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We’re back from camp tired, a little sniffly, but happy and fulfilled! It was a fun, refreshing break from our usual routine. This week, we reflected on our experience, shared highlights and challenges, and looked back through photos to relive the memories.

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Our Camp Experience

Here’s a recap of our standout moments from camp. Some of our 5/6 learners have written short snippets to share their favourite highlights and memories. Enjoy their reflections!

Quartz & Red Mill Mine Tours

Quartz mine tour was a fascinating experience we went down underground in a train cart it was very dark barely anything was visible once the train cart came to a halt after we removed ourselves from the cart we walked down a dimly lit hallway into a room that had a lift in it and a sign that showed the signals that were shown by ringing a bell a certain amount of times. - Lewis

Eureka Ed Session

We walked from our cabins down to the eureka education session. We found out about the wars, redcoats and soldiers and we got to do a play and dress up in all the old styled clothes. I was a miner and got to hold a spear towards the end of the play. We all went inside and talked about the eureka flag and why its important. - Tatum

Bowling Alley

I liked bowling at camp at Sovereign Hill because it was fun to reset it, talk about the poster, and play with the bowling balls. - Andy

Bank Visit

We stopped in at the Sovereign hill bank and as soon as we walked in the door there sat a giant gold nugget actually the worlds second largest gold nugget. Then we talked to to this man which was so cool, 1 ounce can sell for close to $5000. It was an amazing experinece and I am so thankful for all that we got to do at Sovereign hill. - Eli

Confectionery

As I walked through the door to the confectionary, I smelled the smell of boiled sugar, glucose, water and whatever else was in the copper bowl over the stove. Last day of camp and I wondered what the ride home will be like? But then the lolly maker man entered the room, first he let the mixture sit for a little longer while giving a run down of the history of the confectionary. Then he put red die into the mixture and laid it out onto the table. More lolly making people, two, came in and started dipping apples into toffee. Then the first man separated the mixture and put it through the machine that made the mixture into the semi-final product. - Ivy

While camp can be a tiring experience, Gen and I found ourselves repeatedly commenting over the three days on how lucky we were to take this special group. They were curious, inquisitive, looked after one another and were great fun to spend the 3 days with.

Taungurung Cultural Experience

Written by Lewis and Seb

On Tuesday 3rd June Lewis, Seb and Ebony went to Euroa for the arboretum cultural experience as part of Reconciliation Week. We started with a smoking ceremony to wash all the bad spirits out of your body. Next, we went for a walk around the lagoon and tried reeds. They were chewy but tasted good. Then we walked to the wattle tree where we tried natures lollipops. It’s what aboriginal kids used to eat because they didn’t have lolly shops. It was quite tacky, but it didn’t taste of much. Once we had finished our lollipops we walked back to the shelter where morning tea was prepared. We had lemon macadamia cookies, white chocolate chip muffins, fruit and tea. Seb tried tea for the first time and his favourite was spicy chai and it was also Lewis’s favourite. After we finished morning tea we did an art piece with aboriginal art styles. Everyone did well! Finally, we got a photo with the possum skin cloak. It was warm. It was a great day out and we learnt so much.

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Our Community

Tatum the Mechanic

Earlier this term, Eli mentioned to Tatum that his remote control car had broken. Without hesitation, Tatum kindly said, “I can fix that.” True to his word, he arrived at school on Thursday with the car fully functional, complete with a "new motor, a new ESC (the control box), and all the wiring repaired or replaced". An example of kindness and problem solving!

Jack the Artist

Mrs K returned for a special visit on Wednesday to help with our final piece for Community Project. Using the learners’ drawings as inspiration, she created three design options, which the 5/6 learners then adapted into a final design. Mrs K and her apprentice Jack began transferring this design onto the wooden backing. Jack will add the finishing touches, ready for us to start mosaicking next Friday.

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Take care and stay warm as the weather cools down, look after yourselves and enjoy the long weekend.

If you need anything, reach out: sanderson@sjnagambie.catholic.edu.au

Shan ♡

Outside School Hours Care

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