Mr B

Suddenly camp is over!
Well Thursday was a highlight! We went sailing on lake Taupo! What could be more fun.
When the kIds weren't out on the water really sailing they were kyaking around!
A neat day.

Friday was a bit slower.. we went on the HUKA JETS!!!!!
WOW. Mr Weir has some neat photos of both the sailing and the jet boating so we are looking forward to seeing these!

Friday from bout 12 til 4.30 we went Trout fishing in Turangi. Everone caught their very own trout.. we had a scaenger hunt and all in all leanred alot more about rainbow trout and the more ellusive brown trout....
This was aneat place and resource and everyone thoroughly enjoyed the time and the fishing of course.....

It was then off to Tauramanui by about 4.40ish for dinner and then the back road from there to Toko!

It went very well without it seems a hint of travel sickness! Perhap due to the speed of the bus.
We had a little emergency toliet stop at the Whanga pub!
All in all with three stops to let kids off ( and find their bags) we arrived in town at about 10.30pm with still more parents eagerly awaiting the rreturn of their children!
A BIG THANKS TO THE PARENTS ONN CAMP
KAY, PAUL JOHN NAD ANDREW... YOU WERE GREAT.
BIG THANKS TO HEATHER FOR THE PLANNING AND ORGANISATION OVER THE YEAR TO GET US TO THIS POINT.

The journey home gave Heather and I a chance to plan a few camp based learning activites over the next few weeks.
Thought we might base the maths around the fishing!! Great stats unit for a week or so. Length weight etc
Thought we might also use the new colour photocopier and develop informational posters for each of the businesses/ enterproses we went to.. Do a sorta sales/highlights poster for display in their office or window about the learning that can go on here! The use of the digital photos would be key, incorporating a map, information, picture to give an impression of what is to be gained by going there!
Plus of course we had quite a bit to do with life cycles and importantly the continued use and value of natural resources of the area... so lots of opportunities to do valuable and meanigful follow up!
Cheers
Richard