136 Year 5 & 6 students from Arnolds Creek Primary School arrived at The Summit just after midday on Wednesday, bags in hand and ready to go. Over three packed days, nine teams took on an enormous range of activities, backed each other through the tough moments, and left camp knowing exactly what they're capable of.
After settling in and enjoying a self-catered lunch, it was straight into introductions, harness briefings and the first rotations. All nine teams hit the activities simultaneously, taking on:
- Rock Wall
- Flying Fox
- Bag Blitz
- Laser Skirmish
- Giant Swing
- Inflatable City
- High Wire
- Bush Challenge
- Tash's Ladder
By dinner, the GMICs were already flowing, with students calling out teammates who had backed them on the High Wire, cheered them up on the Rock Wall and helped make camp what it was.
The Arnolds Creek teaching team then took over the evening activity, keeping the energy high right through to Lights Out.
Day Two – Intentions, Gratitude & Monster Energy
Day Two kicked off with Morning Intentions and Gratitude, giving students a chance to pause, reflect and think about how they wanted to show up for themselves and their teammates.
Then it was straight back into action.
With a full day of six activity rotations, every team worked their way through the full suite of challenges, putting the Five Keys into practice at every turn.
And then, after afternoon tea and a change of clothes, came the moment everyone had been waiting for…
The Monster Course
The Monster Course brought the entire group together for a massive test of teamwork, resilience and determination.
When the dust settled, Swoopers took the Monster Course crown with a blistering 9:59!
💪 Monster Course Results
- 9:59 – Swoopers
- 10:17 – The Veldon Army
- 10:47 – 5,6,7
- 12:08 – Hot Foods
- 12:29 – A Burgers
- 13:00 – Courageous Campas
- 13:02 – The Tough Ones
- 14:31 – Pickel Snippers
- 15:12 – Galaxy
An incredible effort from every team!
Final Day – Bush Challenge & Going Out Strong
The final morning brought one last challenge: the Bush Challenge.
With bags packed and rooms cleared, students gave everything they had left as they raced through The Summit's bush course.
Pickel Snippers stormed to victory with an impressive 26:11, finishing well clear of 5,6,7 in second and The Tough Ones in third.
🏆 Bush Challenge Results (fastest times)
- 26:11 – Pickel Snippers
- 29:39 – 5,6,7
- 31:50 – The Tough Ones
- 33:20 – Galaxy
- 34:21 – Courageous Campas
- 39:38 – Swoopers
- 41:00 – A Burgers
- DNF – Hot Foods
- DNF – The Veldon Army
🏅 Values Winners
The Values Winners are nominated by teammates and coaches for the way students showed up across all three days.
These students embodied the spirit of The Summit by supporting their teams, embracing challenges, getting uncomfortable and playing all in.
And the Values Winners were:
- The Tough Ones – Alisha
- Galaxy – Arian
- Courageous Campas – Carter
- Pickel Snippers – Decolin
- Swoopers – Lyrixs
- 5,6,7 – Jax
- Hot Foods – Stella
- A Burgers – Beltony
- The Veldon Army – Maddie
Congratulations to all our Values Winners! 🏅
Thank You, Arnolds Creek!
To Simon Harman and the entire Arnolds Creek teaching team, your involvement and partnership helped make this camp everything it was.
And to the 136 students who played all in, made mistakes, got uncomfortable and went home knowing exactly what they're capable of: you were extraordinary.
We can't wait to have you back at The Summit!
— The Summit Team
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