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Tauranga Intermediate School 30th 18th Avenue Tauranga Tauranga

__Monday 28 March 2011__

Dear Sanfords

Thank you very much for taking your time out to help us with Tauranga Intermediate's, Rimu house version of the amazing race.

We learnt lots from your filleting skills. We shall use them in our future and they will become quite handy. I would fully recommend sanfords seafood shop. I must say that your selection of seafood is very big and there was lots to choose from.

The fish that you gave us to fillet, ended up needing for another activity. We went to a fish and chip shop and the people that own the shop let us use there equipment and showed us how to put the batter on the fish and cook it. We also got a scoop of chips each. With out knowing after that we made our way to a park down the road from bureta and we had to scoff the meal down between four of us to get the next clue and your fish was beautiful!

Some other interesting places we went to over the three days of the race were, Waihi (gold mines), Karangahake Gorge (old railway tunnel), Te puna (Quarry), Sulpher Point (Boats), Te puke (kiwi 360), Papamoa (Blo-karts), Te Puia, Bureta Park (fish and chips) and the Redwoods (Orienteering).

Overall the amazing race was a great experience and thank you Sanfords for completing that experience.

Yours Sincerely,

Grace Wilson

Tauranga Intermediate School 30th 18th Avenue Tauranga Tauranga

__Monday 28 March 2011__

Dear Mr. Weir

Thank you very much for taking the time to help us with the amazing race and transport. With out your generous help with everything we wouldn’t have done the race without you. It was very kind of you to purchase treats to help us with extra energy.

An activity that I really enjoyed was the maze because it was very challenging and we worked really well as a team.

It was difficult when we were doing orienteering but made it through in the end. It also helped that you had already done it before and it was stupid for the group that hid the letter E from everyone. I reckon that we could of won that activity if it wasn’t for them since we had already arrived first.

Something I learnt during the amazing race was how to fillet a fish. Although it was gross and slimy it was kinda fun so I will know how to do it next time. My favourite day was the last day because the activities were fun and educational so that you can learn from them. The diving was really cool even though I didn’t do it I could tell that it would of been a cool experience.

One thing that i would of changed about it was, i would of made it last for a week even if we had to pay more or fundraise.

Grace Wilson

Rimu House 30 18th Avenue Tauranga 3116

Monday 7 March 2011

Dear Mr. McLean

Thank you for coming to camp and helping with the awesome activities. Your Presence has helped us along with our confidence skills with your great encouragement. Giving up your time to help us with camp is much appreciated.

I really enjoyed paintball because getting the adrenaline is awesome and it really puts you in the real game mode like your in the war. The Vertical Playpen was cool as well because I was one of the first girls to get up and it was challenging.

The second night the girls cooked their own meals and we were called the “Gummy Bears.” Our theme was italian so we decided to cook pasta and ended up being spaghetti bolognese. Our dessert was happily polished off with the help of others and our score was really good for what we cooked. Im sure Mrs. Stock thought it was...edible..(she thought the Ice Cream soda was fairy juice. Ha ha ha I thought that was hilarious!)

I would have to admit that I had the worst sleep ever in the bivouac, I slept on roots and we all woke up with the shelter sheet on our face in the morning. Although Im not sure to believe Jordan (pig girl) with her pig story. Overall it was a great experience and thanks for coming to help us out and with the extra gas to get back to school.

Yours Sincerely,

Grace Wilson

Rimu House 30 18th Avenue Tauranga

Monday 7 March 2011

Dear Mrs. McLachlan

Thank you for coming to camp and helping with the awesome activities. Your Presence has helped us along with our confidence skills with your great encouragement. Giving up your time to help us with camp is much appreciated.

When all the girls were building bivouacs, we had cooked dinner and the sun was out hiding, I thought your idea of sharing our most favourite and embarrassing moments was a really cool idea and the fact you had to sleep on the uncomfortable ground just to spend the night with us was really cool as well.

I really enjoyed paintball because getting the adrenaline is awesome and it really puts you in the real game mode like your in the war. The Vertical Playpen was cool as well because I was one of the first girls to get up and it was challenging.

The second night the girls cooked there own meals and we were called the “Gummy Bears.” Our theme was italian so we decided to cook pasta and ended up being spaghetti bolognese. Our dessert was happily polished off with the help of others and our score was really good for what we cooked..(lol) Im sure Mrs. Stock thought it was...edible...(she thought the Ice Cream soda was fairy juice. Ha ha ha I thought that was hilarious!)

I would have to admit that I had the worst sleep ever in the bivouac, I slept on roots and we all woke up with the shelter sheet on our face in the morning, although Im not sure to believe Jordan (pig girl) with her pig story. Overall it was a great experience and thanks for coming to help us out.

Yours Sincerely,

Grace Wilson 