lots of straight bits on it. Callum didn’t want to go down the second one because he thought it was a little spooky but it wasn’t spooky at all. He just wanted to go home and he’s only a little dude who is scared of heights but I am his friend so I respect that. The third one was a straight out cliff plus it was the scariest thing I have ever seen in my entire life.
When we got back to school we got ready for the sleep over.

By Te Arahau