The trip
As we drove off the motorway, I decided turn around and have one more look at Dunedin where I had spent the last night.
When we were coming into Mosgiel 5 minutes later, I was opening my drink as we came over a massive hill and I spilt it all over my lap. When I was shifting around I found a remote on the side of my seat.
At last we came to our first stop the, (wink, wink), great city of Waihola. As everyone else plummeted off the bus I decided to stay in my seat. In less than 5 minutes I was asleep.
When I woke, I had the pleasant surprise of Adam shouting “Wake up Liam, wake up we’re in Balclutha”.
On the rest of the way home Adam, Fraser, Cameron and I decided to play charades… as you can imagine, this turned out to be a rather interesting game. When we had managed to pull ourselves together from laughing, we decided to be quiet and let everyone else on the bus sleep. This only resulted in Cameron and I sharing our most embarrassing moments.
When we got to Gore, we stopped at the big trout (by the way who put all the pins through its neck?). Wait! Hold the bus, big fish? I don’t think so - it was massive! Okay, now that we have had an interruption from the exaggerating, dramatic side of me, we only have the irritating, bias and random side to worry about. We climbed the rocks around the bottom of the statue; some of us accidentally fell into the pool of water below.
In half an hour we were back at home, and I must say no matter how long you’re away for, you’re always ready to go home the day when you are going home.
By Liam Fairbairn
Young Leaders Trip
It’s 6:30 am. Watch as Year 6 students are Young Leaders Trip. It’s dark and excitement is being shared through out all the Year 6 Students of Myross Bush School, Everyone has been waiting for this moment for a long time.
First Mrs. Hughes did the roll to check that no one was missing, Shortly after that we all hopped on the bus and before you new it we were on the road to Dunedin!
After 3 Long hours of traveling we hit Dunedin, we got off the bus and went into the Dunedin Theatre to watch the Young Leaders Conference, There were 7 Speakers! Including the famous mountain climber Mark Inglis, Alison Shanks the World Track Olympic Cyclist, Matt Gibb the TV Presenter/Studio 2 Producer, Nick Tuitasi the long experienced Policeman, Rob Harley the TV presenter and many more!
Later on in the afternoon, we went to the Dunedin Art Gallery where John Neumegan showed us some artwork and he also gave us a tutorial on Ukiyo-e art. Ukiyo-e art is based on comic art including The Simpsons.
After the big art tour we walked back to the bus and traveled to the Dunedin Museum. When we got to the Museum, we hopped off the bus and walked into the Museum, sat on the floor and a person called Andy talked to us about the rules in the Museum including no running, quiet voices and don’t wander into rooms with no lights on. We went upstairs into a room where we put down our bags. First we went over the rules and then we went down to Discovery World where there was a big bubble blower, A Mind ball machine, A Cloud machine, Electronic Plates and a Stand on piano.
After about 1 hour of playing, we all went upstairs into the kitchen for tea where there were plates and cups laid out on tables. For Tea we had pizza. There was a choice of meat lovers, Hawaiian and Super Supreme.
After Tea we all went into The People of The World Gallery where they had different rooms for different countries, including Japan, Congo, Egypt, Greece and many more. We all had to divide into 5 groups and each group was put into different countries (Rooms). I was in group 5.
In each group you’d get an activity to do. For the activity we had to make a costume, a song and a flag to do with the country your in. After the activity we all went back to the kitchen for supper.
For supper we got to have a piece of baking and a drink. Later after supper we all set up our mattresses and sleeping bags up down in Discovery World. After setting up we all hopped into our sleeping bags and got to talk for about 15 min, Then we all went to sleep. 7.00am the lights came on and we all got up and packed up our mattresses and sleeping bags.
After packing up we all went into the kitchen for breakfast. For breakfast we got a choice of Rice Bubbles or Cornflakes, I chose Rice bubbles.
After breakfast Andy (the person I talked about earlier) taught us about butterflies, including that the mouth is called the proboscis and they taste with their feet! After that we did an activity where you have to put this little scope over your eye so it makes it hard to see, Then you have to suck up nectar (juice) out of little pottles.
After the butterfly activity we all went through the Tropical forest, Then we went into the big butterfly lair where there was butterflies (obviously), Tarantulas, Turtles, Gold Fish and Turtles. The butterfly lair is kind of like a big forest; in the forest there is a big waterfall. After exploring the butterfly lair we packed our packed bags and put them on the bus. Next we jumped on the bus and went to Moana Pool!
