Trip To Camp!

                                     Camp!

On the 20th of August the senior syndicate went on a trip to Mount Ruapehu, we had to wake up so early because we had to be at school by 7:30am to get in our colour groups and put our suit cases in the bus. When it was time to get in the bus we all said bye to our families for 4 days off the went to Hamilton Gardens, when we made it to Hamilton Gardens we had a lunch break. 

We also had a papers with pictures of statues, patterns and a lot more when we went back in the bus we went to Otorhanga witch is the Ed Hillary Walkway to have a lunch break and looked at the posters and had a challenge the challenge was trying to find information from the posters. when we finished the challenge when went to the park it was really fun when we had a race on ta really fun ride and we couldn't figure out who won the race.

Next stop was Tumaria School and had a play there me and my friends played cricket lots of parents came and joined the game with us It was awesome. And now the best part going to the crossing where we're staying for 3 days. The next day it was our first ski and snowboarding we went to put on our gear and when I put on my gear It was soo hot and the boots were heavy. 

I was skiing we learnt how to Stop, slow down and how to ski. we also went tobogganing and got to go on the magic carpet. On the last day of skiing we got to have free time me and my friends raced each other and going on the chair lift. On the last day we went to the pool and we could bomb. This was the best camp ever!

Emotions Before Going to Camp

Before going to camp I feel very nervous but excited at the same time because I get to go somewhere with the whole school and spend time with my friends for the first time.  I  also get to touch the snow again after 3 years! My challenge goal is to ski on higher mountains. I could gain confidence and becoming better at skiing by going faster. I could also become more confident with skiing faster than 3 years ago. After Camp I think I will feel like snowboarding instead of skiing so I could learn something new. I would feel very scared because my family wont come on the trip but I think I will get used to it because ill be with my friends.

Climate Change March

                      Climate Change March

On the 24th of May, Te Waka Ako marched down Queen Street to protest about Climate Change. We also brought some signs we made during school to wake up the Government. First, we got in to our groups and then the teachers gave us some orange beanies so when we get lost it would be easy to find us. After that we finally went in the bus and off we went to Queen Street. When we got to the city everyone was singing "Hey Hey Hey Ho Ho Climate Change has got to go!" As we were singing people were taking lots of videos. There were a lot of people at the march like parents, children, adults, and also high school kids. We took a break and sat down and had some food to eat. As we were eating, lots of people were walking around and looking at other people's signs. When we finished our food it was time to march down Queen street. As we all walked down Queen street everyone was shouting our chant. After about 2 minutes everyone was telling us to lie down and then we were lying down for about 1 minute then we got back us and were still walking as soon as we got half way we went back up and it was time to go back to school. The End.

Pink Shirt Day

                                                       Pink Shirt Day!
We put messages in random peoples letter boxes so that if there getting bullied we could cheer them up. We posted messages all around our school Waikowhai Primary. Some people called our school and was talking about how they liked the messages we sent to them but one person was talking on the phone and was very emotional

On the 17th of May, it was Pink Shirt Day. The hole Senior Syndicate went around Waikowhai Primary and were posting letter that say positive things on them. Everyone in the senior syndicate made 3 positive cards and some students made more for posting in random letter boxes. 

My Narrative

Last term, on week 8, the seniors wrote a narrative about a picture we chose to write about. I think my narrative is really good. I chose the diving picture because it looked really cool if you were up there because you would see such a nice view and I also picked this picture because the way they were jumping off the cliff looks really interesting. If you would like to see my narrative click the link. Link                                                         

Gumboot Friday

Gumboot Friday

Last Friday was Gumboot Friday. All of the teachers were wearing Gumboots to raise awareness of

mental health. Also some of the kids were wearing Gumboots too. What we did to be positive is that

we made special cards and we went to random houses and we put one card in any mailbox we want.

One of the students in my school thought of the idea of making cards and putting it inside of any mailbox. This Term our topic is Hauora-Well Being and if you are suffering from bad mental health then you 

won't have good well being. In my opinion about Gumboot Friday is that it is really good because if you

have good mental health you will feel good about yourself, but if your not Mental Health is not good  then

life can be hard. It is really important that we raise awareness of mental health.

Tread Lightly Caravan

Today the Tread Lightly Caravan came to visit our school.
They came to our school so that they can teach us how much people litter and to show us how to stop people from littering.
First we went in to the Kowhai room, And they asked us a question. They asked how do we get oxygen. Lots of people said lots of different answers like trees, water and a lot more.
We went to the caravan so that can learn and then we can teach others.
We all got 9-8 people in 3 groups and there was 3 stations to.The first station we went to was the caravan they gave us some bottles full of trash and in the caravan they had thing like drains, toilets, the rubbish bin, the sink, and lots more.
What we had to do is we all had a turn to try and put the bottle in the right place.
We had things like paint, trash, diapers, oil, and more.

One thing I learned 

To always put the right Rubbish in the right bin.