We would also like to acknowledge the assistance of our PTA which helped to make our camp possible.
16 November 2013
Turangi Camp
Wow, what a week! During our week in Turangi, we have been abseiling, caving, kayaking, tramping, mountain biking, swimming and white water rafting. A massive congratulations to Room 6 for facing your fears and for showing grit and determination during these pretty challenging activities. We also visited the hot pools, held a most excellent concert night and had a lot of fun and laughs along the way! A huge thank you to our awesome camp parents - Mrs Alcock, Miss Atkinson, Miss Bloemendaal, Mr Short, Mr Durston and Mr Ireland.
We would also like to acknowledge the assistance of our PTA which helped to make our camp possible.
We would also like to acknowledge the assistance of our PTA which helped to make our camp possible.
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I loved camp especially the rafting. All of the activities were awesome, but the swimming was lovely and refreshing.
ReplyDeleteThanks for letting me come on camp with you, I had an absolute blast and it was awesome to get to know all the kids in room 6. I don't have a favourite activity, I enjoyed them all but if I had to choose one over the rest it would have to be rafting. Room 6 you guys rock!!
ReplyDeleteI found this camp to be the best camp I have ever been on. There was so much going on that you had to catch up on your sleep wherever you could (like I did in Mr Durston's car).
ReplyDeleteThe best activity was mountain biking.
Room 6 camp sounded fantastic - George hasn't stopped talking about it.
ReplyDeleteWell done Miss Simpson for your awesome organisation!
I bet that we will all have amazing memories of this camp- I sure know I will! All of the opportunites that we were given are terrific and for me, mostly 'once in a lifetime" opportunites. A very big thankyou to all the parents and Miss Simpson for making the camp possible.
ReplyDeleteNelly has't stopped buzzing about it since she got home! Sounds like the caving was a real highlight! Thank you so so much to Miss Simpson and all the parent helpers for all they did to make Camp so successful and enjoyable for the students.
ReplyDeleteThank you to Miss Simpson and the camp helpers for a very successful camp. Tammy had a fantastic time.
ReplyDeleteCamp was so much fun. We all had lots of fun and laughs together. I really enjoyed the white water rafting and the fun activities. Thank you Miss Simpson for making this camp lots of fun.
ReplyDeleteWow, best camp I have ever been too! I have lots of highlights that I will never forget. I really want to do the caving again because that was the first time I have ever done that activity before and it was a amazing time.I can't wait to see what next year camp will bring.
ReplyDeleteCamp was so much fun and rafting was by far my favorite! Thank you to all the parents and teachers who organised this camp. Its the best camp I've ever been on and I'm never going to forget it!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed this year's camp, because I had never done anything like it before. My favourite thing was caving, because it was so extreme and unique. Thanks to all the parents that came and a special thankyou to Miss Simpson for putting so much time and effort into organising our camp.
ReplyDeleteWow, your camp looks really fun, how long where you there?
ReplyDeleteWhat were your favourite activities?
Why was that activity your favourite?
I wish I could go on that camp, It looks so fun!
Lots of fun activities by the looks of it.
Ben Baas
Room 2
Ross Intermediate
Palmerston north
New Zealand
I really enjoyed camp and if I could I would do it all again and re-live every single little moment. I don't have a favourite activity, but abseiling was pretty awesome as it pushed you out of your safe zone and it gave you an oppotunity to do something different. All the activities were a once in a life time opportunity and I can't thank Miss Simpson and the parents enough for making this camp possible.
ReplyDeleteThank You!
I really enjoyed our camp to Turangi this year. We had heaps of fun and many laughs along our trip. I participated in lots of activities I have never done before like rafting and caving. These two activities were my favourite I think having never doing them before held me not knowing what to expect. Thank You to all of the parents and especially Miss Simpson for making this trip possible.
ReplyDeleteThe 2013 camp was awesome! I enjoyed all of the activities, but my favourite activity was doing abseiling even though I thought it was a water sport at first. This was one of my favourite camps I have attended so far. Most of the things we did during camp I have never done before like rafting on the Tongariro River. Even though I got a bit home sick at first this was an amazing experience.
ReplyDeleteIt was awesome when we finally completed the ball throwing competition, because it took ages to complete. thanks for taking us for a swim at the jetty, Miss Simpson and the parents.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed this camp because, we did lots of fun things like moutain bilking, abselling and lots more. I mostly enjoyed our skits because they were very funny and lots of people were looking like they were enjoying it too.
ReplyDeleteCamp was the best thing we did all year until it becomes athletics. At camp eneryone joined in on games, swimming, tramping, and lots more. I wish that I can go back in time.
ReplyDeleteGee camp was fun. There were so many activities and they were all things I havn't done before. I would love to go back there one day and explore the Okupata caves some more and have some more time absailing. I think it will be just as amazing for the students who get to go in two years time. Thanks Miss Simpson for organising this camp and thanks to all the parents who I'm sure had a great time as well.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed camp this year. It was so much fun making the spa thing with Victoria at the lake. All the activities I did I had never done before apart from the kayaking. It was awesome to have a go at all the activities we did.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed camp because of all the activites we did, white water rafting, caving, absiling, kayaking, mountain biking, swimming, bush walks and just chilling out.
ReplyDeleteCamp this year was so much fun, I wish I could go to Turangi again. It was heaps of fun when we were jumping off the jetty and swimming around in the lake. Thank you to all the parents that helped make this camp possible, you guys were loads of fun and a huge thanks to Miss Simpson for organising this camp.
ReplyDeleteI really, really enjoyed this year's camp to Turangi as it was extreme and very out there. My highlight of camp was white water rafting, because it involved water and also, because it was very exciting going through the rapids! Thanks a million to all of the parents and teachers who helped organise this camp and a special thank you to Miss Simpson, we could not have done it without you!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed camp at Turangi! It was as good as if not better than Nydia Bay! I loved how we were given 'tasters' of different thrill seeking activites. I also loved how we were pushed to and past our limits and we were pushed WELL outside of our comfort zone! Thank you Miss Simpson for organising this excellent camp. everyone, everyone enjoyed it. Also thank you to the parents that came on our camp and helped us incredibly!
ReplyDeleteI loved camp this year. We did so many things that were a first for most people. Caving was the one that I liked the most because it was so amazing and it had some awesome rock features and it had lots of wetas.
ReplyDeleteI loved this year's camp, because we did lots of fun outdoor activities. My favourite activity would have to be the rafting. I loved the rapids and when we saw the whio, because everyone thought it was a shag. I also like the place where we stayed, because there was a massive field and a pond with goldfish in it!
ReplyDeleteTurangi was probably one of my favourite camps ever at Halcombe School. I really enjoyed it, because out of all of the activities that we did I had only ever done a couple of them before. My favourite one was definitely caving, I really enjoyed all of the small spaces and found it challenging figuring out the best technique. Thank you so much to all of the parents and Miss Simpson, it wouldn't of been possible without you. i thought that this was an awesome way to end my last year at Halcombe!
ReplyDeleteIt certainly looks as if everyone had a wonderful time on camp. Thank you to all the camp parents and Miss Simpson for supervising this camp, am really jealous that I couldn't come with you and join in with all these fab activities.
ReplyDeleteI had a lot of fun on camp, my favourite activity would have to be rafting. Everything on camp was new for me, so it was nice get out of my comfort zone. The most memorable moment would be over coming my fear of heights in abseiling.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait till I can go on this camp it looks like so much fun! I hope you enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteHi Jorja
DeleteThanks for your comment. We certainly did have a lot of fun on our camp to Turangi!