Monday
Last term the kia manawanui went to camp raglan for 5 days. The announcement to camp came out 5 weeks earlier to get ready and stuff. When it came to the day to leave for camp, we all met up in the hall for the principal to make his speech about how to act, how to treat others, and how to behave and such. After the principal finished his speech our parents/caregivers helped us pack our bags to place it on the bus, I had my aunty and sister to help me with my bags. We placed our bags inside the bus and said goodbye to our parents/caregivers. I was unhappy to leave my family because I've never been that far away from them/I've never been to a camp. After we packed everything and said goodbye we jumped on the bus, and I sat by myself. The bus ride was a little boring to be honest, because there was a lot of noise and movement in the bus. After 2 or 3 hours we stopped at a gas station to empty our bladders and get some fresh air.
We finally got to the camp and dropped our bags in the hall/basketball court thing, and walked to the main hall where we got told the rules and expectations of the camp. The owners of the camp’s names are Jenny and Tony, they showed us around the camp. After that we settled in our dorms, I was with Lino, Matthew and Kymarni in a dorm. We finished settling in and had a little bit of free time. I hung out with Litia and Josephine in my free time and explored the camp with them. We got called to meet up near the girls' dorms to go to the beach. Most of us asked the teachers to swim at the beach but they said “no, the waves are too strong and it will pull you out into the ocean meaning it's dangerous”. After that we went on our walk to the beach, it was kinda long but cool at the same time. We reached our destination and took a look at the beautiful view.
