A Picnic Day At Our Reserve

On a cold Friday morning on the 24th of February, Pt England headed to their destination, the reserve. The reason for this is that our school was going to have an amazing picnic at our very own reserve! As we approached the area, we could see the magnificent view of our new beach reconstructed by the workers sent by the council. Mr Burt quickly told us the safety rules. “ Pt England, you are not allowed past Mrs Nua when you have a swim and you are not allowed to go on the Point” Mr Burt said.

Well, after all the chit chat, we raced down on to the beach, where my adventure would begin. As my feet sank in the sand dunes, I watched as the beach quickly looked like a sandcastle competition. Many students gathered the sand and piled it on their creation. “Hmmmm, I should give it a try too” I said proudly. I grabbed a hand full of sand and smothered it on my sandcastle. The cool breeze rushed through my invention and carried some of the sand off. “Ohh man” I said disappointingly. After busting down my sandcastle, the wind suddenly drifted away into the sky.

As I stood up, my eyes were focused on the game that was being played by the year 8 boys. “Impressive” I said. Well if you don’t know, I have very high potential in sport, so I dashed up the stairs and saw the year 8 boys playing softball. I joined in with them. “Batter up” said the upmire(Toko was our umpire). Many people kept and eye on the ball as Joe(One of our good friends) smashed the ball down the field. Courageously, I went after the ball, threw it to Matthew Ryan(Another friend) who was on first base, caught the ball and “OUT” said the umpire. We jumped up and punched the air with victory on our side! I had a great time.

As the crow flew by, we had to pack up and go. Ending our day, we said a Karakia(A prayer) thanking God for keeping the rain off our heads(which he did) and for keeping us safe. Well a definite highlight for me was playing softball with the year 8 boys. Well as I sluggishly walked down the reserve reluctantly with our class, we finally got back to school. “What a day and what a picnic! I said exhaustively. We had played on our netbooks for a while until the bell rang. It was a great day for me and I had a great time at our picnic down at our VERY OWN RESERVE!!!