Kawau island top tips

Dear future campers, Camp Bentzon has a really high chance of being your favorite experience. Camp Bentzon is a camp that is on Kawau island, it also includes a lot of activities on both land and water. The activities may require a lot of movement which may or may not make you tired or very worn out depending on the types of things you are good at and things you aren’t used to and/or good at! Everyday you will need to run up Killer hill, On the first day it would feel like a very long and tiring trip on killer hill, however every day after that at camp they make you run a shorter amount of the hill. Kawau island is going to be a very big change to your normal life in Auckland!

Now I will share 5 top tips about camp that will make your experience better. My first tip is about Killer Hill, The first thing you will need to know about killer hill is that it is a very long way to walk, so make sure to bring the right clothes and shoes! At first you will probably feel like you may fall but I assure you that if you concentrate and make sure not to think about it too much you will safely get to a flatter part of the hill. You will go up and down the hill several times until you get to the bottom then you will eat morning tea there and you will also be able to play in the park, Then you will need to walk back up the mountain until you get back to camp ground, It’s a really long trip.

The next tip is about bedtime, On the first night you may feel super excited and you might even be to excited to go to sleep at the right time. But you really do need to go to sleep at the right time because you will need a lot of energy for everyday as each day includes water or dry activities and on the last day you will need to do activities as well as pack up and let me tell you now that there is a lot of work and effort you will need to put into cleaning and/or packing up. So make sure to get enough sleep so you can have enough energy for the day.

Now let's move on to tips that are a bit sneaky in ways you may or may not understand. So this tip is about being able to get more food than they allow one person to get. The first this you will need to do is you might be able to get seconds but i'm sure you won't be able to get 3rd. If you are still hungry after you eat your 2nd meal you may want a 3rd meal. If there is more you could change your hat and ask for another one without looking at the server because they might recognize you, so make sure to try your best to cover your face but at the same time be polite. If you aren’t sure about that idea maybe you could get a friend who hasn’t had seconds and who doesn't want seconds, you could ask them to get seconds and if they could give it to you? Keep in mind the first suggestion may only work when you get your lunch from the window, it's kinda like a drive through but for humans Just make sure to be polite!

The next tip is about possible being able to stay in the water for a bit longer then the amount of time they gave you. To be able to achieve this you may or may not need to be on the wharf. While everyone else was in the ocean I was on the wharf I got to stay on the wharf 10 minutes longer then we were allowed a the time. I don’t know if that occurs to yous all next year but it's worth a try.

Now for the last tip, it's about holding on to your hat when coming on and/or off the ferry or when standing on the wharf. I am telling you about this because my friend Mia’s hat flew off her head. I believe her and her friends were playing around and as she carried on playing she lost grip of her hat and the wind got very strong then her hat flew off her head. At the time it was very funny but as time passed by, she realized that she had just lost her hat and it was no longer funny to her. Another person's hat flew off while they laughed because of their friends joke. So I recommend listening to teachers and hold onto your hats on both the wharf and on the ferry as the wind picks up when your on the ferry, but keep in mind that you only need to hold onto your hat when in your on the roof of the ferry.

Overall I think camp is one of my favorite experiences every. Camp had all sorts of things that entertained me in lots of different ways. I loved Camp Bentzon and I think you will to. All of the activities are different and some may be very challenging for you and some may be very easy but just keep in mind that everyone has different weaknesses that may or may not be the same as your so make sure to be respectful towards them. Hope you enjoyed my top 5 tips on Camp Bentzon. I hope you have a great time when you get the chance to go to Camp Bentzon if you just get to go to Kawau island.

5 Facts about mansion on kawau island

Task Description: This week we are researching a lot about interesting things we will see when we go to Kawau island. We have done 3-4 tasks involving this topic. I've had a lot of fun with this and I really enjoyed completing the other tasks too!

Happy Holidays

This is my last blog post for the term. I hope you enjoy and i wish you all a happy holiday.

Term 3 Animation

This is my animation for term 3. To complete this animation we had to choose a sea creature from the rocky shore and create an animation about it. I had lots of fun making this as I thought it came out great but I was a little disappointed that I couldn't get a voice over done. I still am quite satisfied with the way it turned out and I am excited to get this animation done and posted on my blog!

