Camp Tomorrow

Tomorrow I am feel relieved that we are finally leaving to KAWAU ISLAND!!! I think it will be cold on the ferry. I think that I might see a dolphin or two. I like dolphins because they feel slippery and they squeak.


Camp bentzon is on kawau island. We have to catch a bus to get to the ferry. I think the bus ride will take and a couple of hours. And the ferry ride could take about an hour. Hopefully it doesn’t rain.


I am looking forward the kayaking. I love kayaking because it is really fun and good exercise. Swimming will awesome because the water is really clear. The Burma trail sounds exciting. I can’t wait for the long bus ride as well.


I think that the confidence course will be the most challenging because it looks like there are monkey bars and i'm not good at monkey bars. Abseiling it looks really hard because it is high even though we are strapped up in a harness I am still a little bit afraid


I am looking forward to camp so much.

Somebody I Used to Know - Manaiakalani Film Festival

Gloria and her friends Lisia and Isara  watched the very clever music video of the Gotye song Somebody That I used to Know, and thought they could produce their own version.

This movie is completely done by these year 6 children.

This is the process they went through:
research different music videos and discuss concepts
plan and practise body and fabric painting,
learn lyrics, practise singing and record their voices
story board action and acting
film many takes
match their audio to the film
cleverly edit the movie (this was Gloria's masterpiece)

What very clever, confident and connected learners!

How To Make a Cake - by Doris

1.Always wash your hand first

2.In a medium sized bowl,melt the butter on high for 1 minute

3.Stir the eggs,sugar,and vanilla

4.Beat the mixture well

5.Stir in the flour,baking powder,and cocoa.Use a sieve.

add some chopped nuts if want to.

6.Spread the mixture in 20cm baking dish.Microwave on high for 5 to 7 minutes.

7.Let the cake cool in the dish.

8.Then add some sprinkle on the icing sugar

Incident at the Shops - narrative by Jonita

On a cold Wednesday morning when I was on my way to school, something caught my eye. Strolling past, I noticed a suspicious sight with a dozen police investigators in front of the dairy. A body bag was seen too. I was trying to see what was going on, but a police woman blocked me from the view.

I then remembered that when I went to get breakfast earlier on in the morning, there was no investigation sight there. I asked the lady what happened, and she said that a girl was run over. Looking around to see if anyone was coming, I saw the body bag and opened it. I couldn’t believe who was in there.

It was Sydney Robinson, my best friend. Staring at her face, I noticed there weren’t any marks, besides her scar that she had all her life. With only one huge bruise on her back, there were no serious injuries done. Then a thought crossed my mind, was this done on purpose? I was sure to find out.

Eager to know who did the awful execution, I asked everyone if they were the last ones to see her when she was alive. With no results, I forgot about her brother, Cato, then hurried to speak with him. Unwilling to talk to me, I was getting pretty annoyed with him. Until he admitted he’d done something unbelievably horrible. “I did it”, he said with pain in his voice. “Did what?”, I replied. “I killed her.”

Becoming furious, I grabbed him, and dragged him all the way to police station. “He did it! Take him, take him! He even taped himself killing her.”, I shouted. “Thank-you”, he then said. But what for, I kept on asking myself. Unfortunately, that was the last time I saw him, but I never forgot about Sydney.