Peter Snell Youth Village

It all started on Tuesday morning where I hopped out of the car with my big blue, suitcase and walked over to the hall getting prepared for Peter Snell Youth Village ( that's the name of the campsite we were going to. Finally it was time for the bus to come. We all boarded the bus in our activity groups.

It took 2-hours to get there, so we had some activities to keep us busy along the way. Eventually  we made and we got familiarized with the campsite. We started our first activity. It was abseiling , the basics of Abseiling is you have to haul yourself down the 3 storey wall.... And don't look down!

Next up we had Air Rifles which all you have to do is aim and shoot!Magic! After that it was night time which meant THE BURMA TRAIL. That's when your blind-folded and you go into a dark forest ( at night ).

On Wednesday morning we ate breakfast  and after that  we started Rock-Climbing. Basically , climb to the top and ring the bell.Next we had camp cooking and Nicholas and I buddied up and we made delicious Pikelets!

Thirdly we started the initiative course it's all about calibration and teamwork. It was quite challenging but we worked it out in the end. lastly we had Archery which I sucked at until I got a 75-pointer. Then we went to sleep.

Next morning it was time for SNOW PLANET! I did ski-ing while others did snow-boarding! It was a really awesome experience! Except for the fact that Jansje broke her leg and Callahan broke his arm, it was ULTRA fun!

Then later that night it was the Y games, where you do a variety of strange activities, including; eating baby food, soda drinking contests and random blind-folded music questions.

finally it was time to pack up and do our final activity, a SUPER RELAY! It was a superb experience, I hope I can go to Peter Snell Youth Village again!

Camp Report 2013

I found camp really challenging, fun and interactive. First of all I was frightened of the waterside because it was the biggest one i've seen in my life and then acme the abseiling wall which I basically cried just by looking at it. Coming down from the wall was one of the scariest experiences ever considering I have an extreme fear of heights.

I found all the activities pretty awesome but the one that stood out the most had to be the class event which we did right at the end of camp. We had to use a lot of communication, skill and speed to complete this event. I personally thought we would've won the event but we were just to late to create the full number which was 11 because that was our class number. The first activity was camp cooking. I thought at first it was really gonna bore me but then I found out that we were using the hobo stoves to cook which was pretty exciting. The whole group enjoyed it and also had a great time. Afterwards we started to eat the pikelets which were delicious. We moved on to our second activity which was the initiative course.

The initiative course is a challenge which you have to use a lot of communication. There were 8 activities you had to complete but the most challenging one was the one when you have to get one half of your team to the other side with out any team member off the log.

Overall I think that everyone found camp really fun and enjoyed it a lot like I did.

Camp- Finau

Camping out is what we students of Reremoana school year 7's and 8's look forward to in the year. It is a fun experience to learn about new things. We can get the opportunities to achieve our goals and find new hobbies. 

In most camps we need teamwork and as individuals we have to collaborate together. In our camp this year (2013) Mr Fourie chose groups and 2 students to lead them as always. There will be activities such as initiative courses that uses our initiatives. The leaders are not the only ones who are suppose to lead and do all the talking, it is a group activity that if anyone has an idea the whole group tries it.

Our 2013 camp was a blast and I bet everyone had loads of fun and has had a few laughing moments. The slippery water slide was humongous and its safe. It is made of rubber and is about  50 to 80 meters with a pool of water that stops you from hitting the hard cement concrete at the bottom. At first we started halfway and as the a couple of days passed we started from the top. It goes down the cliff and theres a bump that makes you go flying to the bottom with a loud and big splash. Even Mr Fourie had a go and made he made the biggest splash. The bottom was my favourite part. 

The first day went slow. We had the initiative course and Archery. Archery is not my kind of sport, I did bad but I didn't give up although I was almost steaming with anger every time I missed but my group members cheered me on. My group members are Liam Haddock and Jansje Strydom ( group leaders), Chloe Thompson, David Wilson, Ishaiah Cross , Yunosuke Yumashitya (preferred as Yuno), Danielle  Walden, Jamiah and I (Finau Cava).

