Camp 2009 Room 7

On Tuesday 17th November our class left for our trip to Whangamata where we stayed 2 nights.  We stopped at the playground in Thames for morning tea.  What fun, all playing together!  We drove on to Hikuai to Karen’s house.  We ate lunch on the deck and played in the garden. 

Packing up again and off to Whangamata where we unpacked, sorted out sleeping places and made beds.  A walk to the main beach where we played ball, drew in the sand and then walked on to the wharf and back to our house.  A long walk!  Our dinner of chicken and chips was followed by a fruit crumble and ice-cream.  Showers – lots of fun – 4 boys in the shower together!  They put their pyjamas on, story and bed.  All slept so well. 

We got up the next morning, dressed, had breakfast, tidied up then off to the shops where all the children had $2 to spend at Sunnys.  What excitement making up their minds!  On to the bakery to buy bread for lunch, a quick bit of window shopping and back to the house.

Unfortunately it rained in the afternoon so we had foot massages, stories, block building, drawing and fun.  By about 3 o’clock it stopped raining, so off to the beach.  We bought take-aways and we had a picnic tea at the beach.  There were some wonderful half tyres to walk along and all had a good time.  Back for showers, stories and bed – another great sleep!

Late afternoon we did the trip to the ice-cream parlour and they bought their own ice-creams (Lockie a coke) and the teachers had coffee.

Thursday we were up, dressed, had breakfast, packed and did the cleaning.  Lunch was at Karen’s daughters place in Tairua.  Her boys have a wonderful playground.  Then back to school and waiting families.

It was a great camp.  The children were excellent and we all enjoyed it.  We see another side to them when they are away from school. It was a big ask for you to give permission for your child to go on camp as I did realise some of them had not stayed away from home.

Thank-you for your trust in us by allowing them to go and you can be assured they were happy, well looked after and they had a great time!