River Teamwork

Kids on a raft

 As my team and I marched down to the river we were filled with excitement in our squishy brains. Wondering to myself,I thought should I work with my mates, Richard Ioka, his cousin Toevai Ioka and one of my BFF Hannah Mead, so I did.Together we all made an excellent team with a awesome raft that floated steadily down to the finish line.


The complication with raft building was we couldn’t  decide in our group what our raft would look like. In the end Toevai had an interesting idea so we used his, and the raft turned out great. Another problem was we couldn’t paddle at the same time, In the freezing cold river. So we sorted it out by saying “paddle” at the same time together.

 Annalia Morton
Room 8

Fear!

I was excited about crate climbing today. Our team walked into the auditorium with a smile on our faces. Then I felt really scared and shaking so I decided that I couldn’t do it. I was scared because it was so high and I don’t like heights.

Megan
Room 8
 

Perseverance at the Rockclimbing Wall

In front of me I saw a wall, a rock climbing wall with lots of rocks and concrete. After listening to the instructions a few of my team members went, then they agreed it was my go. I started to struggle but Mork came to help me up. I said to Mork I can’t further so he let me down. A few minutes later Mork told me to come and try again but this time he helped me up as far as I could go. A few steps up my knee clicked. I ignored it and kept going. I went as far as I could which was not that far up.
Gary Brandli
Room8

Camp Adventures!

Hydroslide

The enormous drop loomed ahead of me, as I zoomed down the hydroslide at Totara Springs. Warm water pushed me forward, as I slid down the humungous,breathtaking drop. My friends screamed encouragement as I turned the last corner.SPLASH!. I landed in a pool of hot water, and chortled as my friends followed in my wake. I was proud of myself for conquering the hydroslide, and it was an experience I’ll never forget.



RAFT BUILDING
Feet frozen, I stood and listened to the instructions for raft building. South Africa, my team, began to use the black rubber tubes and long rope to build a working raft. Diligently,we carried our raft down to the icy water. We resolved our argument by taking turns and rowing together. Eventually, we arrived at the sandy bank. Grabbing our broken raft,we ran back to the cold, shady area. We managed to get away with a time of 12:25.

By Katelyn Varga
Room 8

Crate-Climbing Experiences

Our team quickly strode to the auditorium with excitement . I jogged in and in front of me were a lot of red and green crates. Confused I stared at them. The crates looked so breakable that I was about to fling myself out of the auditorium. After listening to the instructions carefully, our team decided and agreed on, me to go first. So off I headed to the crate-climbing area. Crate after crate, I climbed higher and higher. My team strongly encouraged me and gave me some of their most astonishing experiences. At the maximum point, the crates wobbled and swiftly collapsed to the hard, wooden floor. I  loudly screamed out with terror of frights. I bravely swung down to the hard, wooden floor. My team cheered me up.

During crate-climbing, our team argued with loud screamy voices. The conflict was extremely disagreeable that I got absolutely annoyed with it. Suddenly “STOP!” shouted Sumeet. Our group stopped with a quick fright. Our loud screamy voices lowered down to small whispery voices. Our group communicated with Sumeet, we talked to each other and the problem got fixed. The crates looked so breakable that my mind slowly filled with fears. I got absolutely shocked. My brain quickly flew away and I felt sleepy, really sleepy. The other part that astonished me was I only did nine crates.
By Terry Shen Room 8

From a French Perspective Day 2

Bonjour mes ami... 

Today I woke up feeling bright and early. I first got into my clothes remembering about kitchen duty. So I got up and walked to the kitchen with my group. I had to put out jugs of milo and milk. Then when it came time to eat I had to serve yay. After breakfast I had archery. I was excited but it turned out I didn’t like it because it was hard to hold onto the bow. After archery I came in for morning tea. I then had abseiling. I had a turn and I decided to look down and I freaked out. It was hard at first but then I got the hang of it. After abseiling I had lunch then go karts. At the go karts I was feeling excited and ready. When it came to my turn I wanted to show what girls are made of by…

turning my engine on, accelerating and skidding round corners.

And now here I am  diary writing. That’s what I have done today.

                                        By  Annalia, la mademoiselle francais

Challenging Yourselves

At Howick Primary School Camp 2012 we learnt to challenge ourselves.  Some ways we did this was to try new things and just give it a go you never know until you try.

If you try .... anything's possible, like in raft building  - if you try you can build the best raft ever in the history of building rafts.

So challenging yourself means to set yourself a goal and  if you do complete this challenge be proud and you will feel good.   From the beginning kids from Howick Primary School said "I can't do it!" but a little birdy (Mork) said "You can do it!"

We used kidpix to create images of us challenging ourselves at camp.

by Amy J & Alex