SRC Camp 2024
At the end of last term, SRC members of 2024/25 arrived at school on a cold and rainy Thursday morning, and drove an hour north to the Collaroy Center to have our annual SRC camp!
The day started off with icebreaker activities run by the Year 10s, including mafia games, two truths and a lie and a just-dance off! Each year group really showed off their passion (and dancing skills) with the overall winners being Year 9 with ‘What Makes You Beautiful’. Special commemorations to Mr Galvin and Mr Shakibaei joining in with the Year 11s – to any of their family reading this; you’re harbouring dancing talents! After a delicious lunch of fish and chips, the Year 11s held a strategic review of all SRC-run events over the past year with junior members splitting into groups and sharing personal reviews. After a long session of thinking, everyone enjoyed a refreshing afternoon tea of brownies followed by free time, including prepping for the annual SRC Camp costume competition tradition! This year’s theme was ‘Decades’, which had promising competitors including 2 time winners Year 10 and up and coming juniors.
To end free time, everyone enjoyed some karaoke – or rather experienced the wonderful screaming abilities of Year 10 during “Let it Go” and the empowered singing of the Year 9s before dinner. We were stared at strangely in our costumes by the primary school also camping at Collaroy, some of them going as far as approaching characters they recognised and striking conversation, such as Marge from the Simpsons (courtesy of Angus Badham). As dinner concluded, members put finishing touches on costumes before the performances of each year and the inaugural crowning. To our extreme disappointment as two time winners, Year 8 took the ultimate prize with their Scooby-Doo costume and episode performance!
For the final activity on Day 1, the SRC engaged in Exec Trivia! We were tested on random general knowledge followed by everybody’s favourite section – trivia about the execs ranging from identifying each exec’s spotify playlist to which exec accidentally insulted Mr Vaughan when he was right behind them. We retreated back to our cabins to finish writing ‘Warm n Fuzzies’ notes (another tradition) before heading to bed, or in other cases rub yellow zinc off faces and pick up stray purple hairs from the floors.
Everyone was up bright and early for Day 2, with the day beginning with a lovely breakfast where members got the inside scoop on everyone’s morning faces. We packed our bags and gathered in the main meeting room to begin incoming exec brainstorming for 2025! We discussed initiatives and events we wanted to run, including a Candy Cane Drive debate and a few rounds of confusing Simon Says. We also began talking about our combined goal for the 2025 SRC which was Engagement and Transparency, which led us to appointing two publicity officers in our executive team to kickstart our goals. The junior members brainstormed and planned with incredible dedication, inspiring us execs for the year ahead. To conclude this session had an informative presentation from Mr Shakibaei about voting systems and why they were used before we held the final presidential speeches. After this we had our last lunch before leaving camp, handed in Warm n Fuzzies (notes written by members addressed to other members to send positive sentiment and make them feel ‘Warm and Fuzzy’) before the outgoing executives announced the new SRC President and Vice President! With such a talented group of candidates, there’s no doubt that the incoming executive team is going to do a terrific job. Without further ado, the 2025 executive team is:
President – Miranda Leighton
Vice President – Grace Zarb
Secretaries – Daniel Rees and Angus Badham
Treasurer – Vennela Bojjireddy
Publicity Officers – William Ly and Wang Chen
Student Officer – Isabel Wang
Camp ended on a high note with two groups ‘Just Dance’s before hopping on the bus back to school. We are beyond excited to begin the crazy but incredible year ahead and make 2025 a year to remember!
Miranda Leighton and Grace Zarb
