Carey Park Camp 2016

Wow! What an amazing time we had from the minute we left to the minute we arrived home. 

Our camp adventure began at school with some team games and a great game of capture the flag. 

After we had morning tea we squashed into the buses and set off to do the Auckland City walk. 

Fun on the buses. 

When we arrived at the Auckland City Walk we got into our groups and headed into the bush. 

We saw some enormous Kauri trees, raced leaves off the bridges and a beautiful Kereru even flew in for a visit.

Next it was time for lunch. We we pretty famished by then!

Finally it was time to head to camp!!!  

You could feel the excitement building in the air as we pulled in to the car park at Carey Park Camp. There it stood welcoming us in for an action packed 3 days. 

We piled off the buses and into the dining hall. We met some of the camp staff who talked about the camp rules and showed us a movie which made us even more excited and we just knew we would have a great time. 

Next we had the task of locating our dormitory or cabin and our luggage...

There was no time to waste as we had our first activity very soon. We negotiated our sleeping arrangements and got what we needed quick smart and before we knew it we heard the sound that would become so familiar at camp... the hooter. 

The year 5 students met in the gym and the year 6s met outside their dorms and we were off on the first activity. 

Year 5 activities

Outdoor Cooking/Tent Pitching

Rock Climbing

Confidence Course

Raft Building

Poles and Planks / Slip and Slide

Stream Scientist

Burma Trail / Native Bush Study / Waterhole

Year 6 Activities 

Crate Stacking

Flying Fox / Air Rifles

Kayaking

Bush Survival Skills

Rogaining and Compass work / Slip and Slide

Archery

Confidence Course / Rope Maze

We had a great time doing our activities. Keep checking the blog to see some writing about our favourite ones. 

Some of the other highlights at camp were...

- Doing the nighttime games. 

- Making our way through the Burma trail in the dark. Man those parents jumping out gave us a fright. 

- The campfire with magnificent, melting marshmallows. 

- The games evening in the gym. Lisa did an amazing job winning the Sleeping Lions game. 

As always the food at camp was delicious. We enjoyed singing grace before we ate...

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We couldn't do cool things like camp without the help of our parent helpers and teachers. They work so hard during camp and we really appreciate everything they do!!!

Please leave a comment saying what your camp highlights were!