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These are some examples of the earrings the girls made during Creator Club. 

They had to master the intricate 16 step paper crane first, then be able to repeat those steps using a meagre 4.5cm square piece of paper. The folds became so tight that they needed to take care and ensure that their fold lines were 'crispy' thin. They then painted them in nail polish to protect the paper, then we attached the earring fasteners and beads. They made around three pairs each and they were very happy with their creations!

Warm Regards, 

Rachel 

DRI Day

Stony Point: I See I Care, Marine Ambassadors’ Report

On 14th November we went on our last Dolphin Research excursion to Seal Rocks…well that’s what we thought.  We drove to Stoney Point .  We were meant to be visiting Seal Rocks, but when we arrived we heard that the water was going to be really rough so they decided to take us to Cape Woolamai instead.  We boarded the boat…we sat up at the  top and were allowed to go wherever we wanted once we’d heard the safety talk.  First we headed out across the Bay towards French Island.  It seemed a long way away and it did take a while to get there.  Then we reached the bridge between Cowes and Phillip Island.  The people on Phillip Island call the bridge the Island Bridge but the people in Cowes call it the Cowe’s Bridge.  There was a lot of fast flowing water and we all thought that it wouldn’t be very good to swim there.  We kept travelling, it was pretty cold but we managed to be at the front on the boat where we pretended to be in the movie Titanic - well Lucas and Taj did at any rate.  Finally we reached the beautiful Cape Woolamai where the water was so blue.  The water looks so blue because the massive rocks are granite and when bits of the rock fall in the water it makes the water seem blue.  We saw these huge caves from the outside and one day it would be exciting to go in them…maybe!  Just when we thought we’d never see a seal, the most beautiful seal jumped up the rocks and looked at us.  It was a female seal and she stayed looking at us for ages.  We left her on the rocks and headed out to Bass Straight.  The water was crazy, Ms Peppard and some other adults were frightened because of the size of the waves.  We had to hold on and were being spun around…us kids loved it.  Back to Stoney Point - it was a long trip back and then into the car and back to school.  The trip back to School was good except for Ren’s blood noise - luckily we found some tissues in the back.  It was a great day and we feel very lucky to have finished our time as Marine Ambassadors.  Jacqui told us that once you have been a Marine Ambassador you are always a Marine Ambassador and we hope that we can do more to help our oceans and bays.