Year 9 Camp 2025
In Week 6, Year 9 Students travelled to Camp Somerset, along the Colo River and took part in a three day, two night camp. The experience was filled with both challenging and fun activities such as canoeing, bushwalking, archery, abseiling, rock climbing, obstacle courses, river run and sleeping in tents. Each activity encouraged students to step outside of their comfort zone, and that our Year 9 group did with enthusiasm and bravery.
Students also navigated their way along the Colo River from activity to activity and cooked and prepared all meals. Highlights were the “My Campsite Rules” challenge where students selected a cuisine and key ingredients to cook dinner.
The Year 9 Courage Cup was up for grabs. House points were awarded to students when they demonstrated Courage and aspects of our Marist Compass for Life. The challenge to take home the cup was welcomed by all of Year 9 with joy and excitement. A huge congratulations to Marcellin House who are our 2025 Year 9 Courage Cup winners.
We are proud of our Marist students who courageously challenged themselves, learnt new skills and built new meaningful relationships with others during this experience.
Some quotes about camp from Year 9 students Marie and Lily….
“The first night, for dinner we got to make it ourselves playing My Kitchen Rules. Our group made gnocchi, it was delicious… The teamwork and energy started the first knot for knitting us together as a group.”
“On our second day, we got to do the mudslide, the obstacle course and archery!!! I went down the mudslide alongside 2 other girls in our group and Mr La Rosa. It was so unbelievably fun, but … showering has never felt better. We did the obstacle course, which was so cool seeing everybody support each other. Archery was super cool too.”
“The second night was probably our favourite. For dinner we had steak, mashed potatoes and salad – it was amazing. Washing up was fun because everyone was standing around chatting and making jokes. We played a game of mafia, which we think really brought us closer together as a group. We finished up our second, and final, night at camp with stargazing. Mr d’Archy showed us a planet which we thought was Mars, but he thought was Venus. We had a competition with Mr Davey on who could spot the most shooting stars”
