Camp!!!
Hey bloggers, Welcome back to my blog. Last week most of the students from Waikowhai Primary School went to Mt Ruapehu for camp. We went to the Crossing because that's where we were staying for three nights and four days. It was so hard to find all the gear for camp but it was all worth it because we were going to Mt Ruapehu. It was so hard to find a suitcase that was that big to fit all my gear in. So we had to go shopping for it but it was okay because I also got some lollies. I was feeling nervous because I might fall and it will hurt but at the same time I was excited because I was looking forward to snowboarding for the first time.
We had to get to school before 7:30 and get into our colour groups and I was in colour green and my leaders were Chris and Mala. They were so nice to me and everyone in our group. When we were loaded up we were off there was two buses and one of the drivers name was Ben and the other one was Michael. They were the best bus drivers that anyone could ever have. When we finally got to the Crossing we went to our rooms and then put our suitcases away. We can put them under our beds (they were bunk beds ) and my room mates were Grace, Mercedes, Cassie, Jia, Aahana, Brooklyn and Peitynn. They were the best room mates. The food there was the best. We got a nice great breakfast and a lovely dinner also DESSERT - I wasn't expecting that.
On the first day that we went to Mt Ruapehu we had to wake up at 6:30 and then we had to get most of our gear on then go to the dinning room for breakfast. When we had finished breakfast we had to go back into our rooms and then put the rest of our gear on. Then we had to give our water bottle to our team leaders, after we got on the bus and then we were off to the mountain. When we were on the bus we were all boiling because of how many layers we were wearing but it was worth it. When we finally got there we had to go up in a shuttle, we all thought that it was going to be hot again but it was not it was nice and cold but we had to wait to get to the top of the mountain. When we got to the top everyone started to throw snow balls.
When we got our snowboards and snow gear that is when we went to go tobogganing - it was fun but when we went down we had to walk back up again. After that we went to go up the gondola. You could see everyone going down there, it was so cool. When we went all the way up we watched Ms Sands and Zoe and Zoe's mum go down on their skis. We went back down the Gondola and then we waited for our lessons. Finally the instructor came and we put our snowboard on. We had our lessons and then we went down the slopes and then it was time for us to go back , we did go back on Thursday so we took our stuff that they gave us and then went back to the Crossing.
The next day we woke up and got ready with our gear. Then we were off to the mountain again we went out there and had so much fun. This time the weather was so bad but we also had hot chips and hot chocolate there. Before we left l went down the slopes one more time. After that we went back to give the gear back and then sang a song. on the way back we went to the swimming pool. We went for a swim there. We also saw a kids from the school that were on the mountain as well. It was so much fun. We also had HOT DOGS!!! but then we had to leave and I was sad because it was the last day of the camp and I had so much fun. We made a rap song on the way back and it is so cool. Also here is a
link to my camp reflections and a
link to my camp slide show
Hope you had enjoyed my blog. Blog you later.
Kia ora and welcome back to my blog today I am going to be talking about my free verse poem that we had two days to do. First we had to pick an item to write about then we had to write full sentences about it. Then when it was the next day in writing we had to edit it to make it make sense an then got a teacher to check it. Then when we finished we got to help someone or read a book. My poem was about climate change and how people can help the world. I found it fun and challenging. Fun because I have not done a free verse poem before and also challenging because the teachers said the we had to add metaphors, onomatopoeia and personification and if you want to see my poem here is a link to my poem . Thank you for reading this blog post hope you have a great day and a lovely weekend blog you later!
