Last week, on Wednesday we departed from school at 2:00pm and headed to Lake Tabourie where we made experiences that would last a lifetime.

We had great fun doing activities.

Building our tents was hard but the teachers helped and we managed to get it right. Even with all the hard work they put into the camp, they still managed to make the nights fun for us.

The first night we were there we played activities on the sand including Capture the Flag. We would do fun activities in our groups, responsibly led by our Year 11 leaders, such as a small skit, the mannequin challenge, beach games/water games, and much much more.

On the last night of camp, we had a disco where we had loads of fun singing, dancing and laughing with our friends. The food was really good, especially the nachos and the breakfast burritos. We thank the amazing cooks kindly for their services and a huge thanks to the Year 11 leaders and teachers who volunteered to help us have an incredible time.

We were sad to leave and we both cannot wait to come back in Year 11! We arrived back at school around 3:00pm on Friday, coming back from an awesome 7/11 Peer Support Camp.

Claire Bellette and Lily Smart 

On Wednesday 6 March, Years 7 and 11 attended camp in Lake Tabourie. It was beautiful and a great location.

When we got there, we had our first challenging task of setting up a tent which went better than expected, and in some cases, Year 7 were far better and quicker than Year 11.

After we had played icebreaker games, it was followed by meeting our amazing groups. We then went for a swim in the lagoon which was refreshing. We raced to the showers thinking it was going to be a quiet night, but Mr Hodges changed that. After dinner, a delicious burger, we had a trivia activity on geography and how well we know our teachers, and let me tell you we were all shocked when we found out how Mr Brady was almost deported from England!

After trivia, we had a night activity where we got into house groups and set up bases all around the beach. We had to tag and steal cones from other players and houses, which turned into a very fierce competition.

In the end, MacKillop and Xavier had taken the home run by signing a treaty and combining the house points, beating Chisholm. I can speak for everyone when I say everyone was tired and sore.

The next day we had our breakfast and the day began with a day packed with team building activities such as making posters, surf life saving, sand engineering, tri - sport competition, Biggest free standing peg competition along with a free choice of activity. In between actitivies, we had morning tea, lunch, and afternoon tea which was amazing. Around 5 pm we had finished activities, and once again, the showers were packed.

Around 6pm we had dinner and then we all met in the common room and had another activity. We organised into our groups and we were told to choose random items from a table. After this we were told to make a tv ad using these objects, however, we had to create another purpose for the object, and some of the ads were hilarious and made everyone laugh. After this, we had a disco where Miss Delaney DJ'd and played amazing music, as well as having Lachlan Meed sing Party in the U.S.A. which was a big surprise.

After the disco, we all retired back to our tents, however still annoying our teachers with our hilarious jokes. The next morning, we had breakfast and packed up our tents. We then performed a famous trend back in 2020 which is called the mannequin trend, where everyone freezes in a pose in a scenario and a teacher comes around and films all of our scenarios, which was great fun.

Not long after, we hit the beach, and the water was amazing and so refreshing, but came to an end when we came back to our camp spot and had lunch. After we packed all of the gear into the buses we had, what felt like forever, a long trip back to school.

Overall, Lake Tabourie was absolutely amazing! The staff had put a truly perfect camp together for Years 7 and 11.

Isabella Syne

The 7-11 Peer Support Camp 2024 was an outstanding three days of team-building activities and leadership opportunities. The first day began after Period 4 when we took three buses up to Lake Tabourie.  

Over the days we were able to get to know our groups and recognise our strengths and weaknesses as a collective. The weather was absolutely stunning on the time away, with hardly a cloud to be seen and nearly everyone enjoyed the beachy bliss.  

The action-packed games and challenges encouraged everyone to get out of their comfort zone and try something new. Fueled by the delicious food supplied by Mrs Dalgleish and the Year 11 catering students, we were able to spend the days with Year 7 students, whom we may not ordinarily have gotten to know.

Whilst I enjoyed all of the camps my favourite part would probably have to be the numerous musical numbers performed by Year 7 students across the three days. The camp was a wonderful experience that I would highly recommend for any Year 10 students thinking about being involved in it next year.

Thank you to the staff for facilitating such a great experience. 

Erin Drewsen