Awakeri School

Room 14 Aongatete Lodge Camp

26 Feb - 1 March 2013

Day One. We are orienteering around Nibblenibble - aka Katikati. Lara and Emma study one of the murals for answers.	Finn is working on his question about a haiku poem.
Barry reads the paper while the boys - Lachlan, Alex, Matthew and Jack do their studies.	Sarah, Adele and Poppy catch up with Humphrey the sea elephant.
The dinner has to be made back at camp. Toni and her group are peeling spuds.	Now it's down to the river for a swim. No jumping off the big rock Tommy! But Wade did!
Lachlan dives off a smaller rock.	Back at camp, the confidence course is very challenging. Isaiah does the single wire.
Ruby, assisted by Lara, has a go at the winching yourself along. That's hard!	Finn slides along another strength challenge.
Day Two. On the kauri walk, we also played murder. One of the first victims was Jack. Alex did a great job, murdering 12 people before he was caught out.	The parents weren't safe either. This is Dylan's dad Mike.
Georgia crashed to the ground as we came out of the bush. Someone laid flowers beside her.	Sapphire Springs. We did lots of deeper water activities, like towing someone using sidestroke, plus of course some free time.
Back at camp, another game of non-stop kicket. Courtney takes a catch. Just afterwards Chrystal and Lachlan had a big collision going for a catch too.	Day Three. We're on the bus to Waihi. The guitars were in constant use. This is Alex.
First stop Martha Mine. Its 250 metres down, less than half of the old underground mine depth.	Sarah and Chloe H enjoy being close to a troy ounce of gold. That's $2000 worth Sarah!
Afterwards we had an underground mine experience. Georgia was picked to do the video commentary.	The parents had to put on their gear too: Ben, Mana, Grant, Jenny, LJ, Wade, Robyn, Mike, Justine, Ron and our bus driver Jeff.
Now we're on the train to Waikino. Matthew and Chloe B show how hard we worked to get the vehicles to toot at us. We got up to 24.	Poppy, Grant and Atawhai are enjoying the ride.
After a relaxing lunch, we looked around the Victoria Stamper Battery. This is the remains of the cyanide tanks.	Back to camp and another trip to a swimming hole. This turned into a massive moss fight. The river turned green, so did some people!
It was safe in the cave, unless an eel didn't like you being there!	Mock court in the evening was fun. Ngaio was prosecuted. Georgia was prosecutor, Jenny Campbell judge and Mana Wooldridge henchman.
LJ Du Toit gets a stern warning from Judge Jenny, provoked by him pleading that his South African heritage meant he didn't have to listen to a woman!	Being on a jury isn't always this much fun! Grant Webb, Lara and Jamie enjoy their work. Guilty!
Finn tries to talk his way out of the charges. The audience enjoy his efforts!	Day Four. We got to Waimarino, after breaking back into the lodge to retrieve Wade's cell phone!! Adele does press ups for breaking a rule.
Lunch time.	Chrystal survives being blobbed by Georgia!
Chloe was hard to remove from the gladiators' pole. Tommy tries his best.	Jamie was the champ, but Kendra surprised him!
Chloe attacks from underneath, dragging Jamie and Mike off...	the splash was impressive!
Jadyn enjoys swimming back to shore after jumping off the high diving board.	Relaxing in the warm pool before we have to get out.

The last moments at Waimarino before Room 14 head for home. It's been a great week.