Creature Guide

WALT: Paraphrase and summarize information
 
 Task Description:Mr Goodwin has given a task and to be able to complete it correctly we had to read a lot about sea animals. We had to put the correct sea animal in the correct slot by reading information about the animal and making sure the animal fit the description. 

Figure it out task: To market To market.

WALT: use our basic facts knowledge to try out new strategies.

Task Description: Mr Goodwin has asked us to complete this figure it out task. In able to complete tis task we had to find out the right answer to each question and i have found it out. I have enjoyed doing this task as my favorite subject is MATH!!!

Synonyms: Not So Normal

WALT: visualize the characters in the story based on their descriptions.

Task Description:Mr Goodwin has asked us to complete a task. In able to complete this task we needed to find words in our book hat were adjectives, verbs and Nouns. I have completed this task and have enjoyed it.

Times table practice

Walt: Get better at your times table each week

Task Description: This is my times table practice for this week. Mr Goodwin makes us do this 3 times a week. I am currently on emerald which is the 2nd hardest times table to do.

Term 2 animation

This is my animation for term 2. This animation was to help show visitors around our school. I had fun making this as it was quite easy as I knew my way around the school and knew almost what everything was called. I think this animation was one of the easiest animations because all we needed to do was move a dot around our screen and create a figure moving to the place the dot went.

Not So Normal review task

WALT:visualize the characters in the story based on their descriptions.
Task Description:Mr Goodwin has asked as to complete this task. In able to complete this task we had to read the book provided to us on something called screen castify. Screen castify is a better way to record a video either for work or just for fun. We also needed to Create a review about the story we had to read.

Rocky Shore Writing

WALT:paraphrase and summaries information

The Rocky Shore is an inter-tidal habitat which commonly has various zones. The rocky shore is amazing and filled with animals that are very beautiful.This zone is called the Supra-tidal or splash zone. It is only covered during storms and extremely high tides and it is soaked by the water of breaking waves. Animals like the isopods, barnacles, limpets live in the splash zone during the winter, they are found lower on the inter-tidal rocks.The inter-tidal zone is in between high tide and low tide. High tide is normally controlled by physiological on temperature and drying. Low tide is mostly determined by the presence of predators or competing species. The animals that live in the inter-tidal zone are anemones, barnacles, chi-tons, crabs, green algae, isopods, limpets, mussels, sea lettuce, sea palms, sea stars, snails, sponges, and whelks.The Sub-Tidal zone is the area below the inter-tidal zone and most of the time it's covered by water. Organisms do not dry out as often as organisms higher on the beach. They grow much faster and are better in competition for the same bay. More nutrients are gained  from the water and they are  from extreme changes in temperature.The rocky shore is an inter-tidal area which is very common to New Zealanders.The rocky shore has many different zones including the Splash zone also known as the Supra-tidal, Sub-tidal zone and Inter-tidal zone.  The rocky shore is a beautiful area that has many different species of animals living there.


Task Description:  Mr Goodwin has asked us to finish a writing task. in order to finish this task we need to be able to remember things about the rocky shore. We were writing about the Rocky Shore. We also got create a picture that we used for reading.We created a picture that showed all the zones and different animals that live in the Rocky Shore.

Something in the water - Starfish

WALT: research and write about about sea creatures from the rocky shore.
Task description:Mr Goodwin has asked us to complete a task by choosing an underwater sea creature that we will willingly do some research about. To insure we have done our task correctly Mr Goodwin has given us explanations about what we are supposed to do. I had a lot of fun with this task as I love the underwater world!

Write like a year 6 (part 2)

It is a dark and stormy night, shadows cover the 2 story house in darkness. Lightning strikes and suddenly quiets down. Only being broken by the voices of the dead houses owners. I look closely and the curtains, suddenly they open up but looking inside I see darkness and as the lighting strikes it opens up a pathway of light throughout the house, all you are able to see is bright red blood dripping down the wall, It's still wet. I start to question if it's haunted or not.

Blood drips down the walls of the grey ruined house. As I get closer to the house more blood appears and I start to see faces. After their faces appear I start to see that the other half of their bodies are gone! Ghosts appear and the lightning starts getting louder and louder. I start to think they don't want me near their house so I back away slowly but as I get further and further away fog rises off the ground mysteriously. I start to sprint past the house but it seems when I run I go past the house again and again! So I stop running and I end up in front of the house again I freak out I'm so scared. What should I do!?

