Abseiling was Awesome – by David Edh

We went abseiling at Mr and Mrs Eillis’ farm at Arno. Out on the farm the paddocks were grassy. The polytech students were helping us abseil down the cliff. We had to wear a harness, helmets, a belay device, a karabiner and rope. I really liked abseiling because I tried the third level but I did not do it. The first level was easy and the second one was medium easy.

Steampunk - by Daniel

On Tuesday the whole of Centennial School went to Steampunk. The cool things about Steampunk were the see through floor panel, the motor bike, and the massive dirt bike with the green light going on in the smoke from the smoke machine. The other things at Steampunk were the old school car with custom flames, a chopper bike, a fake alien face, and a fake robot with pistons.

Abseiling – by Charlotte

On Thursday the 8th of March the year fours went abseiling. When the parents picked the year fours up they drove to a paddock at Arno and dropped them off. They came to watch the kids go down to the bottom of the hill. Level one was really easy but it had lots of prickles. The second level was scary because it was a big rock - it had some grass but most of it was a rock. The final level was the hardest one of all. Some children didn’t go down but some did have a go at it, and some made it all the way down.

Camp Week – by Carly

Camp week was an awesome playful week. We had lots of fun. Timaru polytech students came to play games with us during the week. On Wednesday year fours and under went on a cold walk to the creek to make dams while the year fives went kayaking. Both years thought it was freezing cold. Lots of people went out of their comfort zone on Thursday when they went abseiling. On Thursday we stayed the night at school. We had a delicious tea and a yummy breakfast. Every camper noticed that there were drips of water hanging from the inside walls of their tents.
CAMP WAS AWESOME!!!!

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