YEAR 8 CAMP

STUDENT REFLECTION FROM OLIVER COLE

The year 8 camp was so much fun. There was tons to do inside and outside of the scheduled activities. All the staff were extremely polite and the food was really good. All the activities were challenging but were not so hard that you didn't want to have a go. There was even a flying fox over a gorge. Overall the whole camp was a great experience and everyone involved had a lot of fun.

STUDENT REFLECTION FROM DAHLIA FARMER

I want to explain year 8 camp simply and quickly to you all reading the first sentence. Please read on to the end. Camp this year was many things, I will only name a few. First of all, it was clearly intended that you were to have fun,I think that will become obvious to most of you; and it was very easy to oblige. Every activity, every moment, they all had an element that caught my interest, and I watched the evidence of this in others faces and reactions.

Second, it was also very important to try EVERYTHING, even if you were nervous about some parts of it. Students were encouraged to stretch themselves to an extent. People were nudged gently out of their comfort zones, a process which gave the students an experience where they could try new things and extend their comfort zone, learning how things can be scary and fun at the same time.

And the last thing was that the camp left with an unshakeable feeling. FOOD. Food was served after almost every activity. Hey even served it at 9:00pm! And of course there was always fruit out as well, for the impossible circumstance for if you ever got hungry.

Thank you to those who read to the end.

STUDENT REFLECTION FROM AUDREY MCKENZIE

One of my favourite camps so far was definitely Year 8 at Lake Dewar lodge. It was set right next to a man-made lake (aptly named Lake Dewar) and there were lots of activities in it, my favourite water one being the kayaking and jetty jump. It was so much fun jumping off the pier, going down into the water and then floating back up to the top with the lifejacket. My overall favourite activity, as I’m sure it was lots of people’s, was the flying fox. Our group got to have 4 goes and most people did it. By the third go I was able to flip myself upside down! The cabins were great, although some had to sleep in tents. I loved my cabin and I made a bunch of new friends. The food was amazing, and I’d love to go back sometime.