Year 4 Camp
Miss Gibson reports - Last week school may have seemed a little quiet…that’s because our fabulous Year 4 children were on their two-day camp. We had camp nice and early in the year to ensure we had the weather-gods smiling on us, and sure enough we had perfect weather for both Thursday and Friday.
On Thursday we had a public transport extravaganza – taking the bus, the ferry, the train and of course all using our legs to get from school to Rangitoto Island, then up to the Summit and back to school again. A rather worn out and tired bunch of children arrived back at school ready to admire Tent City which had been constructed in our absence by a great team of parents, and to devour a delicious meal created by yet more fabulous Mums and Dads.
Sleeping in tents proved to be the highlight for many of the children, and will be a memory that they will cherish. The parents did a super job keeping the campers under control and going to bed at the same time as the children was the key to silence on the field nice and early!
Friday began with some fitness and a hearty breakfast before the children were launched into four fabulous activities to promote teamwork, co-operation and confidence building. By the time the camp ended at 3pm we teachers were beaming with pride, feeling delighted by the way all the children had behaved so admirably throughout the duration of camp. These children are a credit to their parents and were a delight to go on camp with.
A big thanks to all the staff who helped make this camp such a great event; and a special thank you to our Parent Leaders and Volunteers – without your amazing support camp would not have been as successful as it ultimately was.
  
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Year 6 CampMr Eeles tells us that - The Year 6 camp was a huge success. A total of 97 students and 18 adults spent a glorious week in the Hunua Ranges at the Hunua Falls Camp and Sonshine Ranch. The students faced challenging activities, on and off the water, as well as on and off the ground!
The students all successfully rose to the challenges that they faced and all came away from camp on Friday with tired, yet enthusiastic smiles on their faces.
School camps do not just happen and the staff must be thanked for all their efforts with the organisation. Also a HUGE thank you must be extended to the parents who joined us on camp, either as transporters or as supervisors. It truly was a great week for everyone (except for the dad who broke his finger of course!)
Another big thank you must go to your children. They made the camp such a success by the way they supported and encouraged one another.
Middle School Beach Clean-Ups
Mrs Coleman reports - As part of our IBL this term, ‘Save Our Seas’, the Middle Syndicate have been working with Hannah Prior from the amazing Sir Peter Blake Trust. Last week she came to tell us all about the aims of the Trust, the fantastic adventures that Sir Peter Blake had when exploring our oceans and some of the problems that are affecting them, so we decided that it would be a good idea to lend a helping hand in our local community and do something really practical - the middles like to keep busy! Then the question was – “What exactly can we do?”
Luckily Hannah and the kind people from Westpac came to our aide and arranged to help us with 3 beach clean ups. So, on Tuesday and Wednesday this week we hit the beaches - only this time we took plastic bags, rubber gloves and hand sanitiser rather than our togs! St Heliers, Kohimaramara and Mission Bay were our targets and we spent an hour picking up all sorts of strange things that shouldn’t have been there - bottle lids, plastic spoons, straws, magazines, plastic wrapping, lego bricks and even items of clothing. After this we sorted out all the rubbish that we had found and made a tally of all the items. We were amazed, and quite horrified, by the quantities that we found including hundreds of cigarette ends, pieces of polystyrene and mounds of plastic rubbish all of which can poison and kill sea life.
Though it was a rather dirty job we were all well protected with bibs and gloves and were very proud of our efforts. Year 3 were particularly pleased when their hard work was noticed by a kind passer-by who left a card thanking us for what we did and inviting us back to swim at the beach whenever we want. We know that next time any of us go to a beach we are going to be extra careful and leave nothing behind.
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