2019 Whangara Camp Recount

2019 Whangara Camp Recount

By Isabella

Makaraka school  Gisborne has Just been to Whangara for their Yearly Camp. The Senior Year 5 and 6s went on the 20th - 22nd. They All Participated in a number of activities that made countless fun hours for the kids! The one that was the Best was the Cooks Cove walk, in Toygla bay.

They all started at 9:30AM. One by one, Single file The Students made their way to the 1st Lookout of Cooks Cove. Jessica Felt Tired and she wanted to go back down but knew it would be worth it! Ambar felt tired and sweaty. Soon  After They, all set off once again. Going through the Bushes, Long Grass, and many more small obstacles. Jessica felt like her legs were Gonna fall off. Levi felt refreshed. As they Kept going it got more breezy.

A little while later they made it to the 2nd lookout. Kaycee said “ The view was really misty and mysteries” All of the Students loved the View and the Adults took note of the View. Then they were off again. The Students then made it to the Rain Forest, They could all hear the Birds Chirp and The Trees leaves rustle in the low wind.

Half an hour later, they make it to the big field of choice. The adults decided to go to Hole in the wall first and have a look at it. The kids all went over the logs and looked at the Beautiful sea in all its glory.

When the kids made their way back they were exhausted but had a lot of fun. They were all making their way back, Sad to go but happy to get some rest. Overall all the Students and Adults had a good time even tho for some of the kids it was their 2nd - 5th time going. Kate felt relief to be down and see the vans. They all said goodbye to cooks cove, The Students then made their way in the cars and had a safe journey back.

Term 1 2019 Maths Grid Results

Term 1 2019 Maths Grid Results

Each week we do maths grid. We do maths grid to get better at maths and also at being faster at maths. You can see my scores out of hundred and when I did them. I enjoy doing Maths Grid because its a fun experience and I can really push myself. You will see more and more scores pop up each week. 

Here's my Term 1 Maths Grid Results...

Whangara Leadership Camp 2019

Whangara Leadership Camp 2019

From the 20th of February - 23rd of February we had camp! we get this every year in Term 1 for year 5 and 6s. This camp is really fun every time. This year we did the Cooks cove walk-in Tolga Bay, Played the great Race, Made Hinaki then fished for eels with the Hinaki, went to Aoura bay and lots more. We were right next to the beach so we got at least 1-2 swims a day which was good because it was hot all the days. This was really fun Thank you, everyone, for making this Happen. 

Eels Slideshow - Isabella

Eels Slideshow - Isabella

We did a slideshow about Eels. We are going to camp really soon and at camp, we are going Eeling. We want to learn more about Eels so we will be ready to fish for Eels. We got to make Hinaki which is a contraption to fish for Eels. I'm excited for what's to come!  

Rip Current Poster - Isabella and Ambar

This is me and Ambars Rip Current Poster...

A couple of days ago we did beach ed in that we learned about Rip currents. What to do when you in a rip current, How to spot a rip and many other things we decide to do a poster about it, You may have learned a couple of things from the poster. Make sure your always Safe at a beach and follow the rules!

Stay Safe!

Hinaki Reading - Isabella and Christbel

Hinaki Reading - Isabella and Christbel

We did some reading for camp Because we will be going eeling at camp. This book taught us what bat could be good, how the eel will react in the trap, What to do before you can eat the eel to make sure its safe, Slime on eels are poisonous and lots more. This was fun to learn and see pictures of the eels traps and bate. I'm now well prepared for camp! 

Term 1 Goals of the week

Term 1 Goals

Here are my term 1 Goals. Why do we do goals? We do it so we always have an aim in are learning or something else. We always have a quote to reflect to and that's the quote that will be the main factor. In my head, I think goals are really fun its more work and I love work! You will see more slides come up as we do more goals.   

Values Work!

Values Work!

Today we did some work around our school Values, Mrs hall would hand out a card to each group (There were groups or 3 and 4) And it would say a word and you have to see which value does it most relate to.
Here are the values
Kia Kaha - Be brave
Tuku Patai - Curiosity
Kia Manawanui - Have a Heart 
Kia Maia - Pride
My group got: I can choose to be myself. We then strongly Agreed that it goes with Pride, You have pride to be yourself! The next thing was we had to make a Freeze Frame of Not being Myself, Of course, I and Max were coping what Declan was doing and not being ourselves. After we had to do the opposite we had to Make a freeze frame of us being ourselves. I was Playing Video games, Max was reading a book and Declan was Dancing. We rote what we felt like when doing these Freeze Frames. This was really fun!