Camp Kaitawa - Year 6 camp

Just to prove there was snow!

April 9 - 13 saw our Year 6s brave the weather conditions to head to Camp Kaitawa at Lake Waikaremoana.

At the top of Panekire

We were meant to go in week 4, but a cyclone came through so we cancelled... however, Mother Nature decided to throw us some curly weather anyway!  We had sun, wind, rain, snow (!), more rain and a little bit more sun!

Confidence course

The aims of our camp were:
HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATION:
REGULAR  PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
– Experience creative, regular and enjoyable physical activities and describe the benefits to well-being.

RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER PEOPLE
–    Identify and demonstrate ways of maintaining and enhancing relationships between individuals and within groups.

KEY COMPETENCIES:

Relating To Others:

* Interact

The dishes never stopped...

* Share Ideas

* Listen to different points of view

* Participating and Contributing:

* Share ideas in a group

* Take part in group activities

Managing Self:

* Set realistic goals.

* Considerate to others.

* Reflect/discuss personal progress

Snow day = Quiz day

Best food ever!

There was A LOT of perseverance, resilience, problem solving, thinking, reflection and responsibility happening.  Some of us had never stayed away from home before, some of us had never hiked, some of us had never had to do cleaning jobs before!

We all learnt that we had to get stuck in together to get things done.

Many of us had to go way outside of our usual comfort zone and tackled activities that were very new to us.

Reflections

Calm before the snow

We had a great group of parents helping us who made the trip unforgettable!

The non-competitive addition to the Camp Log book!