Room 1 Camp

The week just gone was absolutely amazing. The children were wonderful (sleep deprivation and all) and it was nice to see them happy and smiling with a 24/7 living situation. We were based at the Mahia Camping ground and the facilities made our week very comfortable. We had some incredible help from parents and whanau during the week. In particular: Ali Delaney, Mid Karangaroa, Grace Ormond, Tatiana Kereru, Aunty YC, Jackson Kawana, & CJ Whakatope. Thank you for staying with us, carting children around and joining in with the activities we conquered. Also a big thank you to: all of the parents that prepared the most scrumptious meals each night, the koha of food, Onenui Station for allowing us access through the farm, Katie and Mark Bowen for letting us gate crash their shed, Will Coop for his korero on the Tasmania, Arthur Bowen for guiding us on our walk, Grace Ormond for working with our Year 8 leaders and the class, Bill Short for sharing his shell collection, Mahia Board Riders/Bernie Crowlie for his surfing instruction, Nanny Doi, Viv Kyle, Lil Morgan and Bernie Crowlie for our golfing sessions. Please have a look at Room 1’s blog and the students blogs in the coming weeks as we reflect on our goals achieved, highlights and skills/knowledge we learnt. We live in a special part of Aotearoa and the children are incredibly fortunate to be able to have an action packed week of activities on their back door step. Ka mau te wehi!