A Day At The Beach

On the 27th December 2017 my family and I went to Tindalls beach. At first me and Evie just played in the water doing flips and chasing each other. Then we asked dad if we could swim out to the pontoon. He said yes. So we swam out and had been there for about five minutes when I heard a figure on the shore screaming “Gina!” then I screamed back“Anna!”. Next Anna started swimming out to the pontoon. Finally after what felt like five hours, Anna arrived at the pontoon and climbed the ladder. Then we jumped off. Sneakily we climbed back on and pushed Evie off. It was very funny.

Then what happened was Evie wanted to show us her dive. We said that she could show it to us after we jumped in. So me and Anna were treading water and Evie was preparing to do her dive when dad creeped up behind her. We didn’t say anything. “Ok this is my dive,” Evie said. She was about to dive when dad pushed her off. Anna and I started cracking up and then we swam back to the pontoon. Dad was laughing as well. “Fabulous dive Evie,” we said between our giggles. Then we saw Logan was swimming out with his skim ball We jumped and flipped of a few more times and then it was time to go back in. “Race you!” Logan said. We were already gone. Of course we won the race.

When we got back to the shore we had some food and went back into the water. We stole Logan’s skim ball and threw it out into the water. Then we had to go get it. From then Anna and I just flipped and played in the water. We laughed a lot and then it was time to go home.

All About Me

Hi, my name is Gina. In my spare time I like to  draw, read, write stories, swim and play hockey. My favourite animals are rabbits, pandas, and red pandas but rabbits are my number 1 favourite. My family is made up of my Mum, my Dad, my sister and me. We have a dog called Keppell. I like books like Harry Potter but then I like a lot of different books. I enjoy going to the beach and boogie boarding. I have lots of friends at school including Anna,Molly and Maggie, we are all year six at Good Shepherd. This year I have a job as a journalist. I'm excited about starting a blog and I hope you enjoy it. 

Year 6 Camp

Year 6 Camp

On Monday 29th January, 30 excited year sixes arrived at M.E.R.C. in Long Bay. There was a
lot of anticipation in the air, but there was no time to think about it too much as we were straight
into activities. There was a range of activities including archery, surfing, abseiling, surf kayaking,
slingshot, mountain biking and the giants ladder. Over the week that we were at M.E.R.C we
developed lots of leadership skills and got to know each other better.

Lots of the activities involved teamwork. For instance the giant ladder, the rungs get further
apart as you get higher. Two people climbed at once and everyone were very supportive of
each other. Also lots of people conquered their fears on the abseiling wall, giants ladder,
surf kayaking and mountain biking. Everyone showed lots of resilience and strength when
they completed their activities.

On Tuesday night we had camp mass. The year sixes were excited to see their families.
We had a barbecue and lots of yummy food. The very next night we had our student council
elections and chose our leadership roles for the year. On Thursday night we had the talent
contest and the winner was Noah, he had a befuddling card trick.

On Thursday during the day there was a lot of excitement because it was very stormy.
We all stood on the sea wall and got splashed by massive waves as the tide came in.
By the end of it everyone was saturated and had to go get changed. We started our activities
for the day and it was particularly difficult to climb on the rock walls because they were slippery
and the wind was blowing but we got to the top anyway.

It was a great leadership experience for all of us. Everyone had fun and made some new
friends. It was a great way to start the year and it was a definitely highlight for everyone.