To Be Continued

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Task Description: Mr Goodwin has asked us to participate in a writing task that includes us to write like an year 6. To successfully complete this task we will need to make sure the structure of each paragraphs story's are good and our punctuation is right. We also needed some simple and complex sentences.

Write like a year 6 (part 3)

  

One day I was walking down the beach and I saw a castle sitting deep in the water. The castle had a old faded tan color. The castle made a sound and I thought it was about to fall on me, but instead it opened a pathway into the castle. I walked in not aware of how old it was. I stepped out for a moment to admire the ancient look of the castle.

As i looked closely I saw the windows that looked like it was carved into the castle, I don't think you could see through them. I looked inside noticing it was a 3 story castle. I walked up to the second floor and I saw the bedrooms and looking down across the hall, I saw the stairs leading to the top of the castle. I got to the top and I felt the breeze creeping inside through the top of the castle roof, so I walked further up and I noticed I could stand on the roof. It felt so cool standing on the flat roof. But just then I had to go home so I walked home and told my mum about it all. She was so surprised so she looked at the castle and took a sample.She then took it back home and she noticed something weird. But she didn’t tell me. I was to scared to look so I just walked away. Then she called me back and I was shaking!

To Be Continued


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Task Description: Mr Goodwin has asked us to participate in a writing task that includes us to write like an year 6. To successfully complete this task we will need to make sure the structure of each paragraphs story's are good and our punctuation is right. We also needed some simple and complex sentences.

Wero Questions

Walt: answer questions using similes, Metaphor, Hyperbole and Figurative language

Wero

By André Ngāpō

3.Aug.2013

1) “We’ve got the crowd on its feet” What image is the author trying to describe?

>The crowd was so excited that they felt the need to stand and cheer

2) The author says that the crowd ‘Claps and cheers’, could you use figurative language to add more detail?

>The crowd clapped and cheered so loud it sounded like a stampede of elephants.

3) Try write some examples of figurative language to describe the audience:

> A) Simile: The crowd clapped and cheered so loud it sounded like a stampede of elephants.

> B) Metaphor:The crowd is so loud there acting like they haven't seen a performance.

> C) Hyperbole:The crowd was so loud if they clapped anymore they would have no hands

4 )Try write some examples of figurative language to describe the girls pukana eyes.

> A) Simile: The girls pukana eyes were as bright as the sun

> B) Metaphor:The girls eyes could get brighter then the sun if they got any bigger

> C) Hyperbole:The girls eyes it seem like it was gonna fall out.

5) Try write some examples of figurative language to describe how Te Ata feels when he feels sick.

> A) Simile: He felt as sick as a dead fly

> B) Metaphor: He was a sloth when he finished his operation

> C) Hyperbole: He was so sick he felt like he was gonna die

Task Description: This was my reading task that Mr Goodwin gave us. We answered questions that were given to us about the book. It was fun and hard at the same time.

Book review

Walt:Write a book review about your book

I Wrote about my Maui. It was a book I read. It was a great book with lots of detail. Mr Goodwin asked us to write about it. So we did. I had a lot of fun doing this as I got to explain the story. It was also very challenging because when I explained it, it was in my own words.

Shark attack

Walt: Create a scratch game that includes a fish and a shark Task description:Mr Goodwin has asked us o create a scratch game this includes a fish and a shark. I decided to make this as a game on scratch. I had lots of fun creating this as I got to learn more things about scratch. Each time I use scratch I get better and better. This was so challenging as I have not used scratch as much as some of my other classmates. I still had a lot of fun with this and I hope you enjoy.

Decimal Problems

Task Description:Today Mr Goodwin has asked room 7 to finish this task. It is about decimals and solving some decimal problems. It included using addition and a of course my brain. It was quite a fun task and was a bit challenging for me.

Independent & dependent clauses

WALT: to construct effective sentences.  
 Task description: Mr Goodwin has asked us to create a dependent writing out of a independent piece of writing. The first set of dependent writing was about Mr Goodwin at the kiwi vs Tonga game, and the next set of dependent writing was about Mr Goodwin's puppy poppy.

Character Emotions

Walt: take charge of your own learning

Task Description: Mr Goodwin asked us to create a task about the character emotions and we got to pick a character to write about. I wrote about characters and it was a lot of fun. This book is called koro's song and this book is authorized by Andre Ngapo.