When we got to Moana Pool we got changed and leaped into the pool. Shortly after about 1 hour of playing in the pool we got changed and got back into the bus, Once we were on the bus we got given lunch. For lunch we got a banana, a piece of cake, a juice and a sandwich.
After Lunch we headed back to home sweet home Invercargill.
By Taimana
We will add individual portraits as soon as possible. My goal is for the children to know how to add an image to the blog, (ICT skills), and be able to comment on the process they went through to create the art work and also the history of Ukiyo-e portrait painting. (The Arts).DUNEDIN YOUNG LEADERS
On Monday the 31st of May, room 8 had to be at school by 6.15 because room 8 had to be at Young Leaders by 9.30.
When we finally got there we listened to some really good speakers like Matt Gibb, Nick Tuitasi, Alison Shanks, James Blake, Rob Harley, Mark Inglis and Dr Justin Vaughan. Matt Gibb’s speech was about the 40 hour famine and why he was raising money. He raised around $9000 for people in Africa without homes or food. Nick Tuitasi’s speech was my favourite. He spoke about when he was a police officer and some bad choices. They were my two favourite speakers. After Young Leaders we went to see John Neumegan and did
Japanese cartoon characters using ink, dye, pastel and tin foil-it was really fun. Next we got on the bus to the museum. When we got there, we dragged our belongings up 4 flights of stairs. We played in Discovery World for 15 minutes. After that we did People of the World Idol. Our group was doing Egypt. We had to make a song, a flag and an outfit. Callum H and I were doing the flag, Brock invented the song, Callum B created the outfit and Ethan was modeling it. When we got the box there was only newspaper, tape, colored paper, one pair of scissors and some felt pens. It looked hard to make the outfit. But over all I think we did pretty good. After that it was time for tea we had pizza Hut then we played some more. After that we set up our beds, then we tried to get some sleep and that was the end of a long day.
By Niamh
Bailey’s Dunedin Trip
On Tuesday in Dunedin room8 walked through the Tropical rainforest in the museum to find all of the different types of butterflies; man there were lots. But when you walked in it was like 30. The butterflies were small and big. I like seeing the fish because they were huge. There were different types of caterpillars. There were two different types of tarantulas. Seeing them was fun, but it was time to go, like always. Before we went back, I had one last look. Then we back to pack our bags. Then we hopped on the bus to Moana Pool. We had to wait for Mrs Hughes to pay. After that we had a big play. EJ and I were playing soccer but with hands also playing piggy in the middle with Cam. But it was time to go but Harry and I got stay in for 2 Minutes to get all of the stuff that we played with. We got lunch it was nice and I wanted more. I was sitting next to EJ on the way home and we were talking and playing I-spy. When we were in Gore at the big fish, Anthony fell in the water it was funny but I missed it. When we got back at school my mum was waiting there. It was fun seeing my mum.
By Bailey
The Dunedin Trip
At 6:15 on Monday the 31st of May we were getting ready for the experience
of a kind, we were going to Young Leaders in Dunedin. When we got there
we listened to six speakers called: Allison Shanks, Rob Harley, Mark Ingill,
Nick Tuitassi, Matt Gibb and Justin Vaughn my personal favourite was
Nick Tuitassi he amazed me with what he said. After the conference we
went for an art lesson with John Newamagen we did Ykiyo-e Japanese
art and drew a portrait then went over in ink and coloured in with dye.
Later we went to the museum into Discovery World. We played and did
an activity called People of the World where we
Sang, made a flag, dressed somebody up. Later on we had
pizza for tea. We slept in Discovery World. The next day at 7:00 am
we were ready for action. We talked about the butterflies and room 8
did an activity. After that we went to the Tropicial rain forest we saw
lots of animals. After that we got on the bus and went to Moana Pool
and played a game of flippa-ball. We had a few stops we got back to
school at 5:00pm. We were all really tired but we had fun.
