Hey bloggers! Last week we went to living springs for 2 and a half days. Below is how I felt and what it was like to be away from my family for such a long time. I really enjoyed writing this and I had so much fun. Scroll down to read my story.
5/11/2021
Camp recount
Hi, my name is Hannaneh. I am a year 5 girl at wigram primary school.
This is a recount of how I felt personally when we went to Living Springs
this year for 2 and a half days.
DAY 1: WEDNESDAY 27 OCT
When I climbed out of the car, about to walk into school, I realized what
I was doing here. I felt full of nerves and excitement of what was
happening, but at the same time I was thinking. What was I doing here?
Had I really made this decision myself?? I could feel millions of butterflies
fluttering in my stomach trying to fly out. Finally we dragged my suitcase
out and threw it onto the other pile of suitcases. I took a deep breath.
Ahhh. All of a sudden I heard a whistle from my teachers. Oh no.
I knew what this meant. I gave my mum a big hug and walked inside.
Then we did the normal stuff, like the roll. After that we all went outside
and squeezed out bags into the bus and shuffled to the back. I looked
at my baby brother, tears streaming down his cheeks crying because he
was not allowed on the bus. I pulled on a smile and waved.
At about 10:30 we got there. To be honest we actually got to governors
bay at the bottom of the hills. We found a small area of grass,
used the bathroom and ate morning tea packed from home. After that
we had 2 guides. A woman and a man. The man's name was Joseph, and
the woman's Tenieal. Then we had to walk up the hill. It was so HOT we
had to climb the hill and it was so steep until we FINALLY got there.
We ate lunch, then we had some free time in our bunks. It was just a
small room with 2 bunks against 2 of the walls, and yay! Lucky me!
There were 4 of us so we got our OWN BUNK EACH. Cool, right?
After that we had orienteering! I was super excited because we got to
do orienteering and I hadn't done it before! it was basically just a map
and we had to find these little signs and right down the letters my group
only got through a couple and then we had to find the word. It was: you
are made to make a difference. Then we got to do recreational games.
We got to do things like balance bikes, mini golf tire swing and flying
fox and most important of all, the zipline! I was so scared to do it so
I refused but then when people came back and said how much fun, I
realised I could not stay scared forever!! So I got into line when it was
my turn, I put on a helmet and a harness and pulled my legs up and to my
surprise, I had so much fun! Then we did other things but I liked the zipline best.
After that we had dinner! I don’t know what it was called but it was YUM!
Then after we had ice cream for dessert, and then we had our camp
money auction! Sorry not my fault I got nothing from people with bidding
too high. Then we went to the pool and camp concert. After that we got
about 30 minutes to change, brush our teeth and free time. ( Oh and we
also got our duffy books!)
Finally, day 1 done!!
DAY 2 THURSDAY 28TH OCT
We got up at about 6AM because other girls in our cabin house were
going up and down the stairs, taking showers and making a racket. So
we got up, did the morning things and had breakfast. We had a choice
of 3-4 cereals and toast. Then we went and had free time. Then we went
a bit further up the hill to dons shed to do 4 rotations: Bush ecology,
inactives, bouldering, and long rope. Personally, I liked long ropes,
but initiatives and bush ecology was so much fun too! I really liked it
because we basically learnt that we can eat certain types of leaves.To be
honest I am not that much of a rock-climbing-person because my hands
and legs got kind of tired but I guess I still enjoyed it.
We got back to living springs at about 5:00 and dinner was at 5:30 so
we got like, 30 minutes free time. We ate burgers and chips which were
YUM! After that we had camp money action and I won 2 glow sticks and
bubbles for only $55 which to be honest is a bargain then we went to
the pool, and watched sonic the hedgehog. After that we did our night stuff and went to bed.
DAY 3 FRIDAY 29TH OCT
Today we got up, ate breakfast and tried to squeeze everything into our
suitcases. I actually don’t know how we fit it in, but we managed. Then
we cleaned our bunk rooms and packed up. (The mums cleaned our
bathrooms ) I am very thankful for that! Then we had more time for
recreational games. Then we ate lunch and then we played that animal
survival game before we ate pasta and got into the bus to go home,
well back to school then home. When we arrived at school I saw my
mum, got out of that bus then gave her a big hug. After that I waited
for my suitcase to come out of the storage in the bus and then I
grabbed it and put it in the back of my car before everybody in my
family went home.
So that’s my story, my personal experience of my first time in camp,
my first time that I had been away from any of my family members for
3 days. I hope you enjoyed it and that it was very fun for you reading it.
THE END.
Thank you for reading! Did you enjoy? Have you ever been on camp before? If so, were did you go? How many days?
Please comment if you have time.
