Year Four and so much More

Oasis camp - Mt Everlyn

Last Thursday in the morning most of the year 4’s went to Oasis camp in Mt Evelyn for a 1 night camp.

 One of the first activities that we did was crate climbing. you do this with a partner and one of the partner stacks crates and one has to climb the crate trying not to fall, with a rope attached onto you.  Then you swap over.

 One of my favourites was the flying fox because you get attached onto a rope and you jump and you zipline when you're high in the air. Another one of my favourites was candle making because you have a tub of wax and a tub of cold water and you have a wick with a knot at the bottom and you keep dipping it in the wax for 2 or 4 seconds. You then put it in the cold water for 1 or 2 seconds. You can also change the colour by going into another coloured tub.

Early at night we went for a night walk and saw birds and bugs that we would never see in our backyard. We saw different types of birds, bull ants and ant holes and also went down steep paths with rocks.

Milla’s Year 4 Camp!          

When we arrived at camp, we put all the bags in the oasis gym and started our scavenger hunt! We were looking for signs throughout the list of boundaries. I thought it was a really fun way to look around the camp and so did the people I was working with.

After that, we were going to check out our cabins and get them ready for the night ahead of us. In my cabin with Bethany, Ella, Georgia, Esmee and Katya. We had eleven beds with 5 to spare and we used them to put our things away. We spent our time getting things ready and going to see our friends' cabins and we were laughing the whole time.

20 minutes later, we did crate climbing which is climbing on boxes with only a harness to keep you up. I was in group A which was Mr Cavs and Nats group.  I got up to 10 boxes and then I fell down. My partner was annalisa and she got up to 14 boxes! It was so funny seeing people in the air because they were flying.

Next up, was lowropes and archery! Mr Cav and Nat decided to split us up into girls and boys so we could get more done. The girls did low ropes which was  an obstacle course on the floor. It was so much fun trying to do it and next up was archery! When we swapped with the boys we did archery and since there were less people we got more turns. I only hit the board once and kept missing the board. I was not good at it.

Straight after that, we were going on the zipline. It was so much fun and we each got 2 turns. It was a long line but it was totally worth it and I would do it again for sure. It was my favourite activity because it was fun for everyone and you got to challenge yourself.

After dinner, which was burgers and chips, we went on a night walk around the camp! It was around 7 pm so we had to bring our flashlights . It was so pretty and there were a lot of pretty birds.

Just after the night walk, we held a talent show and it was so much fun seeing everyone's performances. Even though I did not do it, I really enjoyed watching everyone's performances.

After that it was bedtime, and I got ready for bed thinking I would not get any sleep. We laughed for ages and when lights out we all started to fall asleep. My cabin was asleep by 10:00 pm and I fell asleep an hour later so when we woke up we were all really happy!

Mt Evelyn Oasis Camp by Maya

On Thursday morning , I went to school and went on the bus . The ride there was only an hour but it felt longer.I felt excited and only a tiny bit nervous. When we arrived we carried the big bags up the little hill. Before our first activity we ate our snack.

 Our first activity was a scavenger hunt to find things around the beautiful camp.While we were finding things we saw our cabin groups and our activity groups ,I jumped up and down because I loved my cabin group !Before our second activity we ate our lunch. My second activity was archery. I was so bad at it ( I didn't even hit the target ) . We also did low ropes with archery . My third activity was the GIANT flying fox ! I was 8th in line , I was nervous but when I did it I felt amazing ! I was not nervous anymore so I went a second time . The last activity for the day was candle making . My candle looked like a hot chilli !

At night time we had dinner , we had burgers with chips , I had meat,lettuce and cheese in my burger. After that we did a night walk , I was very clumsy ( I dropped my torch two times ). After that we did a talent show. I sang die with a smile by Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga. When we got back to the cabins , I was last in line for a shower. People kept needing help turning on the shower, eventually I had a shower and felt way better. I changed into my pajamas and read my fantastic book. After a while I tried to go to sleep but I didn't actually fall asleep until around 2:00 am.

I woke up at around 6:00am . I laid out my clothes for the day and packed my bag but it was so hard cramming my sleeping bag in my bag. We went to the dining hall to have breakfast. I had cornflakes. My first activity of the day was rock climbing. I got up about halfway up the wall before I fell and hit my face on the rock climbing wall . My second time going up I raced someone but I definitely lost . The second activity of the day was crate climbing. I stacked five crates but fell down , my partner got nine crates but stopped on the ninth one. 

Overall camp was an amazing experience, with caring friends and  fun activities. I wanted to stay for longer ! I hope that next year's grade 4s will love Mt Evelyn Oasis Camp as much as I did .