THANK-YOU MRS HUGHES YOU ROCK :-}
By McKeely
Young Leaders
On Monday the 31st of May Room8 went to the Young Leaders Conference in Dunedin…
I ran into the theatre in Dunedin, my heart is pumping; this is the day that will change my life!!! I take my seat with all the schools, we are a wee bit late so one of the speakers are speaking it’s Justin Vaughan; he is talking about his days in cricket, never giving up and going for it. All 0f a sudden it’s over and I’m thinking “that went fast!!!” Next up Mark Inglis who climbed to the summit of Mount cook, and Mount Everest with artificial legs; because the first time he tried, he lost his legs from frostbite in a snow cave for 13.5 days. I’m just thinking “How does he do it?” I found out he couldn’t of done it with out a dream!!!! Next up James Blake. James Blake is Sir Peter Blake’s son, and he is going in a shark cage underwater, in August. Also he said: “Never give up!!” Now It’s morning tea time. After morning tea it was Nick Tuitasi. He was a police officer; He told us what to do and what not to do. One of those things were, be careful of your thoughts because they become words, be careful of your words because they become actins and be careful of your actins because they become habits and be careful of your habits because they become and they become your character and your character controls your destiny. I thought about this very carefully, and thought… that’s a GREAT leader and he is a great leader because he goes to these conferences, and changes other peoples lives not just his own!!!!
The rest of the conference flew by, and I learnt heaps!!!! I also thought about everything, and I’m going to listen to everyone of those speakers. After the conference I thought Nick Tuitasi was the best speaker. By the way I forgot to tell you, all the speakers were… Justin Vaughan; Doctor and cricket player/CEO, Mark Inglis; he climbed Mount Everest and Mount Cook with artificial legs, James Blake; son of Sir Peter Blake, Nick Tuitasi; he was a police officer, Alison Shanks; gold medalist in track cycling, Mtt Gibb; Studio 2 presenter, Rob Harley; Journalist.
Thank you for reading my Recount.
By Hollie
=] Dunedin Art Class [=
If you are reading this then I have been to John Neumegan’s art class. Oh and it was my favorite part of the Dunedin trip! We painted the ancient Japanese art “Ukiyo-e” but we painted with dye and ink. We also looked around the gallery. It was annoying we couldn’t take pictures! My favorite piece of art was the sparkly island made of metal sheets.
The Dunedin trip
On Monday the 31st of May we went to Dunedin; it was a long trip up. When we got there we went straight to the Young Leaders Conference there were amazing speakers. My favourite speaker was Nick Tuitasi because he had some cool stories. After the conference we went to the art gallery to see John Neumegun we did some amazing Japanese art. My favourite part was using the dye. After that we went to the museum when we got there we put our gear upstairs and then we played in the discovery room it was awesome. My favourite things to play foosball, mindball and use the magnetic crane. Then we had pizza for tea. After we went to the People of the World gallery and did some amazing activites. After that we went to bed and went to sleep.
By Harry
On a freezing Monday morning at 5:30 I woke up and by 6:15 I was at school all geared up for a three hour bus ride to Dunedin. At 9:30 we arrived in the Octagon/ centre of Dunedin. 9:35 we were in Young Leaders, inside we heard Rob Harley, Nick Tuitasi, Alison Shanks, James Blake, Mark Ingles, Justin Vaughan and Mat Gibb speak about their lives, it was really interesting. My favourite speakers were Rob Harley and Nick Tuitasi. Rob Harley because it had a heap or humor with how dogs are both one of the dumbest and smartest animals in the world at the same time. My favourite part was when he said.”Dogs are really faithful, example: If you lock your dog and sister in a cupboard for a hour, then open it and see who’s happier to see you.” I also really liked Nick Tuitasi because he had some amazing stories of things he had come across in his life. And that was only the start of our trip. So read other peoples’ stories for the rest of the trip. I really enjoyed it. So I guess this is THE END.
By Callum H
Dunedin Trip
Dunedin trip after a long time traveling on a bus my class and I finally got there to Dunedin. My class and I walked across the street and into a big building into the theatre and I’ve listened to Nick Tuitasi, Matt Gibb, Mark Inglis, Alison Shanks, Rob Harley and much more. My favourite speaker was Nick Tuitasi, because he did not border on and on. Then we went across the road to the art gallery and painted Japanese cartoons. After that we went to the museum and we took all our sleeping gear in with us so we could stay the night at the museum. It was fun because we got to play in Discovery World and we did tours, trails and fun activity’s. We looked at the butterflies, Tarantulas, Quails roaming around, some gold fish and some turtles. Tuesday the 1st of June. In the morning we packed up our beds and sleeping bags, Then played at Discovery World. After that we went to Moana Pool and played there for ages. Before you know it, it was time to go home.
