With thanks to Year 8 Teacher, Miss Candace Cassie
 
Each year, a large number of our senior girls work towards the Saint Kentigern Service Awards. Run along similar lines to the Duke of Edinburgh Hillary Awards, the bronze, silver and gold awards require a good level of commitment to achieve. Each level has requirements to undertake outdoor activities, school representation, research projects and service at home, school and in the wider community. A detailed log book is kept and an interview is required before the level is awarded. The girls who have achieved the silver award by Week 6 ,Term 4 are invited to take part in Girls v. Wild, which counts towards part of the camp and service requirements of the gold award.

On Wednesday 2nd December, a group of 23 Year 8 girls, who had completed their Silver Service Award, headed up to Tawharanui Regional Park for Girls vs Wild.
  
Miss Cassie reports, ‘After starting the day with a budgeted supermarket shop, we were stocked with food and ready to set up camp in the sunshine.  Over the next 24 hours the girls took part in a range of bush walks, fact finding challenges about the history and wildlife of the park, surfing and reflected under the stars. 

Ranger Rev Hardie was ‘SKG’s’ very own David Attenborough, teaching us all about conservation and wildlife at both Tawharanui and Goat Island. A highlight for some of the girls was seeing a kiwi running through the sand dunes as we headed back to camp after evening activities. We heard a rustle in the bush so shone our torches expecting to see a Pukeko, instead there was a large fluffy kiwi running deeper into the bush. 

Another highlight were the choices of meals from groups. The calibre of cooking was set very high this year, with a 30/30 standout being pork dumplings made from scratch on a camping cooker!  

Finishing the year at Girl vs Wild was a definite highlight for our group of girls, the trip was filled with laughter, singing and memories that will last forever. 

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