Aspendale Gardens PS Year 6 Camp Blog

On the 9th of September, some excited year 6s arrived at The Summit eager to start their school camp. Both staff and students were welcomed to the camp with open arms by their extraordinary coaches Mim, Calarnee, Sam, Ant, Franziska, Cam, Timmy, and Haylea. The students were introduced to The Summit’s values, which are the Five Keys (Have Fun, Play All In, Make Lots of Mistakes, Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable, Don't Go Home Wondering ‘What if’) that helped make our camp an epic one.

Starting the camp with a group game and some information on how everyone can stay safe physically and mentally before we got into our awesome activities which were a 23.5 meters tall Giant Swing, the dark Cave, the challenging Sky Bridge, the breath-taking Summit Window, an obstacle course called Snowy River Challenge, the fun Scavenger Hunt and Inflatable City. The goal-setting strategy called Target, Stretch, and Super Stretch helped the students push themselves to achieve some extraordinary lengths. By the end of the first day of camp, all groups had a team that would have chosen a team name that they would be called for the rest of camp.

Starting the second day of camp bright and early for a big day ahead of them. Calarnee inspired the students about the power of setting a morning intention and having a plan on who they wanted to be for not only themselves but for their teams as well. After making our way down to the stage we played a game of Pirates where 10 students got to join the pirate crew. This was then followed by 3 rotations of activities before lunch. After the delicious burgers we played a game with our team Magical Creatures, this had the coaches plus some of the teachers dressed up in costumes. It was then the students’ role to catch the teachers discover their magical features and then return them to the stage for points. Following the game was the Monster Course, at the time we believed the winner was the team with the fastest, so we all pushed ourselves but then our coaches informed us that the winner instead was the team with the fastest improvement time. The reasoning behind it was to show how strong mentally we all our as we showed resilience and perseverance to get through the second lap.

Sadly, the final day of camp came too soon, this time Mim was inspiring everyone on gratitude and how we should take time to remember the things we can be grateful for. This was then followed by Calarnee running some Summit aerobics of Get Loose Get Funky. Then we had our two final activities of camp. In our last activity, we reflected on all of the camp and picked a Values winner from our groups. Finally, at the end of camp, the results were read out and we had to say goodbye to not only our coaches and The Summit but also to our year 6 camp.