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Thursday 16 October 2014
George's Diary Day 3
Wellington camp 2014.
Carter observatory.
Day 3.
One of the highlights of our Wellington camp was the visit to Carter Observatory.
From the outside it did not look to special, but once inside the incredible digital planetarium our minds were changed. Once we were in our comfy seats the circular screen on the ceiling switched on and space was right before our eyes. One of the other cool features of the room was the screen could rotate and zoom in and out on the planets we wanted to see, Also at the back of the room was a helpful guide who narrated our journey through space with great detail.
After our space tour we went to our classroom where we were greated by a friendly guy named Troy. Once settled we were asked questions about which planets were closest to the sun when we couldn’t answer he gave us easy and understandable answers.
Once our lesson was finished we explored the gift shop after about ten minutes we exited the observatory our heads filled with knowledge.
Alien Invasion By Tia M
At 12:30 on Thursday 25 September, Room 11 made their way to Capital E On Tv Studio. There we learned to make a movie, got taught how to operate cameras, lights and setting. We then got straight into it. Sola, our costume designer, dressed everyone in crazy and funky clothes. In the end, everyone really enjoyed acting and if not acting, operating cameras and lights. To reach our awesome movie search up ALien Invasion Mapua School on youtube.
Kawakawa By Sierra
The kawakawa or Pepper tree.
When we went on camp we went to a place call Zealandia which is a park fenced to keep out pests and leave a safe home environment for native species. One of the things that i learned was about the plant called Kawawa. We were chewing these as we went round this is what i found out and learned about then.
The kawa kawa has jointed stems and zigzag branches. The leaves are shaped like love hearts and are usually covered in loads of bug holes. The leaves also have veins that range from dark green to yellow-green colours The Kawakawa makes spikes of flowers that change from yellow to a bright orange at summertime. The flowers are food for birds.
The Kawakawa is traditional medicine plant used by maori. You can make tea from the leaves or roots which is normally pepper tea. It is used as a tonic, for bladder problems, boils, bruises or general pain relief because it nums. Plus this plant tastes like pepper but is kinda tangy and weird tasting.
-This is what a Kawakawa or pepper tree looks like.
-It is native to NewZealand
-Its found all throughout NewZealand
Molly's camp poem
So a few weeks ago, as you may have heard
Our very own Room 11 flew off like a bird
To frolick in Wellington, as you might say
And I’m here to tell you, a little about our stay…
So there we all were waiting for our camp
When we heard the sad news our plans were a bit damp
We weren’t to go to the zoo, or the ferry that day
But were waylaid by bad weather, a bit of a delay
Nobody worry , Sharon’s on the case
Instead we stayed in Picton, an opportunity we embraced
Visiting the airforce museum, and a movie too
We made up for our losses, and gained some hot chips, right on cue
Early next morning, not too early to hate
To catch the ferry, across the Cooks Straight
Some people looked green, others a little red
Most just wanted, to be back in their beds
After a lovely cruise, with high ocean winds
We arrived in Wellington, where we did plenty of things
But what I can say is we did do a lot
With plenty of enjoyment, more often than not
Capital E hosted us for
3D movie making, snow, birds, and more
Then of course rollerblading and rock climbing as well
Which everyone thought was completely swell
The next day brought a tuatara to us
From our Zealandia friends, definitely a must
And then we went on to Carter Observatory
With their crazy, rounded planetary movie screen
And of course who could forget
Te Papa! The best museum ever, I’d be willing to bet
Whales and boats, tikis and more
This place was definitely not a bore
So what else did we do, oh yes of course
H2O Xtreme we shouted till we were hoarse
Our parliament visit, was somewhat exciting
The body guards looked, to be ready for fighting
Unfortunately we didn’t see
Our famous PM Mr John Key
Then back again to Capital E
For our Alien invasion this is Presenter Molly
They had cameras and costumes, actors on suite
This trip was a fantastic treat
Oh and what about our Amazing Race
A favourite in so many peoples case
Walking round Wellington all on our own
Some of the adults were completely thrown
And what can I say about WOW but wow!
