Last week was the Year 6 camp held at the Palm Grove campsite, up in the hills of Paraparaumu.

 

We engaged in lots of challenging activities over the three days.For some children it was the first time they had stayed away from home overnight.  There were various cabins and bunkrooms where everyone did (or didn't) sleep.  

 Exploring the camp site and the boundaries.

Archery involved shooting at balloons and there were big cheers every time a balloon was popped.

Anais lines up on the target.

 Learning teamwork

Jessie, playing games in the homestead, a large old farmhouse on a wet afternoon.

One of the most challenging activities was the low ropes course.  While from the name it may sound easy, once you scrambled and climbed up up on the starting platform it looked a long way down.  Thank goodness for our safety harnesses.

We rotated around activities, and one of the most creative ones involved collecting natural items around the camp to make Crazy Critters

Some of our critters are on display in the school library.

Other activities included camping skills, making bivouacs, Chase the light, Orienteering and games in the gymnasium.

One of the most exciting activities was a GIANT waterslide.

Children race down the chute, squealing  and laughing as they zoomed down, to land up in the pools of water at the bottom.

It was a great camp that we all enjoyed.

Thank you to Mrs Fearon who did a great job of organising the camp,  Brandon and Helen who hosted us, and our parent helpers who took on the challenges along with the children.