Camp Bentzon Abseiling

"Ahhhh, the good old Abseiling activity, but for some, this should be designed for the con-course, Because it is a bit of De Jah Vu of fears.”. In just a few moments I was selected to take on this Monster first. With tons of experience in my back pocket of Abseiling I was, in the space of a minute at the top and ready for battle!!!

I can tell you that there was an AMAZING view of the Ocean. But that was shortly experienced for me as Camilla, ( The second instructor ) ordered me to face her. This was only so I could get this over and done with. I was honestly starting to stress when my shoes didn’t find any grip on the wall. But I overcame this and was enjoying myself. And no sooner I was halfway an ready to jump the rest of the way.


Enjoying Myself was my task for the day, and that I was. I didn’t even need to pace myself while I was jumping the rest of the way. I had reached the bottom of the Wall and all I had thought was, “ Can I do it again???” There was hardly anything holding me back as I had the Urge to do it again. “ABSEILING

Cross Country

A Cross Country narrative

Ahhhhh, Good old Cross-Country.This will be a piece of cake!!!!!! These CHUMPS don’t know who they’re up against. Ah, There’s good old Jimmy Grimes, sitting there in the corner trembling in absolute FEAR!!! I was lucky enough to have the running pitch nice and hard. Anyway, I don’t need any luck!, I’ve come first Every year. BRING IT ON!!!!!!!!!
“ Yeah Mate, I’m gonna win!!” I said to me best mate, Laurie Daley. “Ten year old boys, time to race” Our principal, Mr Russell Burt exclaimed. I was really RELAXED as I stood up to the Chopping board. ‘No feet in front of the line, and NO TRIP UP’S!!” Mr Burt strictly said. I didn’t need to put my in front of the line!! Perhaps I could stand miles back and still win. Mr Burts gong was raised and..........BAM!!! The Race was under way and looking around I could see the Pressure start to build on people!!!!!!
“I knew it, I’m miles in front of everybody, and surly I’m gonna win” I said to myself. But, in side me the pressure is building and I start to think I shouldn’t of been so Cocky or arrogant about winning the race. Also my HUGE appetite of my Breakfast is coming back to Haunt me as a stitch hits on me harder and harder. It didn’t matter because I’m absolutely gonna win. For sure!!!! As my stitch hit me even harder Jimmy Grimes had tightened the gap between He and I. As he gained territory and ground, That is Jimmy Grimes, The power of momentum were highly against me But I knew to soldier on and win!!!!
I had sighted the finish line but by now I had dropped to fourth place. Jimmy Grimes had led the way along with me two best mates, Laurie Daley and Darius Boyd. I only had a slim chance of winning the race because my arch rival, Jimmy Grimes was miles ahead. It felt like a shot of energy had come upon me and I could bear no more!!!” Time to charge” I said. I made an Amazing spurt, but it wasn’t enough to win. Jimmy Grimes took out the race and I finished third. Only Passing Darius Boyd. I thought that I would certainly win.BUT NO.......... I have learnt that from this race, If you think that you’re too good to win, you could suffer consequences like I did in this experience. BRING ON NEXT YEAR!!!!!

Kayde

Volcano Art

For the past couple of weeks room 17 have been painting some amazing silhouette pictures of volcanoes. I have put an example of these silhouettes with a picture of me. We were told to be as imaginative as we could and I got out of it a thing like this. (I think it wasn't too bad even though we used pastels and paint)

On the 16th of April of 2010 Room Seventeen of Pt England were told they had a very hard task ahead of them as they had to create a picture of a volcano.We weren't to make any old picture, we had to design a type of painting called the silhouette. This is a type of painting which, in words is probably something at night. For example a tree at night which is heavily faded, actually black in colour just like my volcano.

It was honestly a very hard mission to complete. First of all we had to make a design. Secondly we were to paint colourful colours to suit the sky as a background. Third of all, we were required to let it dry over Lunch time. Fourth, we had to paint an outline of the volcano in black and coluor it with the same colour, Black. For the fifth and last task we had to go over ash with pastels and make lava flows with once again, pastels.

I really liked making these silhouettes because we got really dirty of paint and pastels.

Ravishing Camp Kindness

What an exhausting three days of sleepless Pt England school camp. I just witnessed for the second year running. When I got home I tried to drag all my body weight inside, so i could prove to my Mum that all camps are technically not easy to conquer all the activities.''WOW! Camp Kindness absolutely rocked!!!''

The group I was in , was called the "SOUL SQUAD" and our first activity was Ten pin bowling.As we headed towards this breath-taking game it was like a zoo, with people so excited screaming their heads off! (Yeah I'm gonna win)It was finally time to see who was actually the best of the best! I was honestly up against some pretty tough guys in my group,Erene, Joe,Nikora and Nezinli.

