Year 5 Outdoor Education at Tallong
Last week students in Year 5 took their learning to the outdoors. The students travelled to Tallong Campus and participated in a range of activities from flying fox, abseiling, group challenges and mountain biking. The students also developed their navigation skills, completing an orienteering activity, as well as discovering the insects of the water, catching, and identifying a range of insects. They of course enjoyed the wonderful food and time to build new connections with their peers. The students were challenged to achieve their personal best and to reflect on this. All returned rather tired but proud of their achievements.
Student reflections:
This year’s camp was very exciting because it was my first camp and let me just say it was amazing! I loved the food and the activities. It was all so great. My favourite activity was definitely the flying fox because I felt free and I felt like I was flying. The food was amazing and my favourite was definitely the chicken drumsticks and the chocolate moose. Something I found challenging was trying to sleep but overall camp was amazing and I can’t wait to go back next year.
Rachel Michael
At camp we had the opportunity to do stream watch, low ropes, hot chocolate making, flying fox, abseiling and mountain biking. I enjoyed spending time with my peers and the flying fox. At first I was so afraid of the flying fox and I thought I was going to fall. To overcome this I thought of all the safety equipment holding me and to trust the instructors. Camp was a new opportunity for me to make new friends and connections with new people.
Sienna Rowda
Something that I enjoyed was mountain biking because I’m confident on the bike and the trail was so much fun. Something that I found difficult was abseiling as we had to walk down at the beginning of abseiling. It was a bit nerve racking but I did it and got it over and done with. Something I found interesting was the ziplining because we all lined up to get the rope back to the beginning of the line for the next person. One thing I would do next time is probably get to finish the low ropes cause we couldn’t finish as it started raining lots.
Tamika Nicholson
When we arrived at camp we had gotten split into groups. I had come late because I went to cross country – by the time I arrived they were having afternoon tea. We were having some watermelon and oranges. I personally don’t like oranges so I just had some watermelon. On the first day we had done some stream watching. I hadn’t found any creatures but it was still fun. Then we went on a walk on a walk through the bush and walked across this cave. It was really narrow but I still had a go at going through. It was fun and then I went a couple of times. Then we had a delicious lunch and then played games like stuck in the mud. We then had some dinner.
Ola Kochman
This was the first time I have ever been to camp. I was a bit nervous to go but it was super fun. One of my favourite activities was abseiling.I was extremely scared to do it. I got more nervous as I was heading to the front, I got tied to the rope. I didn’t know if I could do it but chose to do it because I knew I would regret it. All my friends made me feel more confident when taking my first steps. I got to the end and I absolutely loved it. It was amazing and I was so happy I chose to do it. I got to watch all my friends go down the big rock too. I loved camp and made so many friends that I hopefully will keep.
Sophie Ash
This was the second time I went to camp. I enjoyed the new activities and the new opportunities, the campfire and the food. Some of the new activities included abseiling and streamwatch. During abseiling at first I thought I wouldn’t like it but as I got more and more people telling me that it was fun then I decided to have a go at it. I got nervous when I took the first step off, but after I did it, I loved it! Overall I loved camp and I would want to go back and do all the activities and fun things again!
Olivia Abi-Hanna
Camp was amazing! It was the best experience i’ve ever had because we got to do so many things such as abseiling, flying fox, streamwatching, mountain biking, hot chocolate, low ropes, bush walking and so much more my favourite thing about going to camp was the food, Cheffry is the best! I overcame so many of my fears such as doing the 7-metre abseiling wall. It was very hard taking those first steps back off the wall. My second thing that l had to overcome was the low rops balancing and not falling. I loved camp!
Isla Kenniff
At camp, I enjoyed making new friends and trying activities that I have never done before like flying fox, abseiling, mountain biking, making hot chocolate and making a campfire. A challenge was abseiling. I have a fear of heights and abseiling is climbing down a cliff (with harnesses of course). I overcame it by thinking positively and trusting my instructors. By the time I reached the bottom, I felt so happy that I went down because, if I didn’t go down the cliff I would miss out on all the fun!
Georgii Nohra
