Wow!!! What a fantastic week we had a camp! I was dreading going, as my mind played scenarios over and over before we left, but I need not have worried - the students were amazing, the parents fantastic and the whole experience one that I will remember for a long time!
I am sure individual students have talked about their camp experiences with great excitement. There are hundreds of photos shared with all students, and if you want to see them, grab a cup of coffee/tea and sit back and scroll through. Spend a little bit of time looking at the expressions of the faces of the children - lots of smiles, laughter, frustration, nerves - a picture does truly paint a thousand words. I have so many "favourite" photos. Our trip to the Moeraki Boulders was amazing, and they are surely some of my favourite pictures. Watching students push themselves out of their comfort zone also made for great photo opportunities.
I would like to thank the parents; Mark, Adam, Cathy, Keith, Jae, Kyle, Dan, Derek and Suzie, without your amazing help, great senses of humour and adventure, patience and care, this camp could never have been the success it was. It was great to see Sargeant Dan step up in the morning and get those sleepy ones in line and ready for the day and this is something they still talk about. Suzie and Cathy in the kitchen were an amazing team, and no student went hungry! In fact I'm sure some gained a kilo or two! But the biggest thanks must go to the students of Room 5 and 7 because they really did throw everything they had at camp activities, some even spending a large chunk of time, late at night, in the bush. It wasn't easy for some, but they gave it their best shot and came back feeling proud of themselves - rightfully so too!
This week we have been working on various writing tasks relating to camp experiences and will be presenting slide shows at Assembly on Thursday (at 2:20pm if you are free), along with a skit relating to our early morning "boot camp".
If you are missing any baking containers please let either myself or Mrs Ollerenshaw know, and we will try and hunt them down for you.
That's it for this week!
Nga mihi!
Hi Room 5!! Room 3 at North Street School has just discovered your blog! We are looking foreword to reading about your lives and learning and sending you some information about us.
ReplyDeleteYeah!!! We are happy you have found us! We loved your cards you wrote and your metaphors. We would love to stay in touch with you.
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