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There were smiles all round when our youngest sons and daughters of Kentigern headed to the recent Year 7 orientation camp at Chosen Valley in the Bombay Hills. 144 students enjoyed the sun, fun and camaraderie of a ‘full-on’ 5 day camp run by Head of Year 7, Mr Kevin Taylor and the Year 7 teachers. The many activities on offer provided an excellent means to ensure that the new students were well integrated into our College community.
After the deluge of last year, that dumped endless rain on the camp, flooding the site and call for every ounce of resilience, this year’s camp, by comparison, was a breeze! Once Cyclone Hola departed at the end of the first day, the weather stayed fine and warm for the rest of the week.
Activities are plentiful at camp to provide new challenges, plenty of fun and the chance for students to get to know one another. Of all the activities on offer, the students definitely put a positive spin put on those that involve water – fresh and clean or cloudy and muddy, it doesn’t seem to matter! Wherever there’s the opportunity to enter water at high speed - the bigger the splash the better!
In addition to the action-packed activities were the slightly more mundane as the students worked together on duties such as table preparation and clean up before and after each meal, and keeping their living quarters tidy. These duties are part and parcel of a successful camp routine and help students build independence, cooperation and a sense of responsibility.
These camps are an invaluable part of our orientation for students who are new to Saint Kentigern. New bonds are formed, House loyalties are entrenched and big, tired smiles of campers saying, ‘Awesome, let’s do it again,’ make the experience worthwhile.
Our thanks go to all the staff but in particular to the many parent helpers who were able to join us at camp in the afternoons and provide valuable assistance and supervision.
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