Camp Recount

Camp Recount

 Finally, we were at camp I had so much energy that I was the first to get off the bus. On Wednesday, November 6th I went to Chosen Valley Christian Camp, it was a 1-hour drive! On the bus, I was jumping around on my seat not because I was excited but because the road was so bumpy.

 The first thing we did was to take our bags to our cabins. In each cabin, there were seven people. The people in my cabin were Rhianne, Betty, Kanan, Ana, Lesina, Elina and me. As soon as we got into our room we chose a bed to sleep in. There was an extra bed for our stuff. 

Later after settling in we had an assembly where the manager of Chosen Valley, Lyndon told us where we could go and where the out of bounds areas were. Then we were taken around the camp area to see where each activity was. We went around looking at all the fascinating activities. One of them was the confidence course which I was very eager to try. 

Later we were assigned to our first activity. My first one was the Go-Karts. On my first try, I had fun, but I thought that they were too fast for my weight so I didn’t try again. Lots of people had a ton of turns but for me, I didn’t want to. 

Next, we did some volleyball and had some fun on the playground. I didn’t really like playing volleyball so I just had some time on the playground.

We finally had dinner for the first night at camp. The dinner was delicious Roast chicken and potatoes and gravy. We were given a table to sit at for the rest of camp. The teachers picked different tables for students to go and collect their food. 

Late at night, we went for a bushwalk up a long hill. Me and my friends became very exhausted even though we were only halfway. It was dark we weren’t allowed to go into the forest.

The next day I did kayaking. It was so much fun. We each got an oar and went into a boat. My boat went really fast. Me and Elina had a race and I won.

Next, we did balance Island where you go across a bridge and along a wire. I was one of the people who finished balance island. We also did the Rope maze. On the rope maze, you were given a hook and belt to use. To do the maze you must clip it onto the pole with its colour and try to work your way through the maze. We had to finish at the colour we started at. I finished that as well.

After that, I went to the confidence course which I loved. I went first and was confident that I could finish and guess what I finished the second level. I was the only one to finish blue without falling in.

My last activity of the day was raft building, which I think was the HARDEST activity. We were split into two teams. My team were so close to getting someone onto the raft. 

Later, me and some others went for a shower while others went onto the water slide. I had a nice warm shower. When I got out I felt so refreshed. When I was ready I went to scare my friends by putting a blanket over my head. My friend Ana was actually scared and thought I was not touching the ground. She screamed so loudly she nearly made my ears pop! When she found out that it was just me we went out into the lounge area. I laid my blanket out onto the floor and made a blanket angel ( a snow angel on a Blanket). We were just sitting on the couch when some of the teachers walked by to set up the dining hall. I went to get some warm clothes and played in the playground. First, we all ran to the flying fox and I got the first turn. WHEEE!!! I zoomed across the flying fox up into the air. We were tired and we went to our cabins to have a rest.

After an hour the bell rang. We all ran out into the field ready for dinner. The year fives of CTK got to go into the dining hall first. We grabbed our cutlery, went and sat down at our tables and waited for the teacher to let us get our food. The food we had that night were Nachos. The food tasted so good. I was the first person at my table to finish my food. We finally finished dinner and everyone rushed to their dorms for some quiet time. We needed to settle down and get ready to sleep. My dorm was very quiet that night and we fell asleep first.

I was the fourth person awake the next morning. For the last day we had one activity. My activity was Archery . Archery was the activity that I was most excited about. I had a lot of fun firing the arrows. 

After the activity we had to clean up before having lunch. First we had to clean up our rooms, pack up our stuff and bring it out. Kanan was the first person to finish packing. She brought her stuff out of the room. Me and Rhianne brought our stuff out and started to sleep on our pillows. We were so tired.

Finally we had burgers and chips for lunch. They were delicious. When we finished, we went up for seconds. Unfortunately we didn’t get any so we put down our bowls and went for a group photo.

