Year 6 Camp
A Wild but Wonderful Camp!
At the dawn of Spring, the classrooms of 10 and 11 went to Dare Adventure Camp in Dwellingup to face a week full of fear, fun, excitement, and memories.
Day 1- Courageous Kayaking If you came up to me after kayaking and said it was challenging, I’d say that’s an understatement. Kayaking not only challenged our skill but also our lower body, my rib cage was on fire but thankfully our instructor let us dip in the water after.
Night-time could also be called quiz night as Mr Sutherland gave us 44 tricky questions to answer with all our brain power, but he added a twist to it by inviting Shrek and his family which prompted us to yell “Onions have layers!”
Day 2- Like Climbing Mount Everest
On the second day of our thrilling adventure, we took on the 10-metre rock climbing and abseiling wall. For the rock climbing it was like a race of who can get up there first but only a handful of people did it. I can’t forget the flying fox with it being new and improved with it being 100 meters and over water!
During dishes on night two it was a battle of who can see their reflections in the plates first, but that was quickly shut off because of the night walk. As we were in the bush there was little to no light pollution you could see the outskirts of the Milky Way and some shooting stars.
Day 3- Commando Course
Have you ever seen Australian Ninja Warrior? Well, the Commando Course was just like that but with a twist, a very muddy ending! While some people remained clean, the rest of us looked like Chewbacca! We were faced with tyres, walls, nets, and even a 12-foot wall at the end which only 3 people could complete.
With it being the last night at camp, we had the talent show with people dancing, singing, and stuffing their mouths with junk. They even brought a special guest to the talent show, ‘Gong’. Gong didn’t really like some of the acts and was sending them off within 30 seconds.
Day 4 – Ready, Set, Fire
First thing on Day 4 was Archery Tag where you got to shoot your friends. Obviously, they were safe arrows, but it was still harsh having your ‘friends’ shooting you in the head, but if you were in my group, you got your revenge winning all your games.
Exhausted, bruised, shot, grazed, muddy, cold, tired but happy and proud we boarded the bus to head home. This camp was something to look back at for the rest of our lives, it was full of memories and laughter, fun and excitement and I know for sure that I'm never going to forget it!
By: Levi – Room 10
Here are some more of our student's accounts of thier time at Dwellingup and lots of photos to enjoy.
My favourite activity was the commando course because there was a bunch of activities in one specific area, and I got to challenge myself like the 12-foot wall. I found abseiling challenging because when I was at the top, I could not trust myself to lean back and then walk backwards. The camp was fun because in free time I got to kick the footy with people I have not spent time with before.
Pippa – Room 10
I found the 12 ft wall to be challenging on the Commando course. I think they should lower it to 10 ft as I could only get halfway up! Everything was fun, especially archery tag as I got more than eight people out.
Caden – Room 11
The adrenaline of going up the stairs getting ready to go on the flying fox was fun and figuring out where to go and following the group on the mountain bike riding was good too. I think the rock wall was challenging as I’m not very good at it, but I did enjoy it. It was also hard to explore while using the compass in the orienteering activity.
Cameron – Room 11
The talent show was my highlight because it was fun watching everyone’s talent. The mountain biking was one of my favourite activities. Abseiling was the most challenging because I had to climb backwards and that made me nervous. It was awesome.
Sofia – Room 10
I found the night walk challenging as Mr Cutler freaked me out when he started meowing. It was also scary doing the abseiling activity, especially when you had to lean backwards as I didn’t know how stable it was. This was my first time doing this activity. I really enjoyed the mountain biking, which was heaps of fun.
Lydia – Room 11
I liked the abseiling wall because it got me out of my comfort zone. I thought the kayaking was pretty hard when me and Shan were turning, we wacked into the trees and we kept on running into the banks. The food was great, my favourite was the lasagne. Just hanging out with my friends was fun.
Aurora – Room 10