Those dresses where fab the most fashionable gowns
So all of us tired sleeping on our feet
Back on the ferry to collapse in a heap
Sailing and cruising on the shifty plain
We finally saw old South island again
And now here we are, with stories to tell
We’ll remember it forever, and a bit more, as well
WELLINGTON CAMP 2014
Day 4
We jumped out of bed with a grin on our faces and hurried down stairs to have a talk about what was on the agenda for today.
We headed towards parliament and had our bags checked on the way in. We sat down at the 8 rows of seats, and began talking about what parliament was like back in the day, and lots of other really interesting things. We slowly made it around to the debating chamber and chatted about debates.
After that we had our own little debate about plastic bags and why they were good or not so good on the environment, we dressed up and started debating. We had lunch and started heading to Capital E on tv for our Alien Invasion movie clip.
We sat down and talked about our jobs that were needed for the movie, My job was to put the script in front of the camera so they could read it off there. We finally finished the movie and it was great!
We all slithered over to WoW because we were a bit tired. we waited outside and these weird mime things came out of this advertised car!? They started to polish it with their breathe and a rag. They got Nathan to jump into the car and wait in there until they were finished polishing it! The girl mime came over to me and started to rest her head against my shoulder but i didn’t like it so i pulled away!! So we walked into the arena and got our seats, we were all so close together.
The show started with a BOOM!!! colours and flashes of light everywhere the first category was the childrens part in WoW! All the dresses over all were AMAZING but not just the dresses the bras to!
By Tiah Booth
Wednesday 15 October 2014
Diary entry
Thursday 25 September
Today I woke up and got breakfast a little later than normal which was nice. Then we got packed up and walked to parliament. There we were shown into a few rooms, like the debating chamber, and then we went and got dressed up for a role play. I was the leader of the Kiwi fruit party!
After that we walked to Capital E onTV, where again we got dressed up and and practised for our alien invasion movie, and if I may say so myself, we did a pretty good job. During the second run through one of scientists fell off his chair.
After Capital E we walked over the bridge and sat out side the art gallery ready to be told what to do for the Amazing race. During the Amazing race we had to run all around Wellington to find all sorts of things that were on our list. When my group finally arrived back at the hostel we were told that we had to use public transport so we ran back out and caught the bus!
Then we went to WOW and what can I say the dresses were amazing but not only the dresses but the bras too. The people who made those dresses must be very talented and I really hope I can go again some day!
By Hannah
Emily's Diary
Diary Entry
Monday 22nd September 2014
Day One.
Today we woke up to the news camp was postponed, But we still had to pack our bags a bring them to school. I walked to school struggling to carry both my bags. Then our class was called in to discuss our plans for the day. We had to think about what we could do instead, we scanned the internet for ideas and came up with a few options. We then had to call the companies to book what we could do and if we could get a discount, we groveled and begged and everyone got a discount. We had morning tea, packed our bags into the cars while Sharon finished our timetable.
We got in the cars to Blenheim the car ride was long but but we got to Pelourus Bridge quickly, it felt like the ride was shorter than it really was we got to the bridge and stretched our legs then we had lunch and had a group photo and continued to Blenheim. We saw the wineries and knew we were almost there. we arrived at the museum and had our tour. Me, Sophie and Karen had a private tour and had to get a hurry up by the rest of the class.
Then we left to the cinema to watch the movie Step up 5, but we still had a while left before the movie started so we played seaweed in one of the car parks. Then we went back to the cinema to watch the movie everyone brought sweets, a drink and some popcorn. It was a really good movie and even starred a New Zealander. When the movie had finished we drove to Picton and got settled in at The Top Ten Holiday Park. I was in a cabin with Sophie and Sylvie. Everyone had a good day even though our plans had changed.
By Emily Polak
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