By Gabbi Williams and Claudia Schicker
Our recent Year Seven camp holds lots of memories that we hope to share with Kolbe’s current and future students.
These were made so easily through the friendships, team sports and the challenges we met.
For example, the screams of terror of the girls who found the huge spiders which kept us awake at night; the first time we jumped in the pool, which was like jumping into arctic waters; and the delicious feasts that created full bellies for all campers.
The highlights of the camp were Joe’s Suitcase Circus, the frosty waters of the pool, the visit from [our Principal], Ms [Robbyn] Miller and her skip rope and finally, the Year Ten Peer Support Leaders who contributed to our camp activities.
Pat Branson, Celeste Chalk (Liturgy Captain) and Alana Kursar travelled out to the camp on Thursday night to help the Year 7 students prepare and celebrate their camp liturgy.
They divided the students into small groups and provided each group with a part of the liturgy to prepare.
When they were ready, Celeste and Alana called the groups together and they celebrated their liturgy prayerfully.
We also loved the sleepless nights that consisted of sweets being eaten, scary stories being told and front row tickets to [teacher] Mr [Adam] Iriks’ rendition of Hey Ya.
The atmosphere or our ‘Friends Together’ camp was just buzzing with excitement along with the insects living in our dorms!
Towards the end of this fantastic experience, we all enjoyed reading the heart warming notes that our fellow classmates left for us.
Most importantly, the thing all of the Year Sevens will remember and keep are the memories and friendships we took home.
We would like to thank Mr [Pat] McNulty and all the Year Seven Teachers for making this a wonderful camp where we really were able to ‘Create Something Awesome’.
The response from all students was that, all-in-all, it was a wonderful camp and the weather was just right.