Fundraising for our Room 5 Camp

Camp on a yearly basis is part of our Haumoana School culture. There are various reasons for this taking place, including to-
   * Develop a sense of class unity and well-being.
   * Learn how to get along with others by listening, responding and sharing.               
   * Recognise ways of keeping strong, healthy and fit.
   * Appreciate our environment, nature and sustainable conservation.
   * Encourage independence, leadership and safe practices.

To ensure all children can afford the cost of going on a class camp we encourage a variety of activities to assist in fundraising. This is in itself an important component in the outdoor education experience, by learning how to be organised, resilient, creative and supportive of others.

The traditional, yearly Shop Day was met with positive responses for children to team up with another student and arrange a variety of products and services to be sold to the rest of the school at lunch time.
Here are two stories shared by pupils on this event.

                                                         Super Shop Day
     I burst with excitement as children raced to a stall. My stall had sherbet, weet-bix fudge, a raffle which the prize was a big teddy bear and toys. My sister bought 3 bags of sherbet!

       The first person to come had a ten dollar note and we had no change, so we told him he could stand aside till we had the right change. My sister’s friends told others so they knew to come to my stall. My partners were Tyla and Sophia.

       We were so popular we sold out of sherbet. In the end my stall made about forty five dollars for camp.
                                                                           By Kaiya Read-Butcher

                                                                                        Shop Day
There were children pouring in from around the corner. I was bursting with excitement. All the desks were set up in a sort of square shape. Our first customer was coming up to us, how exciting!

 “Would you like to get a soft toy?” I asked the little girl.

 She nodded. She obviously wanted one.

“That’s only twenty cents.” I said to the girl.

 She handed over the money, put her hand in and grabbed a teddy and then walked off with a big smile on her face.
                                                                                 By Renee Thompson

As another component of this fundraising exercise the children are given an opportunity to suggest and drive the activities. When asking the class to contribute other ideas for raising money for the camp, an idea provided was, “Have a water fight.”
The teacher’s response, having rather dubious thoughts initially, was, “You will have to elaborate Tobias.”
“Well,” began Tobias, “You get people to bring along water guns, pay an entry fee at our school pool gates, get changed into togs, and squirt each other with water.”
What a Capital Idea!
So here is the notice formulated to advertise this event.

                                             WATER PLAY
Room 5 are providing an opportunity to bring along water guns, water cannons and water pistols to fire water at each other in a water battle of epic proportions.
This will take place in the swimming pool on Wednesday 19 March between the times of 12.45 and 1.25.
The cost to take part in this water battle will be $1.00 entry fee through the swimming pool gates for a 10 minute fight, squirting as many people as you can in and around the pool area.
You can bring your own guns on this day or pay to hire one as part of your entry fee. You must bring togs and towel to get changed into. At the end of your ten minute allotted time you can pay $1.00 to take part in another water battle or get changed back into clothes and leave the battle zone.
Please remember to bring $1.00, a water pistol, togs and towel on Wednesday 19 March. Thank you for your support
From the children in Room 5

When meeting with parents to discuss the camp arrangements, there were twelve parents who attended with four apologies, and a robust discussion on ways to meet the costs of the camp.

This was one suggestion; to have a green dress up day on Monday 17 March, Saint Patrick’s Day. Above are some class photographs of this very successful event.