Happy 10th Birthday to a lovely young lady! A great place to be spending your birthday - on camp with all your mates!
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A lovely 'calm' parachute game to start the day.....
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A calm start soon became a little lively as the rules of the game were changed...
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Which led to this.....
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...and then to this! A lot of giggling from all involved!
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Problem 1 - get your team across the ravine. Great team work!
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Problem 2 - work as a team to carry the capsule without it touching the ground. Calm and focused!
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Problem 3 - move the ball along the pieces of drain pipe without dropping it. A bit of competition kicking in!
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Steady as she goes!
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Problem 4 - Untangle your team of knots by helping each other....this was quite a giggle!
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Problem 5 - Get your team over the VERY HIGH wall....affectionately known as THE BEAST!
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The climbing wall - stamina, strength and agility needed for this task!
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Archery - focus, aim and fire!
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Mr Teasdale in competitive mode - not quite a fair competition!
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Chillin' and chattin' and telling jokes after tea.
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Time for a quick game of footy with children from other schools.
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Is that a monkey in the tree? No! It's Mr Collett trying to get the ball down.
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Mr Teasdale sporting the latest fashion in nightwear!
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The onesie crew!
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A bit of bush craft - Mr Teasdale on fire building duty under the watchful eye of advanced skills fire builder, Mr Collett!
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Hot chocolate and birthday cake around the fire - the perfect combination for the end of a busy day.
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Taking turns to tell camp fire stories around the dying embers of the fire. Now it's time for bed everyone!
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Thursday, 14th July
What a fun filled day today! The morning started with singing Happy Birthday to one of the children who had a tent decorated with balloons, birthday banners and presents from all her friends. Party poppers before breakfast woke us all up this morning!
After breakfast the children had a few quick games with the parachute to get them going and then were put through their paces when being presented with several different team building challenges. A brilliant experience was had by all and the way in which every child was involved as a team made the outcome for all a very positive one. Well done!
Later in the morning the children tackled the notorious high wall, otherwise known as THE BEAST! This enabled all to gain a sense of achievement and the team work during this activity was outstanding. What a great group of children!
During the afternoon the children challenged themselves on the climbing wall and developed their skills with the bow and arrow. Even the adults got a little bit competitive!
After tea the children enjoyed some down time and the birthday girl ended her lovely day with stories, cake and hot chocolate around the camp fire with all her mates. Some 'interesting' in-house entertainment had us all in giggles (see video below for some footage of the performance - Mr Teasdale will never live this down!).
Everyone was certainly ready for bed after a very busy day.