CAMP

On Wednesday the 20th the seinor school went to Goat Island for camp. On the way we stopped at Tawharanui reserve. At Tawharanui we went on a bush walk and had a lecture about the pests and predators that sometimes sneek past the massive fence and eat the animals that live in the reserve.

During the lecture the park ranger who was doing the talk, started pulling dead animals from his sack. All these animals had been frozen and defrosted so many times that they looked like they had been run over by a lawn mower. They smelt awful!

These amimals included a stoat thats head was coming off, a possom whose fur had holes and cuts all over it, a rabbit that looked strangly flat and worst of all a cat that had one of its ears hanging off and looked like it had been beaten to death. After the presentation the park ranger stuffed all the animals back in the sack and drove off.

Leo

Monday 18th March

This term we are going on a year 7 and 8 camp to Goat Island. It is only two days away 'til the trip. We have decided on our tent groups and activity groups. Tent groups are the groups you are in for making breakfast and dinner. Today we are unable to come to the pools or Okahu bay for Waterwise, so we are going to work on some more camp dicussions. There will be many fun, amazing, memorable experiences. We will go snorkeling there and it will be fantastic because the fish on the marine reserve are tame and will just come right up to you. We will also be going up to the marine house that is a little bit up the hill. At the camp grounds it is up a steep hill, it has a playground, skateboard ramp, shower and bathrooms. Tommorow we have to bring our tents to school because we have to practice putting them up so that we are prepared for camp. So this is what we are doing to be prepared and ready for camp. HOPE EVERYONE HAS AN AWESOME TIME AT CAMP!

Sarah



Polyfest

On Friday 16 March 2013 Parnell Intermediate went on a trip to polyfest and we had loads of fun!
At polyfest there were competitions, food stands, and Maori, Samoan, Tongan, Cook Islands and Nuie performances. My group only got to see 2 of them, we saw the Tongan and Samoan stages.
It was an awesome experience for everyone and I'm sure everyone would like to have that experience again.

Oscar