Groups 1-4 Spectacular Survival⛺

When we arrived at Survival we were all puffed because we had to carry our bags from camp. Even though it was a two-minute walk.

At the mud run Mr Jaksic dunked Lily J in the muddy water.

Mrs Spooner and her Group, and Mr Jaksic and his Group had a race to try burning the string above the fire. Mrs Spooner and Group two won.🏆

On Survival Night 2 Lily R was lucky enough to have her mum Mrs R join her in the mud run!

How lucky are we to have such cool camp Mum's and Dad's!

Click on the link below to watch us roasting marshmallows. 😋

By Lily J, Tait & Mrs Cometti

 RoastingMarahmellows.mp4

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Lucy, Loretta and Laura At Horse Riding

Last week the year six's went on a camp and one of the activities was horse riding.

We had a lot of fun because they were so soft and we could even control where they go. 

They have been trained very well so that they don't hurt anyone, even some kids got to groom them. we wore gumboots to protect our feet from the dirt. 

Did you know that a male horse is called a stallion and a female is called a mare.

By Loretta, Lucy G & Laura  

Leaving to Camp

We were both looking forward to going to camp and doing all the heart pumping activities. Especially Horse riding because we both really like horses and riding them too.

The instructors Claire and Fabian were really nice to us and told us how to ride the horses well. We rode Spice and Alfie. Who did you ride?

By Lily R & Lucy S

Rock climbing with Group 3 and Jade

Climbing was sooo fun!

Jade the instructor got us to set realistic goals so we could reach them. For some people, it was climbing to the top of the 12-meter wall and ringing the bell!!!!

We got pep talks from our team, Mrs Cometti, and Jade if we felt like we were stuck. I (Shiloh) overcame my fear of heights and had to trust myself and the belayer.
I (Nicole) had to think about where to put my hand next and try not to look down, in the end I was proud of myself and reached my goal!

FUN!!!!!!!!

By Nicole & Shiloh

We Survived 💪

We Survived!! 

It was an early morning start at survival for groups 5, 6, & 7. 

I'm not sure how much sleep we all got. During the night we could hear dogs, trucks (still not as loud as the snoring), swans, cows, sheep, coughing, sleep talking and a lot of rustling from mysterious creatures.

Survival!

Loretta and Lucy having the best time in the mud run! 

I'm sure they can tell you all about it,,, 

Survival 🏕️

Groups 5, 6, 7 have made it to survival!

Big Ben (our survival specialist) has played some games, got us to come up with group names and chants and right now is teaching us how to light a fire! 

A fire needs 3 elements Fuel, Oxygen and heat to start and stay alive.

To light the fire we need to use flint, steel to create heat, cotton balls, newspaper and kindling as fuel and oxygen!

We even have to hunt for our own firewood soon! 

The Trip

The year 6's looking full of anticipation for what camp could bring. Boy Oh boy have they settled in quickly!!!

Make sure you ask about the camp song when we get back 😉

Mrs Cometti's voice is already disappearing! 🎶

Kayaking

Kayaking was the highlight of my day! My favourite activity was a game called 'Playing the Piano'.

The aim is to run across the front of the kayaks as fast as you can WITHOUT falling in! I had to have a second go but was determined to complete the challenge.

(Yes I did it!)

Remember to use your growth mindset when taking on new challenges! 

By Mrs Cometti

We made it!

The year 6 teachers are really excited we have made it to camp! We cannot wait to get stuck into all the activities!

GO TEAM 6 💪

Chinese New Year

At Sunnyhills we believe it's important to share and celebrate all cultures! On Friday we celebrated Chinese new year!
In fact, in Auckland we have about 23% Chinese, making up almost a quarter of our community!















We heard from a couple of learners in the class about what Chinese new year means for them, spoke about how wearing Red can bring good luck and learned how to do the traditional Chinese dragon dance!

Nicole even got a chance to play an instrument on stage! Woohooo

GEMS, Team Building, and using a Growth Mindset

In weeks 1 & 2 we focused on what it means to use our GEMS, working as a team and using a growth mindset! This included having a super fun year 6 Team building day.
Each challenge was different and required us to work together in order to complete it.

The games we played were the Standing long jump relay, The Human knot challenge, Hoop relay, The Mindfield, Frogs & Ponds, and the silent Playground challenge!

In the afternoon we looked at the challenges and reflected on what they might mean for us this year. We also looked at this growth mindset A-Z poster  and thought about a way we could recreate this to make our class treaty!

So watch this space and we will present the final treaty shortly after camp :)

The Human Knot challenge! Possibly one of the trickiest activities!

The Human knot challenge requires us to:

• Be patient, 
• Use a growth mindset
• Show empathy to others, 
• Help when we see someone stuck (literally), 
• Take our time to think, 
• Collaborate, 
• Speak kindly to one another
• Encourage each other
• aaaand of course work as a team!

Week 1 2019

Room 1 had a fantastic first week back at school getting to know each other, prepping for School camp, going over our GEMS and school values and playing a ton of fun games!