Camp

Last term for the last three days my class, and Room Seven, went to camp.  The camp we went to was The Narrows.  It was a really amazing camp, and I think everyone could agree that we had a good time.

Wednesday:

We left school at about nine o'clock, and headed for The Narrows.  I was nervous, mostly because I, unlike some people, hadn't been there before.  When we got there we loaded out our gear and found our cabins.  Luckily, I was in a cabin with all my friends which made it a lot more comforting.  We sorted out our beds, and then went on to start our first activity.  The first activity was orienteering, which we did in pairs, mainly so we could get to know where everything was.  After that, we started with some activities.  My first activity was Archery, and since it was my first time I had a bit of trouble to start with, but soon got the hang of it so it turned out to be really fun.  Second was Trolleys, for this activity we had these trolleys that you used ropes to control, they were SO much fun!!  We rolled down the hill and then used the ropes to help us turn around.  After that activity we had a quick lunch break, and then headed back for our next activity.  Next, my group had the Water Slide!!  We wore old clothes, and then slid down a steep hill really fast and it was really fun.  The water was really cold though, so by the end of it we had blue lips which was funny.  Once we were all showered and dressed we went on to BMX which we did around the old go kart track.  It was full of puddles and was really muddy but it was worth it!  Lastly, we had Air Riffles.  We used these special type of guns and tried to shoot different object that were sitting on this big wooden pellet, like milk bottles, tins, cans, and there was even a spoon hanging from a wire which someone manage to hit!  After that we had free time until dinner.  After eating lots, we had a short break, and then were allowed to choose if we wanted to watch a movie or do the Burma Trail.  After that it was time to get a sleep. Though, I think most of us stayed up till late.

Thursday:

We had some breakfast and then went off to do our last activity.  Ours was Go Karts, and for that they had some really cool proper little go karts, that went really fast.  One had foot petals for the acceleration/brakes, and the other had levers attached to the steering wheel.  The one with the levers was slightly smaller and that was the one that I drove and it went pretty fast.  Then we had a quick morning tea snack, and then played some narrows games which were team building activities.  Then we had some lunch and free time.  Then we did the narrows fire challenge which was a lot trickier then we all expected.  First we had to get into teams of three, and then grab a plastic cup.  One person stood with the cup between their feet and the other two had to figure out how to collect water from the nearby river using objects around us which took a while.  Next we had to build a tower type thing using crates and other objects around us, but it had to be as tall as the adults shoulders, and balance our cup on top.  Then we had a piece of metal and a stick and we had to guide it along an ELECTRIC fence but all of us had to be holding on to the stick, if someone lets go then you have to restart.  Next we had to stand out side a roped area and try to reach the matches on the other side using thick sticks, pipes, and other objects.  Once we had our matches we had to make a fire using twigs and leaves and then cook our afternoon tea over it.  My group had trouble getting our fire to stay alight, so we had to use other peoples!!  But it was still a fun challenge.  Then we had free time, and dinner then a bonfire, where we roasted marshmallows, and sang songs until late.

Friday:

After breakfast we got straight into Paintball!  My class went first, and at the start I was really nervous because I'd never done paint balling before.  Once we were done I was devastated because it went so quickly and I was having SO much fun!  Then we had some morning tea, and the other class went to paintball and we played sport.  Once they were back from paintball we had a clean up and got all our gear together.  Then we had some lunch, and it was time to go back to school.

I had so much fun at this camp, and I would really like to go again.  I was nervous to go there at the start, but then I really didn't want to leave.  Thanks to the Narrows staff made us feel at home, especially thanks to the cooks for not making us do the dishes! :)