Year 7 Camp

On Monday 21 February, 176 Year 7 students set off to Camp Jungai for three days of adventure. Despite some nervousness, the excitement in the air was electric!

Camp Jungai was established as an Aboriginal cultural camp in 1972, on the traditional land of the Taungurang, with the aim of bringing Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities together. The word 'Jungai' appropriately means 'meeting place' in the Taungurang language. The land has great cultural and historical significance to the Aboriginal people, and as more people visit Jungai, it becomes significant to others as well.

Students participated in a range of activities, led by OEG (Outdoor Education Group) leaders which included; canoeing, a high ropes course, possum pull, bushwalking, a cultural awareness session, initiatives activities, camping out in a tent and a liturgy.

It was an action-packed three day camp where students developed resilience, team work, responsibility and respect.

We hope students enjoyed the opportunity to push themselves out of their comfort zones and build strong relationships that they will carry with them as they continue their journey at St Joseph's College.

Organising an event like this takes enormous work and I would like to offer special thanks to all the staff who participated in camp:

Candace Angove, Brooke Arlow, Adam Brady, Les Butler, Claire Byrne, Anne Marie Cairns, Susan Cosgriff, Roxanne Dicketts, Jordan Hutton, Tilly Keenan, Brock Kennedy, Francis Lias, Rach McAsey, Seb Monahan, Lizzie Penney, Tess Ringin, Stuart Taylor, Jye Warren, Julie-Ann Watson and Kerrie Wood.

Shari Gotch

Middle School Leader