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- By Times’ Junior Journalist Pia Grover
A few weekends ago, on March 29, was the Cockle Bay School Carnival.
Everyone was brimming with excitement as the trees danced in thrill of their surroundings.
The air around bathed in the aroma of fresh hotdogs, cotton candy, fudge, and cupcakes.
Screams coming from the ‘Haunted House’, cheers from the penny toss, yells of amusement from the rides and the sound of cans being opened and consumed in one big, substantial gulp.
Students and determined kids were everywhere, running to greet each other, whether it was by scaring one another, or greeting with a big hug and secret handshakes.
The Prime Minister, Christopher Luxon, was there. He gave a speech and then headed towards the dunk tank to have go at dunking Pakuranga MP Simeon Brown.
Christopher Luxon had a train of people following him around wherever he went.
There were mainly eager parents to get a photo of their kids with the Prime Minister, photographers, and staff.
It looked as if the whole country was there in that very school alongside Christopher Luxon, Simeon Brown, staff and parents from the Cockle Bay School whanau, and not forgetting the most important guests, all the kids from the mere small age of one or perhaps even smaller to the big, bright age of 17-18ish.
Many games were being played, and huge queues were being sculpted everywhere you look.
Even the playgrounds were missing the feeling of being bare and unoccupied.
The occupation with the longest queues looked like the rides, the chair-o-plane and mini go-karts.
There were many staff and parents volunteering their time for the carnival to be a HUGE success, and it was absolutely magical.
- Pia Grover is in year 8
