Year 5/6 Camp at Weekaway.

On Wednesday the 14th of July the Grade 5 and 6 classes headed to camp weekaway. We were all ready to have lots of fun and try new things! Here is what some of the students wrote about their experience.

“The canoeing was fun because Darcy and I kept bumping into Miki and Jackson for tag.  Roy said Darcy and I were doing really well at canoeing.” 

 - Alexander D’Silva

“We did a bush day and we built huts, found wood and made campfires and cooked our own lunch on the fire. Our hut did the worst out of the other two huts when we tested if it was waterproof. I had the most fun job out of everyone in my group to build the hut. I built the rock walls on both sides of our hut. One side I built too high up and it fell down twice.”

- Nathan Anesidis 

“One of the fun memories I had at camp was the activities that we got to do and friends that were in my group. Some activities that I liked were kayaking and the flying fox. In the flying fox you got to go over a 9 meter river and scream the whole way, kayaking there had lots of scenery and you got to kayak with a friend.”  

- Sabine WIllmott

“On the first day we went canoeing. Zara and I went in a yellow canoe together. Apparently, although we didn’t realise, the seats were very wet, so when we sat on the seats our pants got drenched! Zara and I were both terrible at paddling our canoe. We kept paddling in the wrong direction! We kept getting stuck on the edges of the lake.The man that was running the canoes had to pull us back to the group. He told us to “NOT” paddle! So we didn’t paddle. But, instead, we just floated off! It was hilarious.”

- Scarlett Novak

As you can tell the students all had a lot of fun, practising teamwork and getting to know each other a little better. We filled our days with lots of activities, roasting marshmallows on campfires and making each other laugh. On the last day of camp, walking away from the hut building covered in mud Miki summed it up for everyone: “If I had to describe camp I would say fun and dirty!”