 Now it was time to perform. For the camp concert the girls in CTK including me did E Minaka Ana. This was quite embarrassing for me even though there was nothing to be embarrassed about. Everyone had to perform something.

After everyone performed we were allowed to go onto the bus. We went into the bus and went straight to the back so we could all sit together on the way back. We watched a movie called RIO. That was the end of CAMP. I had a lot of fun at camp and I was so glad to be back home.

My MOTAT Recount By Carolyn

Hook/Intro

I couldn’t believe my eyes when I went to MOTAT and saw how much technology there was. I was bursting to go to the Above and Beyond exhibition. Although I was disappointed when all of the old displays were gone, I still had a great time.

Scavenger Hunt

The first thing we did when we got to MOTAT was the scavenger hunt. The first place we needed to go was the fire station. At the fire station we had to find hoses, boots, axes, medals, wheels, helmets, etc. After we found everything in the fire station we went to the village. In the village there were lots of cottages. In the cottages there was glass to protect the displays. In the village we needed to find kettles, dummies, eggs, cribs, beds, washboards (wash room) and more. The next place we had to go was the school house. In there we had to solve the maths problems on the chalkboard, find slate boards and pencils, find a map, and sing the national anthem. When we finished visiting the school house there wasn’t enough time to go to the Pump house.

Above and Beyond

After the scavenger hunt, we went to the newest exhibition in MOTAT called Above and Beyond. Above and Beyond is an exhibition given to MOTAT from NASA the space organisation. In Above and Beyond room there were lots of different things. There were some games and a bird flying simulator. One of my favourite games was a game where you were up in space. There was debris/rubbish that you have to pick up with different robots. If you picked the wrong robot it would minus your points. There was also a magnet elevator that would drop the block down if it reaches the top.

Tram ride

Next, we went outside of MOTAT 1 to go to the tram station where the tram would pick us up. Our tram driver was Rob. Rob drove us to MOTAT 2. Along the way we went past a family of baby pukekos. They were with their Mum and Dad. It looked like the pukekos were small and fluffy. We also went past Auckland Zoo. When we got to MOTAT 2 Rob told us to stand on the tracks in front of the tram. We were all thinking “Oh no the tram is going to run us over.” But no, we were going to have a picture. After the picture, Rob told us that the metal pole that links to the tram and power line transports 600-700 bolts. If you touched it, you would die.

Educator and Experiments

After having lunch we entered a blue building to meet our educator Kent. Kent took us up some stairs near the Innovators Room to a classroom. Our classroom was called Discovery 1. In the classroom we learnt the forces of flight which are lift, thrust, drag, and weight. Kent set up seven different experiments. My favourite experiment was making an aircraft to put in this wind tube. My second favourite one was a hairdryer and a ping pong ball.

Exhibits

After the class we went to the Pumphouse/ boiler room. I thought that the Pumphouse would be hot and filled with the smell of coal and smoke. I was really disappointed because it was cold and dissolated. Not a single trace of smoke and heat. Next to the Pumphouse there was a car exhibit. In the car exhibit there were old vintage cars and racing cars. There was also a tractor. The tractor was green with a red handle and steering wheel. The wheels were very big and fat. In the corner there was a wedding car. A wedding car in the olden days  would have had no cover. The bride and groom would sit in the back of the car with the driver at the front. Next we went to the Technology room. In the Technology room there were lots of TVs, old phones, the first telephone and some rotary phones. There was also a selfie machine that took real selfies. Part of the display had some of the first video games like Pacman, King Kong and Donkey Kong. There was also a morse code sending device.

Conclusion

At the end of the day as always we had to go back to school. My favourite part of M.O.T.A.T. was Above and Beyond with all the games and the bird simulator. Even though they removed all the good old displays I was still very happy and had lots of fun. I really want to go back to M.O.T.A.T. again because there is always something new to see.

This is my recount about my time at MOTAT. During the last

5 weeks I have been learning to put my ideas into long big
paragraphes.