Port Waikato school camp 2009

Activities Climbing bald spur Over night camp Rocky shore Abseiling Sand dunes Burma trail Confidence course Archery

Challenges Burma trail Confidence course Bald Spur ( Big Mountain) Abseiling Putting up tents (Over night camp) Confidence course

Abseiling Papa Bear ( as seen here) Mama Bear ( Smaller drop) It can be a quite challenging activity for some students.

Rocky Shore You can find sea creatures ( Crabs and starfish) You also can go for a swim Look at the sand dunes Climb on rocks

Sand dunes You can Fly kites Go sand boarding Have a mud fight

Over night camp 3 people in each tent You get to cook on an open fire You go to a waterfall You play spotlight You have to work as a team

Rules of camp grounds Do not walk or play on grass No running in the dormitories No bad language All ways do duties Keep your bed space tidy At night you have to go to sleep If you don't go to sleep you have to laps in your P.Js

Jacks memoir Awakening flame Holy moly! I yell as I yell in frustration as I slip on my now stinging back side on to the dripping wet, wood and leaves fallen from the canopy of the trees surrounding the forest. The forest and all its trees and logs supply dry fire wood for our open fire at overnight camp. I lift a relatively large log the wet surface of the bark made it hard for me to lift but still I lift with all my strength in my body, I get it high enough to say to my friend Tyran is there any under this one, the veins in my neck now feel as if they were about to pop and splat everywhere and my body was almost at breaking point ready to faint. We are now having turns at blowing the red hot, siring embers, the heat coming from the embers are intense the heat rebounding off the logs and hitting you like a angry bully wanting you money, BINGO Tyran hits the mother lode and makes a small yet burning hot flame we celebrate with cooking our dinner. Tyran and Cam the excellent sausage cooks were at it again trying to make some awesome kiwi tucker, Connor and Rhys were the noodle cooks trying to make a good tasty Chinese meal, and last but not least Jayme and I were trying to cook our potatoes as an Irish dinner. As our very successful fire is now dying down to dark, burnt ashes. Rhys runs rapidly to the trees and grass, takes handfuls of greenery and troughs it on to the embers they burn but don’t light the smoke runs down our thoughts like a cheetah, down, down, down in to our very fragile lungs. Our throats hurt for days on end but the thought of fun things relieve the pain By Jack Jellyman

Grounds Boys dorms Kitchen and dining Girls dorms Parent accommo dation

For watching our power point By Jack Jellyman and Jayme Blackmore