Camp Reflection

Here is my Camp reflection of Camp Kaitawa. the photos I put up are my favorite. Hope you like it.

Reflection for Camp

My goal for camp was to complete all the activities in the Amazing Race and have much fun as I can!

I achieved this because my group came second and I did have fun during the 5 days.

Something I was pleased with was how everyone did their best in the confidence course,

                            

because some of the things were a bit hard for the adults and children but I was most pleased with myself because I did the flip on the 5th or 6th  course of the Confidence Course.

I really enjoyed learning  how to Kayak backwards even though I’ve done it before, and I learnt how to cave.

                  

Because I have never done caving before in my entire life and it’s been really fun just trying my best.

Something I found hard was caving up the steep cave was difficult for me.

Something that made me think was the amazing race,

because it was difficult to try and solve the questions.

· My top 5 favourite things about camp were:

Favourite Things	Reason Why
1.The amazing race	Because it was so similar to the real amazing race
2.Kayaking	Because it was so fun kayaking with two people.
3. Dodge ball	Because I got some people out and staying in long.
4.Touching the Kiwi	Because it was my first time touching a kiwi
5. Zach’s birthday	Having fun with Zach and eating the cake and ice-cream.

Camp Kaitawa (Kayaking)

Here is my moment in time story, kayaking was really fun! It looked really exciting and it was! Have fun reading it.

WALT choose words that describe a moment (in an exciting way) for the reader

YOUR SIGNS OF SUCCESS

• begins in the action
• present tense (I am, not I was)
• short, sharp sentences
• strong verbs
• language features (simile, alliteration, onomatopoeia, metaphor)
• show personality (sounds like you, humour, feelings, exaggeration)

Kayaking

Splash,Splash,Splash, goes the paddles in and out of the water. “Run away from David, I mean paddle away from David” I said. We were paddling away from David (Teva’s dad) because he was in (for Tag). Bump, went the Kayak against Josh's kayak and he got stuck in 1/2 a rectangular prism in the water. He couldn't get out until he finally got out and paddled again.“Paddle slower because you’re getting me wet” said Cam, “My butts wet!” I groan. “Lets paddle over there, not there your paddling us to shore” said Cameron. “Oh man!...”  Cam looks at me “ You have to paddle us away from shore now because you paddled us over here in the first place” said Cam. “ OK, OK, OK” I said, all of a sudden a loud pitch of the whistle blows “Come on in now,other people want to have a turn so paddle back.” Cam and I were staying where we were and then the whistle blew again so we had to go back to shore, “My butt’s sooo wet from kayaking” I moan. 10 minutes later.......   “Yeahhh!” I said, I’m kayaking again but with Elijah this time!” “Left, right, left, right, left, right go right now, no no no!” said Elijah “lets go over there were Dylan and Marcus or Inderpreet. “I going to sleep OK Elijah” I said “OK”......  30 Seconds later....  Suddenly I heard a high pitch noise “Huh, what, where!” I thought I heard Elijah scream like a girl but it was the whistle! “Time to come back into shore people” Mr M said. Whizz went my feet when I slipped on the Kayak. Some of us carry the Kayaks back. We leave for Camp. “That was fun!!!!” I said to Dylan, “Next year will be fun also.”

Kereru art

Here is  my Kereru art that our class did with pastels and copied it onto our camp book to a black piece of paper. (The image is below the words) I hope you enjoy it  and also a "Kereru VS Possum" facts.

       Kereru VS Possum

       

“As Ku Ku slept” by Erin Devlin, Annie                            Kereru	Jeanne                         Possum
Native Bird Native bird Wood pigeon Eat seeds whole and spreading them by poo, helping our native trees. Its illegal to kill and eat Kereru Kereru can fly up to 50 kilometers in search for food. Kereru eat between 60-70 native trees varieties.	Pest Brown Big eyes Threat to birds Dangerous Black Family with Stoats and Ferrets Kills birds Killer zone Almost every female possum has a baby every year. Possums can live up to 14 years. Possums damage and eat our bushes  and farm props.

Kereru art
                                                               Sketch art

                                               
                                                                      Real art

                  
                                                               Real image of Kereru at camp!
      

Camp Kaitawa (Onopoto caves)

Here is my Onopoto caves moment in time story (but not recount). I had fun there and it was also dangerous, but fun! Hope you enjoy reading it!

WALT choose words that describe a moment (in an exciting way) for the reader

YOUR SIGNS OF SUCCESS

• begins in the action
• present tense (I am, not I was)
• short, sharp sentences
• strong verbs
• language features (simile, alliteration, onomatopoeia, metaphor)
• show personality (sounds like you, humor, feelings, exaggeration)

Caving

“Wow it’s dark in here” I said. It’s dark and wet and the entrance out is muddy. We walked through one cave and still had to go through more caves, after 2 hours we stopped at a great place to sit down. Then we called our numbers “1,2,3,4.......” all the way to 28. After 3 caves we had to go down a ladder and climb up onto the other side. Whoosh! Went Jessica’s foot, “Watch where you're stepping Jessica because you almost hit me in the face.” “ Sorry” said Jessica. “Arrrghhh!” said Jessica  “Ha, ha, ha, ha!” replied Ellis. I thought I wasn't going to make it and then I did after 10 minutes! The class was way ahead of me, only some of them. It was raining and we stopped to have a break. After 5,4,6 or 3 caves we got to the vehicles and our driver drove us back home.

Camp Kaitawa (Touching the Kiwi)

Here is my Camp Kaitawa story on Day one, it was amazing touching the Kiwi.

Hope you like reading it, enjoy!

WALT choose words that describe a moment (in an exciting way) for the reader

YOUR SIGNS OF SUCCESS

• begins in the action
• present tense (I am, not I was)
• short, sharp sentences
• strong verbs
• language features (simile, alliteration, onomatopoeia, metaphor)
• show personality (sounds like you, humor, feelings, exaggeration)

Touching the Kiwi

Day one

Vroom, Vroom! The car goes. Everyone was already at the Pan Pac Kiwi Creche. “Oh man” I said to myself. We all walked to the front of the Kiwi Creche gate, it was big and nothing could get in except for birds of prey and mice. Cherry (the Kiwi caretaker) was calmly, carrying a box. “I bet a kiwi’s in that box”. Snap! The kiwi was angry because it was awoken from its sleep like getting woken at 2:30am in the morning. Snap! Again it was angry, when it did snap it made me blink. Its fur felt soft and spiky. It feels amazing touching the kiwi on the back, I feel incredibly lucky! I've never felt a kiwi before, it was my first time. After that we were heading back to the car, Nikkitah.H goes to the toilets. The next thing I know, a bunch of kids are going to the toilet! I think 18 or 23 kids running for their life! We all walked to our vehicles and drove to Camp Kaitawa.