Year 8 Camp

Year 8 students embarked on quite an adventure for camp in Week 7. Not only did they brave some challenging weather conditions, they managed to hike some very steep mountains, enjoyed spending time with one another in front of a camp fire, played some games while canoeing and engaged in a whole range of team building activities. The Year 8 students were able to create some wonderful memories as they biked in the rain, supported each other while abseiling and learned how to cook a warm meal all together. It was an enlightening experience for many of them and a test of their resilience as they all managed to persevere together as a group to achieve their goals. Here is an experienced shared by Orla Darroch in Year 8 of her time during camp:

At first, I was scared for camp because of the long hikes and the heavy backpacks we would have to carry but when I got there it was so much better than I thought. Although it rained as we hiked down towards our campsite, it cleared up the next day so we could do activities such as abseiling and bike riding. I really enjoyed how our group was always helping out one another and how close our group became during camp. I especially enjoyed eating dinner around the campfire together and talking about our favourite experiences from that day or some of the challenges we had faced.

It was also really interesting seeing all the nature like when we were eating dinner on the first night, we had a possum come over and watch us and on the second day we got to see some emu eggs which were really cool. I also really enjoyed when we went abseiling and how eager we were to work together teaching each other on the practice abseiling as well as how encouraging everyone when people were too scared. A challenge I had to overcome on camp was hiking with our backpacks on while it was raining on the first day, but I also thought it was a fun opportunity getting to know some of the people in my group as well as being able to see the beautiful views while walking down the track. I feel as though I was also able to make some new connections with the people in my group whether it was talking to them while making dinner or helping pack up all the tents together.

I also felt as though I made some stronger connections with the people I already knew, and that camp was a really good experience to become closer with some of the people who were in my group. I definitely made some good memories at camp as well from abseiling down the cliff to the simple things like standing around the campfire with everyone toasting marshmallows and getting to know our camp guide Adam or eating lots of lollies after dinner.

Kathy Peng
Year 8 Co-ordinator