4 motivated teachers, 7 energetic parents and 52 keen students. A recipe for camp success at Wainui in 2020. Read all about it below.

The Year 7 camp was held at Wainui from Wednesday 19 to Friday 21 February. We took a record number of students with us this year. So many in fact, that we had to call on the expert services of 'camp guru' Mrs McLeod to lend an extra pair of hands. Thanks to Nick, Nicky, Donna, Fiona, Jo, Liz and Natasha who came along as parent helpers. Without them camps like this simply could not go ahead. 

The students rotated through 5 activities. These were High Ropes, Kayaking, Orienteering, Team Building and Archery. Night times were spent playing giant games of spotlight! All in all the camp was very successful with everybody pushing themselves out of their comfort zones. 

Read what some of the students had to say about their camp experience below. 

Name: Ellie

My highlight at camp was spotlight and kayaking because it was my first time playing their kind of spotlight. At kayaking it was fun because we got to jump in the water and it was very warm.

Name: Leah

My highlight for camp was Archery because I found it a bit hard but it was fun. Something that was challenging was high ropes. I found it challenging because I was a bit scared but I got past the first rope level thing, but I froze for a minute. I got to the end. Thanks to Mr Brown for helping me and encouraging me.

Name: Esther

My highlights of Wainui camp was that I completed 3 levels in high ropes. Something I found challenging was kayaking because doing the piano keys was hard and scary and I did not like getting wet.Things I will remember are hanging out with my friends, getting to know my teachers better and just having fun.

Name: Xanthe

My highlights for camp are orienteering, predator, spotlight, high ropes & free time. Some challenges for me was kayaking because when we played piano tiles you had to run across all the kayaks. Things I will remember are playing spotlight and playing predator because I got to jump in a bush so I didn't get found.

Name: Mela

My highlights were the whole thing, it was really fun. I would love to do it again and the night time games that was fun. Challenges were the high ropes and kayaking. Things I will remember are night time games and the teachers prank. It was so funny to watch.

Name: Holly

Some things I really enjoyed about camp were high ropes and orienteering. Some things that I found challenging were kayaking and archery. Something that I will remember is the teachers prank.

Name: Isabella Ge

My highlights of the Wainui camp are kayaking, spotlight, games and archery. I found high ropes challenging because it was really high up and I don’t really like heights. I also found orienteering challenging because we had to go up the hills to find the numbers and symbols.I will not forget all the activities we did and especially the game of spotlight.

Name: Bella

I enjoyed learning the new way to play spotlight and playing predator. Something I found challenging was trying to do the high ropes. Something I will remember is the prank the teachers did, playing spotlight and doing the team building.

Name: Dishsa

I enjoyed the games and the activities. My best activities were ropes and kayaking. It was hard to climb up to the top of the high ropes.I liked the circle time and swimming when we jumped off the kayaks.

Name: Luke

I enjoyed high ropes because it pushed me past what I would probably ever do. I also loved playing predator and spotlight. One thing I will remember is the big walk up to my room. I really enjoyed the whole camp.

Name: Jaxson 

I enjoyed high ropes because people were helping me push myself. One thing I will remember is the walk up to the camp and the big walk to my room. I really enjoyed it and I bet every person that went loved it.

Name: Osian

One of the highlights was high ropes because I went on the hardest level and I also will not forget the prank the teachers pulled on me.

Name: Steven

I enjoyed archery. I‘ve never done archery before, I was so excited. I also enjoyed the night games and high ropes. The night games were fun. It was also my first time on high ropes ; really pushed me. I am afraid of heights.

Name: Campbell

I enjoyed kayaking and my group did doubles with Steven. Some challenges were high ropes because I have a fear of falling. The thing that I will remember is when Mr Brown did the bucket prank and spotlight.

Name:Lukas

At camp I loved playing spotlight and predator. I guess I just loved all the games. My favourite activities were archery and kayaking. My group did singles and we got to see a WW2 bunker. The thing I will never forget will be getting lost in Orienteering with Charlie. This was also a huge challenge for me but we ended up finishing it and getting back to camp.

Name: Jaydeep 

One thing I enjoyed doing was archery because the instructor was very funny and he was very nice. One thing that was a challenge was trying to make a raft while kayaking and something I will remember is having to walk up a hill in orienteering.

Name:Patrick

Some challenges were high ropes. I was super scared and another challenge was archery. I was really bad. Something I will never forget is getting left behind in orienteering and getting lost. Also how scared I was while doing high ropes.

Name: Winston

I found orienteering fun because you got to cooperate with your teammates, find stuff and explore around the whole camp. Some challenges I faced was climbing the mountains to find these numbers because it was so steep and it got very challenging as we wanted to have a water break.

Name:Wilbur

I liked all the games at night and high ropes, orienteering and kayaking.

Name: Jacob

I liked the cake and kayaking

Name:Cody

Predator, sleep and archery because I got archer of the day. I will never forget the talent show. I loved my bunk room mates too.

Name:Charlie

 I enjoyed kayaking and jumping into the water. I will remember accidentally breaking the light switch and getting lost in orientering. A challenge for me was climbing the big ladder thing at high ropes, it was very high and scary but it was very fun.

Name: Connor

I enjoyed spotlight, pranking Liam, the butter chicken, high ropes and the teacher’s prank. I hated kayaking.

Name:Liam

I enjoyed the spotlight, team building, orienteering and the macaroni and cheese lasagna. I also liked the prank (it was like this..... cone..drink bottle...RAAR!( the RAAR! was Mr Brown)

Name: Daniel

I enjoyed archery and using the bow and arrow because I got three bullseyes. A challenges was high ropes.

Name: Caleb

I enjoyed kayaking and all the challenges about camp.

Name:Zak 

A challenge was trying to do the 360 on the kayak because Jake & I aren't co-ordinated.

Name: Zar

The high ropes was hard because I'm scared of heights.