BY BRAYDEN
YOUNG LEADERS
We jump of the bus with excitement. We enter the theater, we take our seats Justin Vaughan is speaking he is a doctor and a cricket player then he finishes. Mark Ingills up next, mark Ingills is amazing climber he has climbed mount Cook and Everest, away goes Mark Ingills. Then my favourite guest speaker Nick Tuitasi goes up, he is my favourite because just his life I loved how he told us how one minute he is a gang member then a police officer. But that day was not to
miss!!!! By Olivia
Dunedin
Young Leaders
2010
As I race into the theatre, my heart beating all the way. I push open the doors to where all of the other school pupils are sitting. As I make my way to my seat, I hear Justin Vaughan talking about what he does, which by the way, he is a Dr and CEO of New Zealand Cricket. Anyway while Justin was talking about what he does; I was writing what he said. Although it was a rather long time it, was still very interesting. Each and every speaker had their turn and, as you know, 1 of the speakers was Justin Vaughan, Mark Ingles, Alison Shanks, Rob Harley, James Blake, Matt Gibb and Nick Tiutasi. They all had something to say about leadership. That’s why the conference was called Young Leaders. I especially liked something that Nick Tuitasi said and that I really admired; it was be careful of your thoughts because your thoughts become words; be careful of your words because your words become actions; be careful of your actions because your actions become character; be careful of your character because your character becomes your destiny. I think that those words really mean something to me and that they will really help me later on in life!
By Ellie
10-6-2010
Dunedin!!
In Dunedin I loved the Young Leaders Conference. I liked Allison Shanks. She is a world champion She is a good cyclist.. She bikes on road and in the Velodrome. She won four gold medals.
My second favorite thing was the art gallery. I learnt how to do ukiyo-e portraits using ink and dye. They were fun because I liked the colours of the dye. The colours of he dye were yellow, green, red, blue, pink and purple.
The final thing I loved was the butterflies. They were all cool, there was even a quail on the floor. The forest was hot .
THE DUNEDIN TRIP
On Monday the 31st of May Room8 went to Dunedin. Firstly we had to get up at 6.15am but left school at 6.30am. Secondly we put our bags on the bus and drove away. Thirdly it took ages to get to Dunedin and we were just a bit late for the Young Leaders Conference. The Young Leaders was about what the speakers did in their lives and then we asked questions about them. After that we went to the art gallery with John Neumegan and he showed us around the art gallery. Also we did Japanese portraits and we used ink, dye, pastels and bits of coloured paper. Then we went to the museum and took our bags inside and sat down to talk to a guy called Andy and he showed us where we go to sleep. Then we went up the stairs down to Discovery World and we played around a bit until we met Lucy and she stayed the night with us. We also had dinner and we had pizza. Then Lucy took us to see the mummy in the Egypt room. Also we did a next top model dress up and we used newspaper, tape and bits of coloured stuff. My country was Australia and in my group was Jarrod, George, Liam, Shinikka and me. Then we went to get our pajamas on and went to bed.
Then on Tuesday 1st of June we got up at 7.00am and we got dressed, had breakfast then got ready to start the day. We played at Discovery World then Lucy said… “ Did you have a good sleep” and we all said “ yes”. After that all of us went upstairs so Andy could tell us more about the butterflies. Then we went to the Tropical Forest and took some pictures of the beautiful butterflies swooping around in the hot air. Finally we went back up the stairs , grabbed our bags and headed for the bus to go to Moana pool for a nice refreshing swim. Then it was time to go home. I was so excited to see my mum and then I told her all the things we did.
The museum
Well what a long day after the magnificent speakers and the incredible art work we got off the bus again grabbed our bags and setoff into the amazing BIG museum. I walked into the museum we went up the stairs through discovery world up more stairs we put our bags down we had a play then we had pizza for tea. Then we did people of the world idol the we went back and had supper. Then we went to sleep.
By Adam
Art Gallery I see it, I’m jumping up with excitement we’re here!
Finally, yay!! Wow, it’s amazing. We are a wee bit early but that doesn’t matter. We go sit down for a wee bit. Round the corner is John. He comes and we go look at all the paintings in the galleries. They were magnificent!! Then we
went to another room while John set up for our painting session, we were finishing off some buildings that other kids had started. Then it was time for
our lesson so John took us into the art room. He took us through a couple of steps before we started our paintings. We painted with ink then dye.
Once we had finished we got a white crayon and a type of spiral card to make the back round look cool. We rubbed the white crayon on the paper and the spiral card was under the paper. Then we give our paintings to the parents so they can dry them.
Once they are dry we dye the back round. Then we put them on the drying table again.
After Samantha had said thankyou, we left to go to Discovery World, it was amazing and I had an AWESOME time!!!! I wish I could go again.
