Today 3A visited one of the prep grades to share our recently published picture story books. We had been looking forward to doing this! The books were written with a younger audience in mind and we think that the preps really enjoyed listening to our stories and seeing the pictures that matched the words.
What did you enjoy about sharing your Picture Story Book?
We all felt a bit sad that the final day had come because camp had been just so awesome!! The final morning was really fun though because after we had packed up we got to go for a walk to feed the animals. There were horses and donkeys that we hand fed. We also fed the cattle. We then had a go at yabbying and could not believe it when we actually caught some yabbis!!
After a long walk around the land we saw the rainbow trout jumping then back for lunch!
Everyone was really appreciative and showed gratitude towards the teachers who had taken the grade 3’s on camp; Mr Haslem, Miss Merret, Colin, Miss Jordan, Mr Burdess and Mrs Kebbell.
The food at camp was really delicious! We had roast beef on our first night and on our second night we had spaghetti bolognese! It was VERY noisy in the dining room even though everyone TRIED to keep their voices down!
What was your favourite meal at camp?
Everyone woke up feeling really excited about the upcoming day! The duty group got organised for breakfast and we all went into the dining room. We tidied cabins and then had our cabins inspected. The teachers were very impressed with the tidiness of our rooms!
What did you enjoy the most about Day 2 of camp?
It was so exciting to finally arrive at camp!
We assembled in the main room while Iona explained the rules of the camp to us. After this the teachers told us our rooms and we went to unpack. We then had our lunch and began our first rotation of activities. Mrs Kebbell was taking the “Nature Art” activity which is why there are so many photos of students doing this activity!
The other activities were Archery/Mini Golf, Damper Making, Shelter Building, Ropes Course and Initiatives. The teachers ran all of the activities and they were all lots of fun!
At the end of our fist day we had a go at Bush Dancing with Ken Hook. It was really, really fun!!
What did you enjoy most about Day One of camp?
We were very lucky to have Martin Heppel from “The Resilience Project” visit us today.
Martin spoke to us about gratitude. He told us about two young people he knew who were the happiest people, yet they did not have what many of us take for granted. One boy, Jeremy, could not eat or drink and moved around mainly in a wheelchair, yet he had the greatest sense of humour and was always looking for the positive side of things. The other boy live in Nepal and thought that he was incredibly lucky to be able to go to school even though he only got to go for 2 hours a day and there were no pencils, paper or rubbers at his school.
Martin told us about flipping our mood by thinking of the many good things that happen on a daily basis rather than focussing on the (very few) negative.
He believes that four things are integral to everyone’s happiness and these are; laughter, dancing, music and exercise. He also touched on mindfulness and meditation which he suggested we should all try to do more often.
Martin was an inspiration to us all!
What did you take away from Martin’s talk?
Outside our classrooms we are lucky to have thriving vege gardens. Mr Haslam and Mr Burdess tend to these gardens and at this time of the year they are blooming with kale, broad beans, lettuce, silver beet, parsley and much more.
We picked kale and silver beet. After washing germs, Sunny’s mum came and set up the staff roo. For us all to cook! We rolled, chopped, broke eggs, mixed and whisked. Our frittatas were put into the oven. At lunch time, Sunny’s mum delivered the frittata to us in the classroom. The verdict?
Delicious!!
What do you enjoy cooking and/or growing?