The grand finale to our Planet Sunshine fundraiser was a huge success today! Makaraka School Community is a fantastic supportive bunch and we have really outdone ourselves.
Here is the rundown of the fundraising:
Pyjama Movie: $435.90
Bake Sale: $300.10
Disco: $490.70
Making a grand total of $1226.71!!!!!!
Wow the sick children of Gisborne are going to really benefit from this and Georgia and Tom are truely proud to be taking this giant cheque with them next week to their Aurora meeting.
I wonder who will win the guess the lollies competition? To be announced at assembly tomorrow... Some lucky person will be getting 480 lollies! From the bottom of our hearts - Thank You!
We had our second fundraiser on Thursday last week - a delicious bake sale! Tawhirimatea out did themselves and baked up a storm!
There were some delicious items such as fudge and lolly cake. We also had popcorn and many types of slices and cakes! Well done to the whole school who supported this worthy cause and bought some money for their morning tea! We made over $300. Makaraka School is awesome!
Don't forget our finale FUNdraiser this Thursday - a lunchtime disco! Lots of glow products for sale as well as drinks and lollies.
What a fantastic time we all had in Napier! After loading the bus with all our food and gear we were excited to be off performing in a big Stage in Napier our Whirikoka performance.
Travelling on the bus was fun watching DVD's! We stayed at Kennedy Park and did loads of things:
Sunday 5 August: When we arrived at Kennedy Park, we set up our cabins ready for bed. After lunch we headed off to Laser Strike. This was awesome! Even the adults had a go!
That evening, after dinner and singing to Jahdin (whose birthday it was), we went off to bowling in Hastings! This was awesome. Some of us had never bowled before and we really enjoyed it!
Bowling was awesome! We were tired by 9pm though! We were straight home to bed! After all there was a big day on Monday at the Theatre!
Monday August 6:
We arrived at the Napier Municipal Theatre. This is a really cool Art Deco Theatre in the middle of Napier. We got straight into a warm up and workshops. Here are some videos of our first 2 workshops:
After a break from dancing and a walk on the beach we began to get ready for the big performance. We were first up! Lots of us were nervous but we had done it before so that helped us to know what we were doing!
Our parent helpers were amazing at hair and make-up and we really enjoyed the hype of getting dressed up for a performance.
Here is our performance:
It was really neat to see Gisborne intermediate School's performance also. They performed the Wizard of Oz. Theirs was different to ours but that's what live theatre is all about - seeing different things!
We got a certificate for our Year 3-6 Entry.
Tuesday August 7:
Another birthday on camp! Happy birthday Levi!
Our last day was spent at the chocolate factory having a treat and then the playground for lunch. We were all so tired and Mrs Hall lost her voice! What a great experience - something we will never forget!
We started our fundraising with a whole school Pyjama Day! We had to dress in PJ's because that's what kids in hospital have to wear all day!
We had a great time making the most giant tub of popcorn thanks to Mrs Alan's water trough! We also put the lollies out and then we were ready for the rest of the school!
The tub of popcorn was gone before half way through the movie! We were all so amazed at the huge tub! Some people exclaimed that they had never seen so much popcorn!
We were really relaxed and enjoyed watching "The Secret Life of Pets". It was really funny!
What an enjoyable fundraiser! We raised over $400 for Planet Sunshine! We can't wait till the next fundraiser on Thursday the 16th - A bake sale! Yum!!!!
