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After torrential rains lashed the Peninsula the day before, Year 7 and Year 8 students from Whangaparāoa College took advantage of the clear skies and headed down to Stanmore Bay Beach for some end of year merriment on Wednesday, December 5.
The day, dubbed ‘The Beach Carnival,’ saw some of the students get into the festive season spirit and accessorise with Christmas themed clothing.
In the morning, the Year 7s participated in a run-swim-run relay, a bucket fill, a big dig, and sandcastle building. At midday, it was the turn of the Year 8s who took part in similar events but with the addition of a kayak relay and tube rescue.
In the big dig event, contestants had to retrieve as many plastic balls as possible, buried within a large roped off area, swapping with classmates once they found a ball or if they got tired of looking.
The tube rescue event, taken from a surf lifesaving drill, had four students in each team, with each student having the chance to act as both the ‘patient’ in the water and the ‘rescuer’, running and swimming in to assist.
The four-person kayak relay event started on the beach, with each team member paddling out and around two buoys before heading back to the beach, around a flag and then dragging the kayak back to the start for the next team member.
