On Friday Year 9 and five teachers went to Palm Beach for an excursion. When we arrived, Mr Bannister led Year 9 up to Barrenjoey Lighthouse where we all got to experience a lovely view of across Palm Beach (where Home and Away is filmed). After a hot walk up there was a nice breeze up at the lighthouse. After a short break we all headed back down to the beach where we walked from one end of the beach to the other. On the way we splashed each other in the water. When we got near the flagged area most of Year 9 and two teachers went for a swim to cool off. The rest of Year 9 who didn’t go in the water stayed on the beach and had lunch and some even had their own little picnic. The surf was very pleasant. It was a perfect day to be in the water cooling off. Some boys brought boogie boards which they used in the surf.
We had several home class competitions which were: build the biggest sandcastle in the quickest time. Then, make a track on the sand castle for a golf ball to roll down. It was the golf ball to take the longest time to roll down. 9B came 1st. Next it was the quickest home class to destroy another home class’s sandcastle. That activity was fun! After we grouped around a square area of sand, the teacher said ‘Go’ and we had to find the five tennis balls and a packet of lollies that were buried in the sand. The final activity was the beach race. The girls were first to lie down in the sand on their stomach and when the teacher said ‘Go’ we had to get up and race to get one of the hose pipes standing up in the sand. After the girls it was the boys’ turn.
My favourite part of the day was swimming in the ocean and getting all sandy in the beach activities.
When we arrived back at school Mr Bannister announced to us that 9B had won the ‘Year 9 Cup’ by accruing the most points from the activities. I would like to thank Mr Bannister, Mrs Wiltshire, Miss Hale, Mr James and Mr Green for such a great day and Mrs Knowles for organising it.
Author: Natalie Hibberd
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