Day - 5 leaving camp

Today was the last day of camp. We all woke up super early to pack our things, and eat breakfast. We all got up and we brush teeth, then went to the common room. We were talking about what we are doing to day Ruapekapekan were the trench holes are placed. But before that we all went out side and gave Chirs, Magnus and our bus driver Maiki. We gave them hugs and a Maori traditional thing with them.

After the whole class did we went on the bus and took a selfie before we left the camp, but before that we talked about going to Ruapekapeka.

 So when everyone hoped on to the bus then that when we know it time to go to Ruapekapeka. As we were arriving to Ruapekapeka, it was bad because there were some people, cutting a tree but as we were gonna go, the tree fell so we waited until they move it, but the tree was to big and strong so we turned around and went back. So then we went to a village called kuawakuawa, were there is a train running through a town when there are visitors, we were visitors but unfortunately we didn't go. when we finshed that trip we all hoped on the bus and was off back to school.

3 long hours later we made it back to school. We took photos, did a haka, hugged the bus driver, and said goodbye to the bus driver Miki.

I really loved the trip very fun very cool and wish I can go back in the future.

Day - 4 september the 12th 2019

Today our class was going to the original flagstaff, which means it was the first flag to stand before the Waitangi flagstaff. As we were going on the bus we took a ferry to go to Paihia. We reached Paihia and got off the bus at the beach, and from there we had to walk. We reached the top and I was stunned the view was very nice.
As we reached the top we stayed there for a while and left. We walked and walked, and it was time to rotate, so we walked through the beach and went to our next destination. Our next stop was the Russel museum and the grave of Tamati Waka NeiNei and Wiliam Cook which is our principal's ancestor, also the Pompillar house.
We also learnt how leather is made and also learnt how then missionary's made books with there on materials. They also used little tiny letters to paste it on the template, and then rolled over with ink and it was stain and you can read the letters.

As we all rotated then we all went to the bus and went to the beach for the 2nd to last day because we were hot this whole trip so we thought we could stop by the beach, and have a little swim.



At the beach, it was a lot of fun we played volleyball we made lines for the game, played races, played kicks, and dug ourselves in the sand and wait for the tide to come to us. When we went to the beach, I loved, it the beach because the water was really cold and the waves coming on us, it felt good.

 We went to the bus went to our cabins and Chirs said, we are going to make a campfire and have mars mellows for the 2nd to last day.

Heres a video of us but you won't see but you can hear our beautiful voices singing.
After the campfire we went to our cabins and went to sleep for the last day of camp where we pack up and clean our beds for the next guessed to come in and camp here.

Day - 3 September the 11th 2019 going to Keri Keri

Today we are going to Keri Keri to see Hone Heke's base, and to meet the one of the oldest buildings in New Zealand. When we arrived there we saw a water fall and and the other group on the other side of the waterfall. So our first was Rewa's Village which was a village of a maori replica. We walked up the stairs to the stone house and there were history about Hone Keke, Hone Hika, and Rewa. When we finshed the whole tour we toke a photo of the back with us in it.
The view was spectacular and I loved it. When we finished the Rewa's village, we then went to the the Kemp house. The Kemp House belonged to these missionary then suddenly died. Kids use to be there and don;t know the rest. We then went up stairs but 5 at a time because the floor up top wasn't stable, what I saw was scary because, one room had dolls and the other had a two tidy bears and a little baby doll in the middle. Then I was scared and then went down and let the other person go. We finished the Kemp House we went to the Stone House.
At the Stone House, it was amazing because I got to see the missile or a barrel almost hit Hone Hekes wife Hariata, and somehow surived it by missing her. After our expiernces we then went back into the bus, and as we were coming back to the Orongo Holiday Park, we saw a big massive pig with long teeth.

We went on the ferry went back to russel and it was all ready dinner time, but we had to help make the dinner because we all were hungry. We dinner Paster and yummy sauce, did our refelctions and went to our group tables and did our reflections and went to sleep for the next day.

Day 2 - activites day

Day - 2 September the 10th 2019 Day - 2 September the 10th 2019

The next morning we got up at 6.00 and got ready for fitness. After fitness we went into the common room to explain ouur groups for today, for the activites were doing there were three activitees we were doing which was team building, kayaking and bush crafted. Our group which was group 2.
Our group was doing bush craft, Chris came to us and told us we are going for a walk to look for some tea tree which is a common tree for starting fire. They said that, even if its wet it can still cathc on fire because the tree drains the water and from there, little bit of oil is formed.

Then after we did that we went to kayaking, which was fun and cold too, it was cold once it touch my legs and I was freezng. But we first have to learnt how to pedal and how to recover back when you are getting blowed away from the wind.

Then after kayaking we went back to Orongo Holiday Park and did team building outside
the first game we played was human knot, then played lave flow at at the end we played a rist game.
This is lava flow.

After every group rotated, it was time for all the groups to go back in the common room for the planning we are doing tommorow and our groups, for one and two. after we explain what we were doing the next day we all went for a shower, brush our teeth and came back to the common room for dinner.

For dinner we had a idian food made by our deputy princpal which was, cheek pee and suce with normal rice and coconut rice. which was nice. After dinner we did our reflctions and we all went to sleep.

Day 1 Camp

Day - 1 Steptember 9 2019(Camp Day)

This morning, The Glenbrae school car park was packed of cars in 7.15. Students carrying thier bags everywhere they went and our parents hugging us and kissing us for the last five days.

At 7.45 the bus was loaded with a lot of luggage in the bus. We left and giving our mums and dads goodbyes, it was really hard for me because I love my parents and I missed them when we weren't half way there I was really sad and exited at the same time, because we are going camp and camp is cool.

We stopped at whangarei toilets we arrived there at 9.23. We stopped because people wanted to go toilets and we wanted to eat because we were so hungry. Then we left there at 9.54, it was really hot when we got back in the bus and our next stop was the treaty grounds Waitangi.
When we arrived there two adventure for good people came and told us to turn around because there were constunctions going on. We got out and started walking to a big marae, very scary to, a woman came out side and came and welcome us into the marae and a man coming up close and almost stab a the man in the face which was scary
and also a group of maori people were standing and they were telling us a story about the moari culture. They proformed really well and at the end we proformed a hake of our
own.




Then it was finshed,.We then went to James Busby house right next to the marae it was old when I got outside but other rooms were nice and clean, it was very cool and then at the back, a nice cool.
Then we left and went on ferry to go to russel to orongo holiday park, and it was amazing there was a swimimng pool a big park, and it had a lounge which was called the common room.
The common room was very nice and it was cool because we ate fish and chips for dinner and it was lovly. then we wrote our refelctions on what we did on that day.