Room 9 Motueka South School: Marahau Camp

Monday, December 10, 2007

Marahau Camp

Week eight at Motueka South school was very enjoyable for the seniors, they were going on their school camp! Motueka South students aged between 9 and 11 went to Marahau for a week and this is what they got up to...
On Monday we arrived, unpacked and had a bit of free time to have a good look at the surroundings of the camp. Then we had a packed lunch and time to get into their togs for a surprise afternoon, and what an afternoon it was! We played wet and wild games with, eggs, water balloons, buckets of water and much much more! For dinner there was lasagne.
The next day we were split into two groups one group went kayaking and the other went for lovely long bush walk. Both activities were thoroughly enjoyed and when everyone arrived back at the campsite friends could chat about their awesome day and what they got up to! On Wednesday the same thing happened apart from the two groups swooped over. When everyone arrived back some parents took us swimming at the beach. The water was really really warm and some people stayed in for a very very long time! For dinner that night we had sausages and they were delicious! The next morning we were up at the crack of dawn, because we were going on a very exciting trip. We had to walk through the mud flaps up to the sea where we were getting picked up by the Abel Tasman Explorer. We had a long trip on the boat and when we finally got dropped off at Torrent Bay we had morning tea, then set off for our walk to Clea Patra pools. It was very exciting when we got there because we got to go on a natural water slide which was awesome! But we didn't stay there long seeing we had to quickly get back to get picked up! That night we had a Talent Quest which was very funny with nine different acts for us to watch! Then we played spotlight on the back field which everyone enjoyed! The next morning we got to sleep in! But no one wanted to get up because we had to tidy up so we could go home! We had the whole morning to clean our rooms and pack our bags then we had lunch, and packed our bags into cars and left. Our camp was very enjoyable and all the students I'm sure would like to say Thank you for such an awesome time!
By Jessica B

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Week 8 reminders: Can you believe it is week 8 already!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you to everyone who did such a great job with your Motueka South Leaners task. They are now displayed inn the hall and they look wonderful.

A reminder that all library books are due to be returned this week. Lynley needs to do a stock take and recover all resources.

Swimming togs - our swimming time is 9:30 am and we try to negotiate other times when we can. Please have your togs at school each day.

Friday nights Twilight Gala was a wonderful night. I haven't made that much candyfloss in a long time!!!! Thank you to the parents and students who assited with tasks during the day and night. It was a very successful fundraising venture.

Camp preparations are now well underway. Please esnure you are up to date with all of the information and notices. If you haven't paid for camp yet, and are able to as soon as possible please do so this week.

KORERO TASKS:

The korero tasks will continue as your topic tasks over the next couple of weeks. Think carefully about your topic.

Your talk will be on a topic that you choose, but within one of the three categories:
Did You Know: For this discussion you need to pick a topic and collect information about your topic form any resource. Your "Did You Know!"discussion needs to have an introduction, body with at least three points in it, and a conclusion or summary of what you have told us about.
Hear All About It: For this task you need to keep up with the news events over the week. Select one item of news. The item needs to be introduced when you are presenting it to the class, it needs to be followed up with three pieces of related information and a summary statement given.
Something About Me: For this discussion you need to selcet something that you are willing to share with others about yourself. The discussion needs to be introduced, and have three supporting pieces of information about it, as well as a conclusion.

Each week you will present one topic of discussion. Please ensure you are planned and organised. The presentation needs to be completed in your homework book, but how you present it is up to you. You may use supporting information eg: this is my favourite song, and play it..... then develop the discussion about it.
Your discussion could be a fact you have found in a book you are interested in.....
The options are endless and they are driven by you as you get to choose your topics.

Please remember each discussion needs to be referenced. You need to say where your information came from.