The rifles were my best activities. It was my first time so I did really bad with my aiming but after some shots I did pretty good with my aiming. I shot some tins and even the little ones. Russell tamepo and Alan Rayner wanted me to shoot more so they tied a little bullet case by the tins and I shot it with a single shot and it cracked open. I did pretty good, in fact I was the best rifle shooter with the total of 40 points . I bet the best boy rifle shooter (Sam Yates who had 29 points) and the best girl rifle shooter (Leslie Hiwarau with 19 points). My name went around about my shooting which was cool. Good luck beating that!

The abseiling wall was the scariest because I was afraid of heights.To estimate it was about 13 meters. Going up was the worst part part, it was like climbing up something that goes upwards around the tall tree. But the man showed me the trees and the horizon and told me not to look down, he's been doing this for 20 years! The people down below looked really tiny. I was shaking so much and took my time. I had a great feeling when I reached the bottom and to come and think about it I JUST ACHIEVED MY GOAL! and I went down one more time but faster than the first time.

Then there were activities like rock climbing(I made to the top because Deakan and Sams dad gave me an extra boost) and Hobo stoves (We made pancakes!) but the best thing about the place was the spectacular view of the sea. The city lights up at night which was a pretty good sight.

There were also night activities like the Y-games, camp cooking, don't remind me about the talent quest, the burma trail and we didn't do spotlight because it was really late at night. I shared a cabin with Mikyla Black, Emily Mculaugh and Danielle Walden. I also learned how to do a flip on the trampoline on our free time (more like a rollie pollie) but I had the best camp so far.

Then we went to snow planet. It was my first time and I chose to do skiing because I knew that snowboarding might be dangerous, and that I would be the only girl to do snowboarding if I chose to do it. I learn to ski and found it pretty easy. I went down the practice course than started going up to the first snow bump. After a while I got board so I went to the top second bump I fell at first but then got to the hang of it. The snow smelt funny and was like sand. I tried going to the top after a while 2 times but I fell 2 times even though Aprils dad was cheering me on when I fell on my second time. It was freezing cold (-40 degrees) but we had fun. The adults joined in and took some photos, Mr Fourie and Mr Munro made the adults day by playing a little in the snow. Jansje fell and broke her leg while Callaghan broke his arm.

Information report about CAMP- By Eden

CAMP!

Camp, fun, challenging and hard work. What a fun time at Peter Snell village.There was lots of cool and challenge activities. The activities that I really enjoyed was; initiative course, rock climbing and camp cook ,and the challenging activities was Abseiling, Air riffles and Archery.

First of all we hop in the bus at 9:00 to 9:30 it was an 1:30:00 mins. When I saw snow planet I knew we were  close to Peter Snell village. First we got our bags and went around to the back of the camp site. I look around at the view and the mountains in the distance. We sat down and talk about the rules and the camp site.

The first activities for the cookie minion was Abseiling everyone was so nervous but we all went done. Later in the day we went done to the water slide it was our first time going on the water slide but it was so COLD!!!

On the second day wee did the initiative course,  rock climbing, Archery and camp cook That was fun.

And on the third we went to snow planet. Snow planet was so cool and fun! I really want to go back Callaghan broke his arm and Jansje broke her leg. 

On the final day we had a big clean up. We left on the bus around 12.30-ish and got at school at the end of lunch time. I fell asleep on the bus. When we got out of the bus Mr. Fourie said we can have a little rest and eat the left over food. Yum!That was my first year 7&8 camp and i really enjoy it. I would like thank Mr. Fourie and Mr. Munro and Peter snails village.

Halloween!

As you can see by the date I am posting at Halloween! I would like to see your guys costumes. Bye! and one last thing.

Good luck sleeping tonight with that 'thing' under the bed...

INFINITY part 0 By Blake Summerfield

sorry. there will be no more INFINITY series any more so to all the followers I'm sorry but you'll never hear the end of it.

Athletics- Finau

See you guys at Athletics. Good luck!