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Here is our latest community panui and below are some piece of writing about the recent ski trip by our senior students.

We went skiing on Mt Ruapehu. On the first day as we were skiing it started pouring down and snowing. It was cold, annoying and boring. My mom and I went to the lodge because it was too cold for us. We had to sit around because our plans to go on the Sky Waka were canceled because the weather was too bad. Watching the snow come down through the window was mesmerizing.

The next day we had a new instructor. We were sliding down the hill and jumping. I kept falling off. We got to have a break so we had a snowball fight girls vs boys they won. We had to get back to learning so we were sliding and jumping mid way through to leave because we only have a 2 wheel drive and it had started to snow. We dropped off our gear and left.

By Ryder

As we arrived at mount ruapehu it was miserable and slippery we grabbed our gear and found our way to the rotorua lodge. When we arrived we unpacked and settled in.

After a massive breakfast we headed down to the Ski rental area, got our skis and passes then we went to Happy valley for our lesson. Our instructor was Guinea. It was snowing and hailing really hard, everyone was freezing. Guinea was teaching us how to turn better and techniques. After we did our lesson we were trapped in the lodge and it was extremely boring. Then we got to go outside on the toboggans. We even made a jump and everyone was crashing into the adults and teachers. It was really fun playing on the toboggans. 

The next day the weather was stunning. We were watching the sunrise. It was awesome. After a big breakfast we got all of our gear packed up.Then we went up the amazing Sky Waka with the school. There was a lot of snow and ice to play in. It was awesome then we went back down to Happy Valley for our last lesson for the trip . After our lesson we returned our skis and headed back down the mountain and home. I really enjoyed our mesmerizing time up the mountain.

By Kawana

We traveled to Mount  Ruapehu. It took two hours. Then we stopped and unluckily walked up to the wrong lodge. It was 5 lodges away from the right lodge.  In about half an hour we arrived at Rotorua Ski Lodge.

We played chess and got bored. For dinner we had delicious chicken, kumara and potatoes. Then we had pudding. After that I went to bed. I woke up in the morning. I had brekkie on my mind. It  was yummy, porridge, bacon, eggs and hash browns.

Then we went to the rentals at Happy Valley and got boots, skis, helmets and poles. After that we went skiing. We went down the field and up the carpet. The weather was mesmerizing.  Our instructor was called Adam. We learnt how to turn then Te Rau quit because he was freezing.

We kept on skiing then Fred quit. I was the last in the 

group. We went back to the lodge then we went tobogganing. We made a jump and Te Rau had a bleeding nose because his nose crashed into Fred’s head.

After that we went back to the lodge and we had lasagne.

Then we did an escape room and we had lollies. I went to bed and woke up at 5:36. I had breakfast. We packed up and then we went up to the Sky Waka. There were frozen waterfalls falling from a cliff. We got up to a cafe and there was ice on the fence. 

When we got down from the Sky Waka  we did our lessons. During the lessons I went up the chairlift as well as going up both  carpets. I went up tiny hills and hit a jump. Then we gave back the rentals and went home.

By Rickon