Las Vacaciones en Nueve Zelanda

We have just had two weeks of holiday and are now back at school for the last term of the year.
Here is what some of us did in the holidays:

Te Ana: I went to the movies to see G Force with my little brother but I wanted to see Fame. I went shopping, played on the computer and watched t.v

Gulnoza: I went to a Japanese restaurant for my my parents' 20th anniversary and the next day was my birthday.

So Yeon: I visited Georgia for a sleep-over and we played and watched Shrek II.

Rebekah: I went to a children's camp. I went swimming, kayaking and I went on the flying-fox and down the water slide. I also went to see the movie Up.

Jenna: I went tramping in the Pinnacles near Thames. We climbed to the very top and we could see the ocean. We stayed there for a night. Katelyn came with us. It was supposed to be a three hour walk but we took a different track on the way down and it took longer.

Ameleigh: I went to the movies to see Up.

Mikayla: I went to the movies to see Aliens in the Attic. I went on a swimming camp in Rotorua to prepare for a swimming meet in Henderson soon.

Georgia: I went to Kids in Cars which raises money for Kidz First Hospital and for Camp Quality which is a camp for kids with cancer. You go for rides in cars and helicopters and there was also fairground rides, the Wild Car stunt racing team and celebrity drivers.

Katelyn: I went to Waihi Beach to visit my grandparents. We went fishing and I caught a fish. I went tramping with Jenna and then after that my family went to Whangamata.

Brittany: I went to America with my Mum, Dad, brother and sister. We went for 15 days and visited Universal Studios, Disneyland, Californialand and Las Vegas. It was boiling hot and I had a great time.

Nikeeta: I went to the Cook Islands. See my posting a few blogs back. It was a fantastic time and boiling hot.

As you may have heard in my email, there was a special Island Night. There was a special feast with different spices and different meats named umo. When we had special Cook Island events we had a special place to meet and greet new members. It was next to the ocean. Sometimes if you are lucky, you can see the fish. Sometimes some people are a bit naughty and start feeding the fish normal bread which is not allowed. You need special feeding bread. However it doesn't really have any effect on the fish. I tried feeding the fish normal bread when I went snorkelling and the fish started to fight over bread. I had a wonderful stay at Cook Islands. Everyone was polite and I hope to go back to Cook Islands again.

Hemant: In Huia 1 we have a new student named Hemant. His friends are Aminder, Roneel and Sambit so far. He thinks our school is a good place and still looking forward into making new friends. Hemant went to the movies and watched G-Force. His rating for the movie was 3/5 and he says that it is an awesome film compared to other action movies. When Hermant first came to the school he felt nervous because he didn't know anyone in our school.

Sambit: Sambit just stayed at home and played Play Station 2 which is an interactive game. He says his holiday was boring.

Kumiko: Kumiko had fantastico! holiday she went to the museum with her cousins where she saw old aged clothes,desks and old aged treasures. She says it was really interesting when she was reading some of the old aged history. Kumiko says Holidays are Fantastico!!!

Stanley: Stanley played XBOX 360 (which also is an interactive game like the Play Station 2 also known as PS2) in the holidays with Nathan, Mark, Jesse, Joshua, Garick and Adryan. Also Stanley played moshi monsters alot (which is a interactive game on the internet.)

Daniel: Daniel is from Korea and he lives in a Home Stay. He we to Rainbows End which is a kind of playground where you can go on rides. He went on the roller coaster and "Gold Rush" which is a kind of go-kart. It was dangerous because it stops suddenly and it pushed his stomach in.

Mighael: went to a holiday programme during the day times from 9.00 to 3pm. Every day is different. One day he went ice-skating and mini golf. On Friday he went to Parakai hot pools. The next week he went to his friend's house for two days and they played a survival game.

Kenneth: stayed at home. He went to Sylvia Park, a very large mall, but he goes there every week anyway. He went skate boarding around the Gardens area and he went to a skate park in Manuakau with his friends.

Theo: went to Australia with his parents. He went to Dream World and Wet and Wild. It was exciting. He also played in a water polo competition.

Shane: played water polo in a competition at North Harbour.

Adryan: played games on Playstation and went shopping at Manukau City.

William: went to cinemas, ice-skating, his cousin's birthday, more movies and another birthday party.

Nathan: went to a birthday party then stayed at home.

Mrs Vincent and Mrs Lee both went to a two day Spanish Course Immersion Weekend and "Sleep Over" with other teachers of Spanish. They showed other teachers how they teach Spanish at The Gardens School and learned lots of new ideas. They played Trivial Pursuits and Pictionary in Spanish. Mrs Lee has been studying for a Spanish exam she is doing at university. We wish her buena suerte.