Awakeri School

Room 8 Camp Ohiwa

February 2008

Here we are sitting on the beach. We're talking about the Ohiwa spit and how we can look after the beach. Miss Taggart has her towel ready for going for a swim. We went for four swims, three at the beach and one at the mud flats.	We're jumping on the bouncy pillow in our free time. Aaron and Bleyne could do forwards flips and Bleyne even did a backwards flip!
We're drawing pictures of the view. We tried to fit Whale Island, White Island, the Ohiwa Spit and the Ohope Spit in our pictures.	Auntie Robyn is helping with the drawings.
Miss Taggart is telling us about looking after the sand dunes.	Auntie Robyn is helping Jessie, Millie and Katy get their skit ready for showing the adults on the last night. We were meant to look for the glow-worms, but it rained.
Gus and Tiaan have found some sand creatures - like crabs.	We found a dead fish on the beach and we also found three stinky stingrays. They were dragged up there by high tide.
Sharnaye and Kayleigh are taking photos of Tiaan, who is mud skating on the mud flats in their skit. The parents did a skit too. They had trouble brushing their teeth properly!	Shelby is eating a cockle. She's about to spit it out! Only about five kids enjoyed eating them. They got to eat lots!