Year 7 Motutapu Camp
Monday the 3rd,it’s camp!!! Year 7 camp is on Motutapu island. It is a outdoor eduacation camp and I paid to go.
We arrived at Half-Moon Bay on time to catch the ferry. The ferry ride was smooth sailing through calm seas. What was next? The 6.5km walk from Rangitoto to Motutapu. Personally, I did not like the walk and I don’t think many other people liked it too!
When you get there the first thing you feel is relief. Then we all had something to eat and you got to pick your bed in your assigned dormetry. We gathered back after unpacking for a welcome speech and which activities we were going to do first.
My first activity was sailing. We paired up and took turns to go on the small sailing boats. The wind was good but not enough to capsize anyone. That was the day I learnt how to sail.
The food is great there and you shouldn’t get hungry too often. We wait at our tables to be sent up for dinner. Everyone gets some and most of the time there were seconds.
DAY 2
Next morning I woke up from the noise of my dormetry yelling. So I went outside because I couldn’t sleep and our dormetry was having a party compared to the others.
My first activity was Rock Climbing and I acomplished 2 out of 4 walls. We also had to stop for a while because it started to rain slightly.
Next was the Gun Walk where we saw where some of world war 2’s underground tunnel. I even found a human finger bone!
Cayaking was fun and I already know how to paddle. We played Cayak Soccer and it was basically soccer on water where you had to paddle to the floating ball.
High Ropes was all about courage and conquering your fear of heights. I am not scared of heights but o the spider web climb I got a cramp on my left arm but I still made it to the top.
An exausted day of fun. I had a quick shower and played around the courts. When a teacher rang the bell, everyone lined up for dinner. We had sticky chicken and it was good, the down part was we weren’t aloud seconds.
We also had night time activities and toinght I played Spotlight. I got caught the first round but then I found the perfect hiding spot. There was a black rubbish sack behind a dorm and luckily, I was wearing a black jersey so I curled up into it next to the rubbish sack.
DAY 3
I had orientering first and I did ‘Treasure Hunt’ with Mattew. We came first against the other teams and the final code was YOUR FINISHED.
After some morning tea, our team went to the Confidence Course where we had to work together to get through the obstacles.
I did not look forward to Survivor because I’ve seen how muddy people get after it. You also have to work together and I still fell into the pond. I had light coloured socks when I came, but they were brown when we came back.
I’ve always loved Achery. Achery was our last activity and we used these big long bows to shoot with. It was very awesome but then Troll pulled out his special, personal bow, the crowd was stunned. He shot four arrows bullseye and they all went right through the target!
Today we also got to pick our electives for tommorow which means we got to pick which activity we wanted to do tommorow. I picked: Snorkling,Beach Bum & Achery.
DAY 4
Snorkling was really cool but the gear took way too long to sort out. After putting our gear on we went straight to the snorkling area. When we got into the water we started seeing lots of snapper and other fish. There even was a massive snapper called Joeand when I saw him all I could say was ‘gasp’.
Beach Bum was just chilling on the beach. I helped build a dam which we then turned into a water race track.
Achery was even better because we had more turns shooting. We had individual and team compeatitions. There even were adult rounds. My team came third and I didn’t make it to the individual funals, sadly…
We even had a Camp Concert! People performed there talents and comedy skits. My favourite was a comedy skit by Mr.Glogoski and Archy because they made fun of most of the teachers.
DAY 5
It’s the last day of camp and every group got areas to clean up. The walk back to the ferry seemed easier and quicker than the first walk. We stopped in the middle for lunch rolls. When we got off the ferry we waited for our parents to pick us up from Half-Moon Bay.That was the end of camp.
Next was the Gun Walk where we saw where some of world war 2’s underground tunnel. I even found a human finger bone!
Cayaking was fun and I already know how to paddle. We played Cayak Soccer and it was basically soccer on water where you had to paddle to the floating ball.
High Ropes was all about courage and conquering your fear of heights. I am not scared of heights but o the spider web climb I got a cramp on my left arm but I still made it to the top.
An exausted day of fun. I had a quick shower and played around the courts. When a teacher rang the bell, everyone lined up for dinner. We had sticky chicken and it was good, the down part was we weren’t aloud seconds.
We also had night time activities and toinght I played Spotlight. I got caught the first round but then I found the perfect hiding spot. There was a black rubbish sack behind a dorm and luckily, I was wearing a black jersey so I curled up into it next to the rubbish sack.
DAY 3
I had orientering first and I did ‘Treasure Hunt’ with Mattew. We came first against the other teams and the final code was YOUR FINISHED.
After some morning tea, our team went to the Confidence Course where we had to work together to get through the obstacles.
I did not look forward to Survivor because I’ve seen how muddy people get after it. You also have to work together and I still fell into the pond. I had light coloured socks when I came, but they were brown when we came back.
I’ve always loved Achery. Achery was our last activity and we used these big long bows to shoot with. It was very awesome but then Troll pulled out his special, personal bow, the crowd was stunned. He shot four arrows bullseye and they all went right through the target!
Today we also got to pick our electives for tommorow which means we got to pick which activity we wanted to do tommorow. I picked: Snorkling,Beach Bum & Achery.
DAY 4
Snorkling was really cool but the gear took way too long to sort out. After putting our gear on we went straight to the snorkling area. When we got into the water we started seeing lots of snapper and other fish. There even was a massive snapper called Joeand when I saw him all I could say was ‘gasp’.
Beach Bum was just chilling on the beach. I helped build a dam which we then turned into a water race track.
Achery was even better because we had more turns shooting. We had individual and team compeatitions. There even were adult rounds. My team came third and I didn’t make it to the individual funals, sadly…
We even had a Camp Concert! People performed there talents and comedy skits. My favourite was a comedy skit by Mr.Glogoski and Archy because they made fun of most of the teachers.
DAY 5
It’s the last day of camp and every group got areas to clean up. The walk back to the ferry seemed easier and quicker than the first walk. We stopped in the middle for lunch rolls. When we got off the ferry we waited for our parents to pick us up from Half-Moon Bay.That was the end of camp.
By Michael
