Halloween night

 It’s that time of the year again, Halloween where kids stuff themselves with candy! But this year is the year when Taylor would prove to her friend she is not a wimp and go where people were way too scared to even walk past.

“Oi, I dare you this year to trick or treat on that ‘haunted house’ at the end of the street!”

 April smirked with a mouthful of candy hard to see the expression on her face with all the face paint on and it was nearly dark.

Taylor hesitated “It’s a bit dark. I think we should head back.”

 A cold breeze nipped them. They looked around to see no one else was out trick or treating on the street they were on.

April broke the silence, “Don’t be a chicken! When people at school find out everybody will want to hangout with you! I’ll be right behind you!”

Taylor really didn’t like the idea but she agreed and the house was coming into view. It was like those ones you see in movies; gloomy, dark, smashed windows with curtains flowing in the breeze.

Approaching the front door step Taylor yelped as the rotting plank gave way. She quickly pulled her sneaker out before she went with it and cautiously continued.

Knocking on the huge front door saying ‘trick or treat!’ uneasily. Waiting for an answer she looked around to find April wasn’t there!

‘Ugh! I cant believe her’ she thought

‘She’s such a … a’ she couldn’t find the word to say and turned to the huge front door “I’ll show her who’s not a chicken!” And before she could pound on the door again the door creaked slowly open revealing only blackness inside.

Taylor broke out into a hot sweat and turned to try and run but something hit her HARD on the side of the head. She dropped to the ground unable to control her body … then something cold and sharp grabbed her by the ankle and dragged her through the door.

She wearily tried to scream but no sound came out and before she became unconscious she saw April in the candle light, not moving, very pale and staring into space with a slit in the side of her neck. Thick blood was still oozing out leaving a pool of it on the ground.

Then…… blackness.

Ella

“Hurry up!” I shouted to the others who were miles behind me screaming and jumping back at the little crabs. There were thousands of them scuttling in and out of millions of holes as small as your little toe in the hard mud.

 ‘What wimps,’ I thought as I trudged along through the holey, crab filled mud without getting nipped once.

“Finally!” I exclaimed as they came running to the sinking mud, the deep, sloshing, brown mud. I was knee deep in it already.

Awkwardly I kept going but I couldn’t hear the others coming, so I stopped. I knew something was up and before I could turn around it hit me!!

The cold, smelly stuff was oozing down my back. The ball of it was the size of my head. With so much force it made me lose balance and I fell into the mud and started sinking.

I quickly got up before I was swallowed whole. I looked at them  and they had huge grins of their faces. I just gave them an evil glare. The war had begun!

By Ella.

Camp Bentzon, Kawau island was the best camp ever!

The activities included:  Sailing, Abseiling, Kayaking, Raft Building, Fishing, bivouac and eating.

My favourite activities were:

Fishing because it's really fun and there were a lot of fish out in the water and you weren't bored,

Sailing because it was really full on and and I learned how to sail.

Finally I also enjoyed Bivouac building because we worked really well as a team and built a really good hut.

By Ella

Hello room 6. It took me a while to got on this blog but this was my highlight from the holidays.

The amazing trip to Hihi up north with Alice for 10 days it was incredible! here are some photos from my holiday (no1 dusk on the water) (no2 me and Alice at Cape Reinga) (no3 Cape reinga) (no4 giant sand dunes) there are many more photos but too many to put here haha.