Tony's Camp Recount

The First Two Days of Camp

On Tuesday the 28^th of February was the day I was going to camp for the very first time.

When my alarm went on at 7:30 I woke up with excitement and joy. I quickly got dressed, brushed my teeth, packed my things and off to school I went.

Once I made it to school I had to put my things and belongings in a trailer. The car I went in was Zia’s dad’s car. Vincent, Sam, Dave and Brittany were in his car as well. The ride from Christchurch took 1 hour and 30 minutes.

Once we made it to Glentui we had to go into the dining hall to meet Jarn and Gea. (Jarn and Gea is the owner of Glentui camp they also the chiefs)

After meeting Jarn and Gea Mr Russell split us into 5 groups. I was in group 5. After that it was the first rotation. Group 5 and group 3 were doing water study, group 1 was doing abseiling, group 2 was doing outdoor cooking with Mr Barr. We then had to walk down some stairs which I call the very annoying stairs because when you walk down the stairs its ok but when you go back up the stairs its really hard because there’s lots of stairs  to walk. Once we went down to the instructors, they said that there’s too many people here and not enough equipment. So Mr Russell took my group and the instructors took group 3. Mr Russell then went back up the annoying stairs to get the gear to play softball.

When Mr Russell came back with the softball gear he split us up into two teams. After each team had three rounds of batting Mr Russell went down to the river to see if  Group 3 was done. After a minute or two Mr Russell came back with Group 3, then we went down to the river.

Once we got down to the river we had to split into groups. In my group there was Sam and Isobel. Water study was overwhelming. After we finished doing water study we went back up the annoying stairs. Once we made it up the stairs we went into the common room to sit down. Once we rejoined with everyone it was time for the 2^nd rotation outdoor cooking with Mr Barr.

Mr Barr told us to go down the annoying stairs and wait down in the field. After a while Mr Barr came down with some cooking gear. Next Mr Barr told us to come around the table and find a partner I picked Jamie. Then we had to pick a bowl and add some flour, sugar, baking powder, and an egg. After that we then had to beat up all the ingredients together. Then each group got a hobo stove and some sticks. Then we had to find a place to start cooking. It took us a while to get the fire going. Jamie and I only made two pikelets.

Then it was DINNER. (I was so hungry) For dinner we had pasta it was the best pasta I ever had. After that we had desert we had ice cream with plum (yuck). After we all finished our dessert we had to go to our bunkroom. In my bunkroom there was Brock, Jack, Matt, Loyd, Jamie and Luke. Then it was lights off so I went to sleep.

Day 2

I woke up at 7:40 because Luke woke me up. Anyway I went to the sink to brush my teeth and went back to my bunkroom. I waited till 8 o’clock in my bed to eat breakfast then one of the teachers said it was breakfast time so I rush into the dining hall to eat breakfast. For breakfast we cereal and toast. After we had breakfast it was time for rotation 3.

At rotation 3 I did sketching with Mrs Mac. We were sketching patterns and then we had to find a partner to sketch the forest. I picked Campbell. Then we had a little break. We had cookies.

It was time for rotation 4- Interactive games with Mrs Black. First we had to line up in our birthdays without talking, it was hard. Then we had to play this game where you had to find 4 cups and place them under the chair legs, blind folded. I banged my head on the chair a couple of times. Besides me banging my head it was a really fun game. I liked playing interactive games with Mrs Black.

The last rotation I was so excited :

ABSEILING

Once my group and I got to the hill we had to put on a harness. Then our instructor Naomi asked us who wanted to go first. (I was third). Once it was my turn I was nervous. Once I got down I was relieved that I made it down to the bottom safely. Then I had to walk a long way up a hill. Once I made it up the hill I was back at the entrance. After a while abseiling was finished so I walked back to camp and ate dinner.

Today’s lunch was drum sticks with wedges and broccoli. For desert we had crepe with cream and plum sauce, again yuck. After 10 mins we had Milo and cookies then it was bed time.

So that was the first two days of my camp. It was a really extraordinary experience. I can’t wait to go to camp at high school. I just hope it is good as this camp.