Yr 6's recollection of camp..

Paige     An American accent, tall and in charge of us -this was Nathan our instructor. When he was giving instructions he was very calm and encouraging. He never took too long to explain and he got straight to the point. When we were worried he would cheer us up with a joke. Sometimes he told us lame dad jokes that weren't even funny and took forever for him to say but we laughed just to be polite.

Will   We all ran to choose our rooms. My friends and I went straight to room 13. It was ok.I was surprised the room had a bathroom with it. It was also ok until I saw a bug in there. We had  two single beds and one bunk bed. We thought we kept it clean!

Billie Most of us didn’t like the flafels! We had breakfast at 8:00, lunch at 12:15 and dinner at 5:30. For breakfast we normally had toast, spaghetti and a orange juice or pineapple juice. For lunch it varied from wraps to burgers. Dinner also varied from pasta to chicken. On our final morning we were on duty and that meant that some of us were cooking toast and the others were cleaning the dishes.

Isabelle M  Yes! We were on camp and our first activity was sailing, we were all so excited for sailing. As we walked down to the sailing area we listened to our instructor as he told us what to do and how to set up the boats. We got into groups of 4 or 5 and sailed for a little bit before we got stuck in the dead zone! All we could do was just sit and talk until the wind picked up again. Finally about ten minutes later a wave came and we fell off the boat and some of us floated away. The teachers were already back at shore and everyone else was struggling to get back in because the wind had dropped, but Nathan came and helped everyone get back. This was one of our favourites.

Bradley  On our first morning there our activity was the ropes. Everybody who had a go went really slow for the first round, but half way through we started to pick up the pace and were flying to the finish, WHICH WAS A FLYING FOX. On the second run we flew through the course. It was really fun to see other people enjoying themselves. All in all it was a really exhausting morning, but still really fun.       

Ashleigh That afternoon we went kayaking. There were a bunch of different kayaks, some for four down to singles. For the kayaking we headed down to the lagoon and after a quick lesson on kayaking we were off. We went out on the lagoon then headed down the Narrabeen river. It lead us under bridges and over sand banks that were very easy to get stuck in! We changed kayaks in front of the second bridge we went under. We eventually had to turn around because a huge tree blocked the way and then we went back around to the first bridge we went under and pulled them up out of the water. 

Issy The following morning we were all excited and ready to get on the bus to go to  Palm Beach. It was a 40 minute drive from Narrabeen. We got off the bus and hiked to the top of the cliff where the Barrenjoey Lighthouse was. Everyone made it to the top safely. We had a look around at the magnificent view and the graves and then we went back down to get on the the bus and go to the beach. Everyone ate the lunch they had made and Mrs Croker went and bought us an ice-block each. When everyone was finished we went and had a swim in the beach pool. The water was so cold to start off with but then it was ok. We were at the pool for about half an hour. On the bus back to camp most of us were tired. Everyone had a good day at Palm Beach!

Bella  Three nights of amazing fun! Three nights we would never forget! Our night activities were Tabloids, Stunts and games and a Trivia Night. Our first night at camp we went to Tabloids (like Mini Olympics) in the Gymnasium. Stunts and Games were just activities for fun and use teamwork. The Trivia Night was where you had to guess the celebrity, TV series or movie! These were supposed to make us even more tired!

Adelaide We got to the rock climbing wall and harnessed up easily. Nathan explained a few minor details about the belaying team and how they worked and operated. Bella went first on the left side of the three walls. The right and left sides had a bell that the climber rang when they were at the top. The middle was the hardest wall. The belaying team were hooked onto a long rope and walked back when the climber moved a foot up. When the climber wanted to be let down they banged on the wall three times and let go, just hanging there until they’re feet touched the ground. This was another one of our favourite activities.

Taj Wow Archery! What an awesome activity. It was fun for most but for others a complete failure :(  When Mrs Croker told us we were going to Archery we were filled with joy. But when we got there for some, it was not thought the same anymore. Nathan explained to us what we had to do. There were two groups of six and each group had three turns. On the first turn there were hits, misses and all mixed results and the same for the second time. On the third round we played a game where you choose with arrows your home, transport, roommate and future job. Some of us got the best things and some got the worst! But no one should complain because in the end it was just for a bit of fun

Lachlan At camp we had a strict daily routine. This routine was very easy to follow. We had an early start to the morning at 8am for breakfast. After all of the activities we went back to our cabins just before dinner to shower and get ready for dinner. We followed the same routine until the last day. Sometimes we had half an hour for free time before dinner. Most of us enjoyed staying in our cabins or playing outside on the oval. In my cabin we watched tv for a while or threw the footy around.

Fynella  Our school was lucky enough to be booked into the camp with year 6 from St Joseph's and Sts Peter and Pauls.When we got there we saw our friends, Sophie Mia, Nicole, Bailey, Isaac, Luke, Zali, Ty and Max. At dinner, lunch and breakfast we would all eat with our friends. We watched a movie and went to a Trivia night together. Our group was called Spongebob- we didn’t win.       

Archie  Lean back, don’t look down and let the rope go slowly! This is what was running through our heads when we were abseiling down the five metre rock face. Everyone did it confidently and everyone loved it!!

Darcy Our last activity for Camp 2019 was some problem solving group activities called Initiatives. One of them involved five different sizes of tyres on three poles and you had to move all the tyres onto a new pole but you couldn’t place a bigger tyre on top of a smaller one.