Year 7 Camp!
By Else Jensen and Tyra Fernandez
Editors note: Looks like nothing’s changed since I was there. Such a good way to start high-school. The real heroes are the teachers who have to survive this every year, though -J
From the 10th to the 21st of February, our year 7s attended camp at Gundiwindi lodge, 90 Lewis Road. Each camp was 3 days and 2 nights long. Triggs went first, next was Coleman, then Johnston, and finally Gulam. This was a great time to make new friends and have new experiences! In this article we will discuss how year 7 camp went, and best of all, we will also be interviewing people from each camp to see some of the great highlights of year 7 camp!
As Triggs went to camp first, suddenly many opinions and thoughts about camp emerged. But as every other sub-school started to go, many different theories were made. Everyone had different opinions on various aspects of camp, such as activities, food, and cabins! There were many different tasks that the year 7s could participate in such as, the giant swing, flying fox, making damper (a type of bread cooked in an open fire), initiatives, low ropes survival skills and archery. However not all camps got to participate in these activities due to the weather. The night activities that year 7s got to be a part of were night walks, bush dancing, campfires, and a movie. At the end of all of these, everyone went to their cabins, going to sleep and getting ready for the new day. Though some sub schools were quite unlucky as they were given quite small cabins, and others got giant ones. Some people didn’t enjoy the food, cabins or activities but overall a lot of people loved this camp.
There were many opinions about year 7 camp, some people had a fantastic time, while others may have been a bit disappointed. This is when we find out exactly what some of us thought!
We will interview one person from each sub-school. There will be 3 questions to answer.
Questions:
Q1: What was your favorite part of camp?
Q2: What was your least favorite part of camp? How could it be improved?
Q3: What did you miss the most?
Firstly Eryn from 7J2, Johnston. Here what she has to say
Johnston = Eryn (she/her) 7J2
Q1: The initiatives and the night walk because my group did well in the initiatives, and the night walk was fun and spooky.
Q2: The food, because it was a little inconsistent and some people got good things. For example, in the burgers, some people got dry buns and others got regular ones.
Q3: Being able to sleep and having my own room.
Now Anonymous words from a student in Gulam
Gulam = Anonymous
Q1. Giant swing because dropping was so CRAZY and fun!
Q2. How cold it was at times and omg get heaters that WORK!
Q3:The activities only the whole camp was trash
Next feedback from Liv from 7C1, Coleman
Coleman = Liv (she/her) 7C1
Q1: Being in the same cabin with my friends and it was really fun.
Q2: It was really hot the first night then really cold the second night. They should've done it during another time of the year.
Q3: I missed being able to sleep at night.
Lastly input from Claud from 7T3, Triggs
Triggs = Claud (they/them) 7T3
Q1: Bush Dancing with my friends, together.
Q2: Not being able to go in the cabins during free time.
Q3: I really missed my dog.
Like all good things, year 7 camp eventually came to an end. Year 7 camp had various activities, lots of fun and engaging night-time games and interesting meals. We hope you all enjoyed the article and we wish all other year levels good luck on camp this year and to all year 7s we (really) hope next years camp is even better!