Our Camp Reflection
By Learning Community 4
We left for camp on Monday morning which was at the Woodend Christian Camp.
On the way to camp we stopped at Pines Beach and then walked up to Woodend Beach along the coastline. Jack Burns commented that he spotted several dead dogfish. Bailey Hughes and Grace Hodgman spotted a dead crab and a jellyfish. Max Turner and George Brown found a small dead stingray.
We then stopped for lunch at Woodend Park before heading off to the camp. Jason from the Camp Centre gave us a talk about camp rules and then we headed to our bunkrooms to unpack our gear. We had some free time to explore the camp facilities. Grace Manera said we were able to play on the trampolines, do mini golf, play volleyball and go on the maypole.
We then started our first rotation activity.
The rotation activities were:
Aerojump – Nicky Dachs described this as a big bungy jump trampoline with a harness like you see in shopping malls.
Flying Fox – Ally Taylor described this as a medium speed flying fox
Water Slide – William Zwarst described this as a big tarpaulin down a hill with lots of bumps and tyres at the top with a mud pit at the end.
After tea, which was delicious nachos and chocolate donuts, we watched a video clip and then had supper, before heading off to bed.
We started the 2nd day with breakfast and bunkroom tidying before we started on a series of different rotations. These were:
Orienteering: George Harding said you had to find blocks that had stamps on them to show you had been to the places on the map.
Air rifles: Mitchell Hedley said you had to aim for metal ducks and pigs whist standing behind a barrier
Archery: Max Ryder commented that you had to hit the bulls eye target which was about 10 metres away.
Initiatives: Cam Cook said you had to
work together as a team, trying hard to lift each other up a high wall and trust each other.
Wall Climbing: Ben Scarlett said you had to climb up a wooden wall with a harness on.
Go-Karting: Michaela said there was a track made of tyres around the track and the go-karts went quite slow.
ON the 2nd night we went down to the beach and played games. Most of us also played spotlight when we got back to camp.
On the 3rd day we completed doing the rotations, as well as doing a big clean up.
“It was a fantastic camp and nearly hitting a bulls eye on the archery was my highlight,” said Max Turner.
Thanks to all our fantastic parent helpers:
Lisa Hurley, Chris Kelliher, Simon Jenkins, Jo Horsbrugh, Helen Doherty, Sharon Henderson, Bryan Hodgman and Caren Constable.
A very special thank you to Mr D and Ms McKendry for organising such an awesome camp for LC 4 and LC5.
You are the best!!!
