FLOATY FUN DAY

Floaty fun day was awesome beceause we got to jump on whales, also we got to jump on the other grey whale, lilos, blow up balls, masks and filppers - everything for the pool. It was sooo much fun!!!

There was heaps of different things to play with and we got to swap when Mrs Dunn blew the whistle so everyone got to try everything.

Everyone had so much fun, I hope next year we could do it again.

Kathleen Craig.

RED AND BLACK DAY

We had a red and black day to raise money for th Christchurch eathquake.

Everyone wore red and black and some kids like me changed our hair. On the day before red and black day Mum shaved a red cross in my hair. She put red paint in a cross on my head. I felt nervous but everyone loved it!

We raised a lot of money for the people of Christchurch.

By Ryan

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CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONS - NICKY

Room four was the best room in the whole school six children won places in the inter school cross country.

Rosa got 1st ,Lily ,Sam & Ethan got 2nd and Nicky & James got third.

It was very hard, we were competing with five other schools.

The schools were Tauhoa, Tapora, Pakiri, Living Way and the best school Tomarata!

Walks around Martins Bay - By Max

On Monday and Tuesday we went for a long walk all around Scandretts Bay. It was tiring it took about an hour and a half on total of both of those days so it was about three hours of walking. It was a very big journey. We walked all around Scandretts Bay I was mostly at the front and some people were pushy.

We were not aloud in front of Mrs Dunn and the other adults were the sweepers so we were not aloud behind them.On the first walk we went on the nature walk behing the camp. We went past a big puriri tree, it was so big but not as big as a kauri tree. We went past little paths so we tried not to overtake people but some people did. Then we walked along the Scandretts Bay road and dropped down onto Martins Bay beach.

On the second walk we went up the Martins Bay beach, then we walked around the steep cliffs and went down to the Scandretts old farm, then we went up a really, really steep hill, we were climbing up to the road. Then we went back down the beach to camp. We were all puffed after that.

By Max

ARCHERY AT MARTINS BAY CAMP - NYAH

On Tuesday 23 we were doing archery - it was awesome! I've never done anything like that in my life. You had to set up the bow and put the arrow on the fletch holder. Rob showed us how to do it, he said you had to make a T-form with your body and stand up really straight. Then you had to stand sideways with your feet and think about where your head is.

It looks easy when Rob does it but it is not!

I got the arrows in the bushes three times .The third time it went in the thorns so I got the other side of the arrow where it wasn't pointy. After seven times I got the red part of the target and I felt pretty good to finally hit the target.

Rob was really funny.

by Nyah

Martins Bay Sailing - By Joseph

Sailing is really fun .I did it with Max. I learnt that the ropes on the sail are called the sheet. When I went sailing I was in charge of the rudder and Max was in charge of the sheet.

The sail boat was kind of slow. Then me and Max swopped places. Max was the rudder and I was the sheet. I went out really far out away from the beach. It was bumpy and the bout started taking in water but it didn't sink. I almost hit my head on the boom .When we went up to land we started hearing scratching noises and when I got out of the boat I was soaking wet. Sailing was really fun and I wanted to do it again.