Kauri Whanau Certificate

Well Done Doris and Regan N for showing Mana and representing the year 6's with pride. You are wonderful wet day monitors. I am so impressed with your leadership!

Did you hear about the leeches?

Did you hear about the leeches at Lakewood lodge?

Did you even know we had native bloodsucking leeches called Segmented worm in New Zealand?
Well, I didn't until it happened. The leeches were gripping on with all there might sucking away at Mrs.
Cometti. The leeches can suck 20 - 45 minutes at a time, sucking up to 15 milliliters of blood.
Did you know that leeches have 32 brains? That’s a lot of brains right!
The reason is, that the internal structure (brain) is split into 32 pieces and each piece has its own
segment of brain. The Segmented Leeches can grow up to 15-30 mm long in size.

 Mrs. Cometti’s leg covered in leeches!

By: Regan.N, Doris, Lucy.S and Lily.R

Camp Poetry

Zipline  

Children Screaming, Rope Hanging, Wind Blowing, Harness Tightening, Carabiner Clipping, Rain Dropping, Wheels Rolling, Competitors Racing, Lines Screeching, Groups Kayaking, Hands Gripping, Students Cheering!

By Liam and Hamish

Come in and check out our camp photos and published poems :)

Archery

Last month I had an awesome day at camp doing archery! The instructor told me to complete three steps before shooting the arrow, so I did. The first step was stand sideways then put the bow on your foot, next you put the arrow in and the last step was to pull the bow and shoot.

I GOT SO CLOSE TO THE BULLSEYE!!! Then I got a cross arrow. A cross arrow is when you shoot an arrow and make a cross with it it was so cool. I saw another person get a cross arrow, Carter did to. The next time I tried I completely failed. I shot it past the target and I shot over it too, that was quite embarrassing.

Even though I nearly got both a BULLSEYE and a cross arrow I only got 4 total points.    

Congratulations Shiloh

Well Done to Shiloh! 

She has received a Mana principals award for contributing positively to our caring class culture.

A student in room 1 recommended you receive the award today because they have been so moved by your support and help this week. 

Room 1 is lucky to have such a fantastic, caring role model!

The Haunted Trail

Come check out our Camp poetry in Class.

Room 1 has done a fabulous job!

The Mysteries of the muddy waters

Then there's me, Quinn, waiting at the front of the line. "Go, Go, Go!" screams Mrs. Crowl. I dash to the mud-slide. I role under the first log, I role under the second log. Running through the slimy mucky mud water I am already covered in mud. I lie down, leechers, leechers, suck my blood. I crawl under the rope then... SNAP!! I roll my ankle, I scream for help, I can't move. With leechers all over me, I limp to our group bench and Lily R's mum rests ice on my leg. A few minutes later Sophie comes along covering her leg!

I wonder... did the Leechers do it?

By Quinn

Sea Week activities!

Last week was sea week but we were so busy working on camp activities we didn't get started till this week!

One of our first activities was measuring the different lengths of well known New Zealand whales and dolphins out on the school field. We measured each others height and compared that with different dolphin lengths to see who was the closest to each size! 

We even made estimates of how many of us it would take to make the length of a blue whale! 

Here is a photo of use creati g the size and shape of a brydes whale that Mrs Cometti came across in the Hauraki Gulf 😮 HOW CRAZY!

Next week we will continue on our sea week Inquiry and graphs!

Well Done Loretta

Congratulations Loretta for receiving the first GEMS award/ Principals award for the year!

I have been very impressed with how you have used your Mana this week, always contributing to class discussions and giving it your best.

We are so proud of you!