Beach Day

Beach Day

Yesterday, my class SWL, took the college van went to the beach to visit Otaki Surf Lifesaving Club. We were greeted by Cassie, Damien, Lisa and Kristy. We took a tour around the lower half of the building since the top half was being used.

We left our bags in the bathrooms and went into some of the gear shed's that contained Knee boards, Ski's and a lot more. One of the sheds contained an IRB which stands for Inflatable Rescue Boat.


After we learned about first aid. We were put into 4 different groups and we all participated in a amazing race.

We would be given a clue to find a location, and would be given a challenge to complete and would be given clue to the next one until we got to the end. My group came second and we had a lot of fun completing the challenges.

In the same groups, we went down to the beach and tried to pick up as much rubbish as we could. We went to the right of the beach, and ended filling our plastic bag one quarter full. We did have to go back since one of my team mates lost their phone and we helped them find it.


It was to cold and windy to swim in the beach so we ended up going to the pools. We played gang tag, ball tag and my personal favourites, piggy back relay and volleyball. 

After everyone had gotten changed, we walked back to school and just stayed in class having free time. Overall, I had a lot of fun doing all the cool activities at the pools and at the Otaki Surf Lifesaving club.

7/8 Otaki Gorge Trip.

Yesterday, on the Thursday 26th. My class SWL and half of MNL went down to the gorge to do some fun activities with the year elevens.

To get there, I went in Lucy's car with Keira and Tyson. When we got there, we were separated into some groups. I was with, Taison, Eliot, Jayaiah, Antonio and Dragon. We were paired up with two year 11 girls.

Our first activity was shelter building. We found a spot and used to blue tarps to tie to the trees. Once we hung to the top one to the tree, we placed the other one on the ground. Then we got some ferns and placed them at the edges of the shelter. 

Once we had packed up, we headed down to the river and were planning to make a fire and roast some marshmallow's. We eventually got the fire to light and had a fun time trying to roast the best looking marshmallow.

The next activity we did was raft making. I gathered some dry sticks and tied them together with some cutty grass. Mrs Smith helped me some knots are the sticks to help keep them together and also assisted me to find a good looking mast.

When the time came to race it against the other rafts. I was in the lead before my raft hit the shore, and people started to throw rocks at it.

After lunch, we all had a game of capture the flag, Juniors against Seniors. We, the juniors, managed to win against the seniors and were given bragging rights.

Going to the gorge was a lot of fun and I hope that I can go there again.

Year 7/8 Trip To El Rancho

Year 7/8 Trip To El Rancho


Yesterday on the 10th of September, SWL, (My class) MNL, SOL, went to El Rancho for a day to check out all the fun activities. I went with Bree, Leah, Nikaia and Tapari in Bree's mum, Justine's, car. When we got there, we were assigned our groups.

I was paired up with, Lucas, Jayaiah, Annalise, Eloudie, Alexandra, Zara, Nova, and two other boys I do not know the name of. The parent of my group was Megan. 

The first activity we did was Go Carting, We were told how the go carts worked and were given the hair nets to put on our heads. Unfortunately, the yellow go cart had broken so we could only do one at a time. I really enjoyed going around the track and I would definitely do it again.

Our next activity was Rifles. We were told how the gun works, and all the safety precautions we had to follow before we could get our hands on the air soft riffle.

I was on the left side of the small shed, and went first. We all got three shots each and we had different targets that we could fire at, after a few tries I started to get the hang of it and manged to hit most of my targets. I had a lot of fun and I would certainly do it again.



After we finished with out lunch, our last activity was Kayaking. We put these life jackets on and learned how to use the pedal and what the different whistles meant. We didn't have a lot of time but we manged to play a fun game of Frisbee. 

I had a really good time hanging out and doing the different activities with my friends and would really enjoy doing it again.