Mullauna College Year 8 Camp Blog

On a warm Monday afternoon, students from Mullauna College arrived at The Summit eager to begin their adventure. After checking into their accommodations, they met with the coaches and teachers at the Lodge. Team Leader Sam introduced them to the space and the camp, then introduced the rest of The Summit coaches. Calarnee discussed with the group the Five Keys of our camp.

These keys are: 

1. Have Fun

2. Play All In

3. Make Lots of Mistakes

4. Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable

5. Don’t Go Home Wondering “What If”

Since there were Five Keys and five days, they focused on one key per day, building on the previous day's key and practicing it in the park. Before starting their two activity rotations, they were shown the stage and played a game called 50 Up. Mim and Taylor showed them how to put on a harness and helmet; Sam then introduced them to a goal-setting strategy called Target, Stretch, and Super Stretch to help break activities down into more manageable steps, and then they moved to their numbered spots. Their first lot of activities were Snowy Rover Challenge, Giant Swing, Leap of Faith, Sky Bridge, Summit Window, Snake and Nails, High Wire and Laser Skirmish. To wrap up the day, Spinks explained The Summit way of giving written affirmations and compliments; they are called GMICs (Great Moments In Camp); the students were informed of times for dinner and breakfasts and provided a list of free-time activities. 

On day two, the group had breakfast and returned to the Lodge for another session on intentions with Spinks They started by reading out heaps of GMICs, followed by discussing the importance of taking action and leaving their mark on their camp experience. We also talked about things out of our control. They talked about how they can create a great day by using their focus, words, and body to move. Afterwards, they played a game called Jockeys and had three activities before lunch. The one rotation after lunch before being briefed on the Monster Course. The coach led them through not just one, but two laps of the course to emphasize resilience and the importance of self-improvement. The winner had the most improved time from their first lap. Finally, they rinsed off, had a shower, then had some dinner, and ended the day with a movie.

Last day and there were a lot of tired faces in the room, Sam ran the group through a recap of the previous intention sessions and talked to them about gratitude, starting reading out a bunch of GMICs. to cement that it was their last day at The Summit, asking the students to check back in where they were asked what, and whom they were grateful for. We also set a quick intention as they only had one more rotation to go, and a final tribe game , they didn’t want to go home wondering ‘what if’, The students then reported to the stage to do the final game, students got their body moving with a game of Crane, Tigers, Egg at the stage.

In the last rotation of camp, the tribes got to reflect on their camp experience with each other, and given a debriefing strategy called; Rock, Stick and Leaf (something that rocked about camp, something that will stick with you and something that you would leave behind). After having some lunch, they assembled back at the stage for the last time for a camp wrap up, we then took a big group photo and said our goodbyes. All students than made their way to the buses and made their way back to school.

On behalf of The Summit and coaches, we would once again like the thank you all for playing all in and joining us in having all the fun, all the best for the rest of the year!

Spinks, Mim, Sam, Fran, Taylor