Finally, we were under way with people already smashing Pins, thrilling strikes and spares. But on the other hand my group were just desperate to continue but there was a bit of a delay with our lane gone out of order."NO!!!"There was a very talented engineer down at the end Who walked at the of the lane sorting out the problem. The game was once again back under way,SMASH "STRIKE" screamed Erene.We were coming to the end of the game and it was a blazing finish when me and Erene tied up 83 all. But luckily, he only took the victory by one pin. What a game!

Now we reached the second day of camp with people frantically screaming their heads off with all the breath they had in their lungs "ORIENTEERING"(yeah). I had a very much experienced partner, Erene, my leader. Both he and I were paying close attention to Mr Jacobson and followed all the steps he announced. We were as keen as any one in the team that we would ace this brain-teasing challenge.
Do-do-do-do. As the trumpet struck as loud as it could the game began with people frustrated trying to discover the letters."Hey bro I can see it, its a K". Once again we heard the one sound of the hooter about one hour later after only listing down 23 out of 27 letters . Sadly no one in our team came back with the correct answer. There were many thrills in this energetic activity with partners getting so close to figuring out the correct answer for this trivia. Well Done Kayde, Very Good



As we entered the final day of school camp I was dramatised knowing that we would end our three day journey, but there was a glimpse of hope when I found out all kids would be going to Swim-a-rama for the day. "HOORAY"!! I thought. There was many amazing sites after witnessing pupils of camp who died to represent the school for the Pt England swimming team of 2010. SPLASH! After waiting for a super long time, all the kids breathed a sigh of relief once entering this cold, cold pool."YAH"(at long last the wicked hydro slide was opened for kids to enjoy them-selves) That was the most invigorating

walk up a pair of stairs in a long,long time I thought.
ZOOM flying past on the hydro slide went kids. All the time the hydro slide was at worked for literaly the whole day we were there. Time really flew past when, having fun in paradise (Swim-a-rama).



Next year at school camp I wish for more magical activities and plenty more fun.But still I need enjoy having fun with camps.

Native Maori Food Sources

Have you ever tasted native food to New Zealand before ? Well if you have than you will know how great it is. Food isn't really too bad. Actually the way it tastes so good is probably because the food is stored nearby in a whare up high to keep it away from all the polluted rats and dirty pests.

Food in the land of New Zealand has the likes of bird, fish and lots more including Vegetables,especially food to do with meat. For the Maori people, Kai or food is like a blast to them. If they gave me something I really didn't like I thought it would of been rude to turn down one of their best offers they had to give.I'm just not one of those guys who's so disrespectful.

The first thing I witnessed was a great big pile of dead birds, I was really frightened but i knew we're going to eat them. A blooded trap filled with two hooked birds lowered from the hugest Totara tree I have ever seen in my entire life. The kaumatua or chief of people told me it was Dinner. Ewe, birds for dinner.

It was now time to feast on a traditional thing that people call a Hangi. It was now excatly 6:30pm, I could tell from the sunset. Time to eat! One thing I hated was the vegetables. They were covered all with dirt, but on the other hand the one thing I hated on the first day is the thing I really liked tonight. The fish I ate was so nice probably because it was stored in the food storage whare. I actully got all the large,juicy parts out of it this time.

I wish that I can come back to this wonderful land of New Zealand. I'm going to miss all the Maori people. I just want one glimpse of the Maori people one more time.

Treaty Singing.

On the 26th of February in 1840 three men sailed to New Zealand to sing a very special treaty. There were twelve chiefs of New Zealand that were looking forward to letting them sign it. One of the most special chiefs was a very popular man called Hone Heke. He was the first one to sign it

Van Gogh with Matthew and Kayde

Our class are learning about a famous artist called Van Gogh.
One of his self portraits show him with a bandage over his head because he cut his ear off.We tried wrapping our ear with bandages too but it was hard to look as sad as Van Gogh did, we kept on laughing.


His paintings sent messages to people of how he felt, and he showed a sense of movement in his artworks.
Today people buy his art for millions of dollars and he is known as one of the world's greatest artists who ever lived.
Kayde


Van Gogh was an impressionist artist.
He was a mood showing artist but never smiled in any of his pictures.
He makes his colours show the moods he feels.
Matthew

Kayde goes to the Movies

The introduction to Kayde's recount sets the scene for going to see a movie with his brother.

After seeing the clips of this amazing movie my brother and I decided that we wanted to see Alvin and the Chipmunks 2 the sequel. So once we had some money together we headed off to Hoyts at Sylvia Park.