Year 6 Camp

On Monday 29th January, 30 excited year sixes arrived at M.E.R.C. in Long Bay. There was a lot of anticipation in the air, but there was no time to think about it too much as we were straight into activities. There was a range of activities including archery, surfing, abseiling, surf kayaking, slingshot, mountain biking and the giants ladder. Over the week that we were at M.E.R.C we developed lots of leadership skills and got to know each other better.

Lots of the activities involved teamwork. For instance the giant ladder, the rungs get further apart as you get higher. Two people climbed at once and everyone were very supportive of each other. Also lots of people conquered their fears on the abseiling wall, giants ladder, surf kayaking and mountain biking. Everyone showed lots of resilience and strength when they completed their activities.

On Tuesday night we had camp mass. The year sixes were excited to see their families. We had a barbecue and lots of yummy food. The very next night we had our student council elections and chose our leadership roles for the year. On Thursday night we had the talent contest and the winner was Noah, he had a befuddling card trick.

On Thursday during the day there was a lot of excitement because it was very stormy. We all stood on the sea wall and got splashed by massive waves as the tide came in. By the end of it everyone was saturated and had to go get changed. We started our activities for the day and it was particularly difficult to climb on the rock walls because they were slippery and the wind was blowing but we got to the top anyway.

We want to say thank you so much to the parent helpers and the teachers without whom this whole experience wouldn’t have been possible. Everyone really appreciates all the work they did and we are really grateful.

By Gina