Category: Camps

Between 22^nd-24^th March 2021, the Year 4/5 students from Miss Bosworth’s and Mr Wright’s classrooms attended camp at Arbury Park Outdoor School. The focus throughout the camp was teamwork, persistence and understanding our environment.

Students were involved in a range of activities throughout the 3 days such as: freshwater life, orienteering, Aboriginal cultural studies, shelter building, earth art, nesting boxes, Mount George hike.

Our students were very sustainable during their trip. They ensured lights were switched off when they were not in the room and conserved water. We were allocated 27L per person for our camp and only ended up using 16L per person.

Students learnt about some of the tools Aboriginal people used and had a go at making fire using soft and hard wood.

 

On our first night we had Trent Hill come to visit us to share his knowledge about Aboriginal tools and tell us a story around a campfire.

On our second day a group of us woke up early and climbed to the top of one of the hills so we could view the sunrise before breakfast.

Some student chose to participate in the Mount George hike. This took approximately 3 hours and was 6km. Others participated in a walk to Bridgewater.

In the afternoon, some students went into the magic forest to do Earth Art.

‘One of my favourite bits about camp was Shelter Building because it hits home for me as I used to do it all the time.’ Isabella

 

 

‘In Freshwater Life I liked looking at the little fish that you couldn’t see through the microscopes.’ Ruby B

‘My favourite bit was the Mount George Hike because it made me go out in nature more than I would.’ Evie

‘I liked the Mount George Hike as it made me go out of comfort zone.’  Miky

‘I enjoyed the Discover Arbury Park because you can get better at map reading and orienteering when you’re lost.’ Elle

‘I really enjoyed the orienteering because we got to explore around the camp.’ Ava

We are very appreciate of our parent volunteers who helped out for the duration of the camp and to the educators at Arbury Park Outdoor School.

We all enjoyed our time, learnt a lot of important skills and have made memories that will last a lifetime!

The Year 6 Camp to Monarto Zoo was a huge success. The students all had a fantastic time and got to experience lots of new and interesting things. For a lot of our students this was their first time on a sleepaway camp, and we were extremely proud with how they all managed themselves. They were kept very busy during the days, that come the evenings it was hard to keep them awake.

Please enjoy our gallery of photos from the 3 days away.

Wednesday night update:

The Year 6’s have arrived safely. We spent time making enrichment boxes filled with doggy treats for the Tasmanian Devils. We also found a sleepy lizard before having afternoon tea at the Rangers Station near the rhino enclosure. Next we are making our “passports,” before heading to camp. Later we’re off on our Night Walk. We are all having a great time.

 

Our Year 4’s and 5’s had a fantastic time away at Arbury Park Outdoor School. For a lot of them it was their first time away from family, but the nerves quickly changed into excitement for the next couple of days. The students have learnt lots of new skills that will help guide them in becoming even more caring, curious and community minded students.

Below is just a snippet of the 3 days that the students were on camp. If you wish to view them in full size, please click on the photo, and then click on it again.