STUDENT REFLECTIONS

YEAR 7 CAMP

We ran off the bus, eager to beat the rain- and stay dry.

We all made it under the huge tarp safely. We had a meeting explaining the camp and what we were doing.

We all went to try and find our bags. For many, that meant having to pull huge tents off the top of big piles and hope that their bags were underneath…

Soon, we found our tent! We quickly went to our campsite to get a good spot.

Putting it up was not a challenge. But it turned out to be much smaller than we thought! What was supposed to be a four-person tent was only a two-person tent! And all our gear had to fit in there too!

Luckily Mrs Jennings organised a small tent for our gear!

We had one activity that afternoon,

Mine was wacky sports. Consisting of a mud course, a water slide with lots of soap and bubbles, and water balloons and sponges!

It was a lot of fun, and I got really dirty! 

Soon enough, it was dinner! Everyone was super hungry and excited to be eating burgers.

The food went down fast, so we began our night activities. We did some dancing with the year 12s, which was entertaining.

By the end of the night, I was exhausted. 

Our tent went to sleep right away because we were so tired!

The following morning, we woke up to pools of water on the sides of our tent! Our sleeping bags were soaked, and some of the stuff we left in the tent was wet too!! 

Not the best thing to wake up to, but we had the other tent full of dry gear. 

We went down to breakfast, where we had bacon and eggs. 

Then we had a meeting. 

It wasn’t great news... The camp was cancelled!

That night, Greenwell point got over 300 millimetres of rain. The government issued a warning about the weather, which meant camp had to be cancelled. But before we left, we got to do one more activity.

 I got to do the bush walk where we put a shelter up, went bushwalking, and then talked with uncle Archie and had a fire. It was really special.

When we finished, I got a lift home with my friend and her Dad.

The camp was great, and I enjoyed it very much! 

Thank you for taking us!

By Jaya Pimm

YEAR 7 CAMP

Even though it was cut short, camp was a really fun experience. 

Setting up a tent was something I personally had never done. Together in our tent groups we had to overcome challenges and work as a team to set up the tent to make sure we would stay dry in our sleep.

After our tents were set up we all went to our first activities and then came back together for some delicious afternoon tea served by the teachers and parent volunteers. After that we had another fun activity and then had some free time before our yummy BBQ dinner. 

After dinner we had some dessert and then got ready to do the bush dance run by the amazing year twelves, trying to make it as interesting as they could.

The camp was run by the lovely staff of St Johns who gave up their time with their families so that we could have a great time as well as our bushcraft leaders who came along and ran the activities trying to make them as fun as they could, thank you to everyone. 

The day after camp we had a year seven fun day full of sports, activities and food for all of us to enjoy, and the mighty Chisholm came out on top! 

Even though my white socks will never be the same again, camp was an experience I will never forget.

Thank you!