Wellington High School- Beach Activities

Thank you Wellington High School students for running activities for us on the beach today. 

Beach Week 

by Mae S

Beach week is where we all go to the beach for a couple weeks. We do activities like swimming, sailing, kayaking and sand castle competitions. Students from Mahutonga and Matariki go to the beach near the end of the year, and learn how to do activities related to the ocean.

So far beach week has been spectacular! On Wednesday we had an awesome long walk around 8km. We went to one of the beaches just like we do every year, but this year we had a little environmental art competition where we all had to do nature related art and the best won, and on Thursday we had kayaking. First we had to be with one of the awesome Wellington High School students to remind us or show us how to kayak, but then we got to kayak with a buddy without the Wellington High School students. We also learnt how to do a few beach activities like volleyball and soccer.

Normally it happens around early December or late November and we normally have two weeks of it. We don’t always go to the beach, but we do so many other fun activities at school anyway.

We are so grateful for beach week and these awesome activities.

Wellington High School 

by Rudy

Today was a big day. Wellington High School students ran activities for us. It included sand castle building, volleyball, tug of war and Kayaking. Doing these activities was so much fun! I really enjoyed building sand castles and kayaking. When I went kayaking with Lillian, we used seaweed as ammunition to throw at other people that were also using the kayaks. Sandcastle building was also fun because me and my friends built together. I had fun today and I hope tomorrow is the same!