Day 4 of Camp Wellington

27/11/14

The lagoon was calm and  the sun shone bright like a star in the sky. St. Mary’s students gathered around the bench seat table and huddled together, cheese and we smiled for the camera. A never forgetting photo.

Off went the bus to the Police Museum. when we reached the Museum I saw the Police college. When we went inside the police museum it was a very big place,  but we all couldn't wait to get stuck into what they had planned for us. On one of the walls in the Police museum had pictures of people who have or had been arrested in the past, one of them was a twelve year old boy that was caught stealing lollies. We got to wear the police uniforms and hard vests and everyone enjoyed dressing up and taking a photo outside at the carpark. The lady that was taking us taught us how to fingerprint and see how to discover unshown fingerprints. We had to discover who was the suspect of the crime and uncover clues to get it right. At the end we got to see if we got it right and the suspect was Heidi Harris.

We  all had a great time and learnt a lot about being a police.

Day 2 of Camp Wellington

What do you think when I say Matiu Somes Island?

Well, I think of a beautiful calm sea surrounding the island and grasses lush and green. walkways and much more.

The fresh air whiffed into my face as we sailed across the harbour to Matiu Somes Island. The sea salt stuck to the boat like slime to a rock. A fishy smell filled the air for a moment, the smell of blue furred penguins surrounded us. Pitched screams from seagulls above us followed us as we sat to eat.

A porch stood beside the walkway giving us a tremendous view of Wellington city and the sea.

It was one of the best ferry trips ever.

Day 1 Of Camp

24/11/14

Te Papa? What is this place, where is it?

Well Te Papa is a place mounted on 55 cable st, Wellington 6011 and is actually a museum of New Zealand titled Te  Papa Tongarewa.

As a museum it puts on exhibitions. An exhibition is showing or presenting something to view. We went to see an exhibition on tyrannosauruses and the family around it. A lovely man started us off by giving us a bunch of cards but these weren't the ordinary cards you play last card or go fish, these had pictures of dinosaurs that had been laminated. With these cards we had to sort these into groups. This was hard for some people, you had to think more, talk more about it and discuss as a team to get them right.

The man took us up to level 4 and we got a clipboard, a pencil and a booklet with activities to do throughout the exhibition. Around corners and more corners a moving Trex took giant steps along the wall like a bull charging towards its prey. Corners and corners later…..  a screen showed a picture of us with a whole lot of dinosaurs wondering around sniffing at the ground trying to look for something to nibble. It came to the end of exhibition and we had learnt so much and seen and interacted with so many things that we all want to go back again.

Buddy Writing.

The footpath looks like scales    

on a dragons back. The stars

blended like the bright stars

in the sky.

By Luccus

The colourful flowers are beautiful.

The sea colours on the path make

waves. Swirls whirled around like

on a giant lollipop.

By Pearl

Free Writing

I choose this picture because of the beauty and architect it has.

I like my writing because I like doing descriptive writing.

Clitter, clatter, clitter, clatter the rocks under my feet moved  like a kick drum being thumped. It formed a funny figurative heart shape with longer rocks to make a stone arrow. The sun settled into the ditch and the stars shone like diamonds in a golden ring reflecting a beam of white bright light. The sea is calm and the tide is low. You can see the soft sand in between your toes.

Leadership Conference

It was at Bay City Outreach when I listened to speakers that inspired me to do good work and pick my attitude. The speaker that inspired me was Joe the head boy of HBHS. He taught me that you are able to pick your attitude in the morning and how saving one starfish can make a really big difference. I thought that Henare O’Keefe was a really fantastic speaker and taught us that you can give without loving but you can’t love without giving.

Buddy Writing

I have been working with Luccus and he is 7yrs of age. We have been dong descriptive writing by picking a picture and describing it, this is his picture piece.



Dusty is an awesome plane. Dusty is the best plane because he has my favourite colours orange and white to colour him. He flies like the wind. The Plane has black bold wheels that stand out in the sky. The paint on Dusty is glossy when the sun is on it.