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 * 26 September 2011

Holly Marx 60 Middleton Rd RD3 Hunua Papakura

Len Brown Auckland Counci Private bag 92300 Auckland 1142

Dear Mr Brown

The children of Hunua want a place where we can hang out and socialise with friends and family doing something we enjoy here in Hunua.
 * A Skate park in Hunua**

Having a skate park in Hunua will keep people away from the telly and video games, making them stay fit and active, it should also stop vandalism as children will have something to do that is fun. By building a skate park in Hunua people won’t have to drive very far to get to a cool skate park if we have one in Hunua, that way people will save petrol, which is better for the environment.

Other people think a skate park in Hunua won’t be a very good idea because of the injuries that might happen, like collisions between the skate boarders, to prevent this we can split the skate park into learners and experts and have parent’s supervision. Others belief that there will be too much litter and bad behaviour in the park, to stop this we can put litter bins in the park and we can have daily patrols to watch out for bad behaviour.

In my opinion a skate park in Hunua would be awesome for people in our village and surrounding areas to come and have fun at, in the future we would also like to put a playground in for little kids that don’t know how to skate board.

Yours faithfully

Holly Marx ||

Room 3's crazy camp On the 10th of February Room 3 went on a leadership camp. First we pitched the tents, then we all went inside for a peer mediation session. While we were inside we talked about conflict and harmony. Following that we all got in the cars and went to Camp Adair.

Once we reached Camp Adair we met our instructor Caleb who took us to the low ropes. Before we went on the low ropes we got taught the spotter stance. Then we went on the low ropes. When it was my turn I stood on the wire. It was wobbly but I gained my balance, closed my eyes and started to glide along the wire. As I came near the middle it got looser and harder but I kept going and made it to the other side.

Next we did the cargo net. My turn came quickly as I put a harness and a helmet on and got tied to a rope. Then I started climbing. As I climbed higher it got harder to climb up but I didn’t stop until I reached the top. When I reached the top I let the net go and slowly got lowered down to the ground.

At last we did the final activity. The Rambo Bridge. This time I went first. I had to climb 10 meters high into the tree when I reached the bridge I was ready to jump out of my skin! I didn’t want to let go of the tree to start with but soon I found myself walking across the bridge to the other end, and then back to the middle. Then I leaned backwards and jumped off and came back down to the ground. After the Rambo Bridge we came back to school.

Once we got back we had a refreshing swim. People started arriving for the family picnic. After our swim we had dinner. Burgers and chips! Then we played while the parents were in a meeting. When they left we had another peer mediation session. This time we talked about feelings. Then we got to play spotlight. It was fun.

Next we went down to our tents and went to sleep.

The next day we got up and went to Camp Adair again. This time our instructor was Tim. Tim took us to the pamper pole. It was really high. When it was my turn I started climbing up. As I climbed higher it got wobbly. Once I reached the top I sat there for a while, then I climbed back down again.

The last thing we did on camp was the confidence course. It was a blistering hot day but I was able to do the course a few times.

Well I guess it’s true. It really was a crazy camp!