Can you believe we scheduled the Year 4 Camp to coincide with a weather event? Well to be fair the weather is out of our control and it made no difference anyway.
The camp overnighter is a lovely introduction to school camp and the excitement was palpable. Oh boy! There was so much food and an endless repertoire of camp games to keep the children occupied.
One or two couldn't quite find their brave to attend the overnighter and that is understandable as it takes a lot of coaching to help children to face an away from home experience. Dr Neufeld talks about the Dragon and The Treasure experience. You have to get past the dragon (fears and anxiety) to reach the treasure (staying overnight at school camp.)
The games were hilarious and it was brilliant to watch different children develop leadership skills and some children take on challenges independently.
Our kaiako give up personal time and family time to make these events happen. It was lovely to hear children and parents thank our staff as they left on Friday afternoon and not just take it all for granted.
Rosa made a spectacular ginger birthday cake for Millie's birthday and we all got to eat it. Our parent helpers as always were spectacular and they all went the extra mile for the children. Pauline, Erin, Claire were on hand to cook and help. Thank you to all of the parents who were on standby for the trip to Sumner but had to be stood down.
If you noticed all of the girls leaving camp with stunning plaited hairstyles then you noticed the handiwork of Erin who spent ages meticulously plaiting long hair. So cute.
Thank you everyone for another camp triumph.
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