MERIT AWARDS

Congratulations to these Room 2 merit certificate winners! They have shown great use of our school hoe-Manaakitanga (Respect),  Tumaia  (Resilience ),  Whanaungatanga (Teamwork) ,Kaha       (Doing Your Best) .

Aurora -Jane(AJ) & Zara

Vaughan & Shay

CRABS

Before, during and after our camp at Pataua North we  learned about crabs. We did some paintings making textured  rocks by sponge painting and then using handprints for the crabs.

We also did some writing where we tried to use descriptive words.

Climbing rocks
Hiding in the seaweed
Waves bringing the crabs backwards and forwards.
            Nikara

Terrifying pinching nippers
Red, hard shells
Hiding under jagged rocks.
    Joshua

Huge crabs
Scuttling across the jagged rocks to hide from us
Their nippers are scary.
               Zara

Red crabs and orange crabs                                        
With big nippers
Hiding under the rocks
 Jamie

Red and orange crabs
Living under the rocks
Hiding from us
Their eyes and nippers poking out.
            Gail

Humungous crabs
Purple and red Scuttling on the rocks
To hide under the seaweed.
                 Franky
Orange crabs
Walking sideways between teh rocks
Hiding under the seaweed.
         Angela

Crabs climbing rocks
Scuttling across the rocks to hide
Hiding under the rocks
Nippers poking out.
 Kaitlin

Red crabs
Climbing over the rocks
Scuttling sideways
Looking for food.
              Breeze


Purple rocks scuttling across the jagged rocks
Crabs hiding from us
Sharp nippers poking out.
           AJ

Fun at camp was...

We hope you enjoy seeing more photos and reading our writing which describes the great fun we had at camp.

Fun at camp was …

Swimming in the warm in the warm rock pools

Eating delicious hot dogs with tomato sauce     

Building a dam to stop the water

Hunting for crabs under the jagged rocks

Kayaking in the safe estuary with Emma .

                           Franky

Fun at camp was …

Swimming in the rock pools

Kayaking in the calm estuary

Eating my scrumptious hotdogs

Climbing the mountain and looking at the view

Making sandcastles on the beach

Swinging on the swing on the pohutukawa tree.

    
              Zara

Fun at camp was …

Swimming in the rock pools

Finding starfish

Going kayaking with Mr Davies

Finding crabs in the rock pools

Sleeping in my warm sleeping bag.   

             

Shay

        

Fun at camp was …

Building a dam to stop the water

Swimming in the warm rock pools

Sleeping in my sleeping bag

Building sandcastles

Kayaking with AJ’s auntie in the estuary.

     

             Vaughan

Fun at camp was …                                       

Finding huge crabs between the rocks

Kayaking in the estuary with Mr Davies

Swimming in the estuary

Climbing the high mountain

Eating yummy filled rolls

        Nikara                                                             

Fun at camp was…

Kayaking with Jackie in the safe estuary

Climbing up the mountain

Eating a hot dog with onions

Playing bat down with my friends and my Dad

Sleeping with Leonard in the hall

                

                   Jamie

     

Fun at camp was …

Lying in the warm rock pools                           

Kayaking with Mrs Davies                                    Climbing the mountain

Walking over the bridge to another beach

Climbing the big pohutukawa tree.

                       
                    Joshua

Fun at camp was …

Building a sandcastle on the beach

Kayaking in the estuary with Jackie                       Sleeping with my friends in the barn

Climbing up the hill and looking at the view

Eating filled rolls for lunch.

        
                 Breeze


Fun at camp was ...
Hunting for crabs under rocks
Kayaking in the calm water
Making tunnels and roads in the sand             
Eating yummy hot dogs
Playing ball tiggy with my friends.
                      
                         Dale

Fun at camp was …

Looking for crabs between the rocks

Eating yummy hamburgers and yummy hotdogs

Looking for cushion stars                                         Kayaking in the estuary with Emma

Doing the scavenger hunt with Breeze and Nikara.  

                                  Gail

Fun at camp was …

Hunting for crabs hiding under the rocks

Building sandcastles

Kayaking with Mr Davies

Sleeping with my friends in the barn

Swimming with my friend AJ in the calm water.

                   Kaitlin

Fun at camp was …

Swimming in the hot rock pools                         

Kayaking in the calm estuary with Jackie

Finding crabs under the jagged rocks

Eating my scrumptious burger

Climbing up the huge hill

Sleeping in my snuggly sleeping bag.

                 
                       AJ

Fun at camp was ...
Swimming in the rock pools
Climbing on the rocks
Eating hot dogs
Running on the sand
Sitting with waves splashing over me.       
             
                 Maria

Pataua North Camp

We had a great time at Pataua North. Here are some photos. Next week we will share some writing about our experiences  and we will post more photos too!

Kaitlin enjoying playing on the beach.

Shay finds a cushion star in the water.