Year 7 Camp

Camp story

The day of camp had finally arrived and all students were waiting under the undercroft for the buses to come. The teachers had placed us in house groups so that each group had a bus to go on. Eventually they arrived, and one by one each house group got onto a bus.

The journey took about an hour and 10 minutes. Once we reached the camp all the students on the bus had to get off the bus and help the teachers by carrying people’s luggage so that we could quickly move on to an activity since we were already behind in the schedule. But before we started the activities we ate something in the cafeteria. The food was yummy and the cafeteria looked so fancy. After a few minutes of eating we sat in the amphitheater and just waited for others that didn’t finish their food yet.

After some time the teachers decided to tell us our activity groups so that we knew who we had to go with and we could make new friends with the other kids that were in the group. In total there were twelve groups with about 10 kids in each group.

We were all excited because we did all the activities with our groups and we made so many friends. There were so many activities for us to do but my two favourite activities were canoeing and the flying fox. Unfortunately not all groups were able to complete all activities due to the fact that they were assigned to do particular ones. Some of these activities include rock climbing, canoeing, beach games, challenges, vertical obstacle, high swings, laser tag, flying fox, pole jump and last but not least abseiling.

After doing lots of different activities we had snacks and after we had finished the teacher would tell us what the next activities were. It wasn’t that long after we settled into our next activity in the camp there was lots to explore and we were so excited. Once each group had finished their activity that went for an hour, all students went back to the amphitheater since those who were doing canoeing had to do beach activities and those students that did beach activities now had to do canoeing. Before we knew it, our activity finished and we all went back into the amphitheater to find out where our cabins were. In the cabin groups you got to be with your friends since it was your choice who to be with. 

After the teacher finished giving us instructions we went into our cabins to get changed into different clothes since it was nearly time for dinner. Some people decided to take a shower due to the fact that they were wet and needed to get cleaned. Once it was 6’o’clock we all went to the cafeteria to have dinner which was butter chicken. The dinner was amazing and we got to enjoy it in a table with our friends. Anyways after the dinner there was still fun night games left,which was in the hall. Some of the night games were Captains Coming, Dragon's Tail and Who’s is the first runner to come to the teacher. We were there for about 1 hour.

Once all the night games were finished we all went back to our cabins to change into our night clothes and put our bed sheets and mattresses on. Lights out time was 10 p.m and we were ready to sleep because of all the things/activities we did. Also we knew that we had a big day to come, too.

In the morning all the students woke up around 6 a.m since we had to put our luggage outside our cabin. Breakfast was at 7:30am and it was delicious. They gave us hashbrowns and bread with butter and jam and they also gave us some scrambled eggs. When breakfast finished we all met back at the amphitheater to do a few more activities before we left the camp. All groups did different activities but after it was all over it was lunch time which was a hamburger with lettuce, cheese, tomato and Mayo or tomato sauce. Eventually time was up and it was time to leave the Collaroy camp and head back to school. Our families were waiting for us, and we had to take the luggage quickly because there were lots of people waiting to collect their children. After that all parents collected their children and headed home wanting to know everything they did.

Mary Arshilo and Tiara Datar
Year 7 Students