The Year Four learners went on camp to Runaway Bay Sport and Leadership Excellence Centre on Monday 12 and Tuesday 13 of May. Although it was only for two days and one night, we packed in a lot of fun. 

The first day was wet and rainy!  Despite this, we made good time getting down to the Gold Coast. When we arrived, we got split into our cabins, dropped off our suit cases, had some food and jumped into our first activity.    Theo and Evelyn 4A

Camp highlights!

Disco - Scarlett and Clara 

At camp the lovely staff prepared an amazing disco which was a big hit!!! They used a shiny, colourful disco ball in front of a huge speaker, making the music blast out like rainbow notes. One of the main attractions was the... super, long conga line, which almost every one joined, which eventually split into nine or ten parts. Another attraction was the crazy dance battles with the winners usually doing a victory Royale breakdance. Some of the songs they played were the Conga Song, APT, Macarena, Timber and unexpectedly, Baby Shark. Some people really liked or disliked some of the varieties of songs that were played, like Shake it Off, APT, Baby Shark and Nothing Holding Me Back.

Survivor and Indigenous Games  - Phillip and Lincoln

Survivor was series of challenges inspired by… you guessed it ... the TV show 'Survivor'. The key to success was working as team, with good communication and sportsmanship essential. My favourite challenge was where we had to use an extremely long flexi tube and work as team to get tennis balls from one basket to another, one at time using the tube to carry them.   It sounds simple, but when  there are lots of people involved, it gets complicated!

We played a number of games based on traditional Indigenous games. My favourite game was when we played the pool noodle war! The original game involved using sticks, but luckily we used pool noodles instead. The aim of the game was to 'attack' (hit the apponent below the waist) and they then needed to freeze with noodle in the air (ie. they were 'captured').   The first team to capture everyone won the game!

Food - Lily & Sophie

Here at Runaway Bay Sports and Education Centre, they serve a diverse variety of foods and refreshments. We were seated in long, narrow tables. When a sign was held up in front of your table, you could go to the serving window to get hot food of your preference. Our favourite meals were lunch on Monday, where we had pasta and meatballs as well as, breakfast on Tuesday, where we had sausages and hash browns. There were four lucky people who had their birthdays on the two days of
camp, so we got ice cream for dessert.

Stand up paddle boarding & beach games - Laura and Aathith

Paddle boarding and beach games were amazing!!! All the Year Four students had
an incredible time playing at the beach! Most of the students had never been on a
paddle board before and enjoyed trying it out. They also had lots of fun
participating in the other exciting beach activities.

Lodge – Gunes & Chelsea

Year Four school camp wouldn’t be an overnight camp if there weren’t any lodges! The lodges are a very important part of camp for the students and the teachers, as sleep is essential. There are ten cabins per lodge, including a common room and toilets. The ninth and tenth cabins are usually for the teachers (sometimes there is only one teacher); with a seperate bathroom and two beds. There are four students in a cabin, and two bunk beds (there is a lot of fighting over top bunks). After a long and busy day, most cabins are asleep almost instantly, but some cabins could be heard chatting and giggling late into the night.

Thank you to parents, staff and teachers who made it possible!

On behalf of the Year Fours, we would like to say a huge thank you to not only to our own amazing teachers but the incredible staff at Runaway Bay Sport and Leadership Excellence Centre. They were very supportive and encouraged us to try things we had never done before. Our teachers also played a large part in taking care of us in tough times like when some students got homesick. Without all these people we wouldn’t have had as much fun as we did.

Overall we had a blast and look forward to going on Year Five camp next year. We would recommend this camp to all ages because it is a good learning experience and no matter what the weather is like you will still have fun.