Year 5 Camp

On Monday the 12th of September, 24 excited Year 5 students hopped on a bus and headed off to Riverbend Camp in Smithton. Our first stop was at Burnie Park for a quick play and toilet break. Then we got back on the bus and headed to Riverbend. When we arrived, we went to our cabins and unpacked our sleeping bags and pillows.

We were then split into two groups ready for some exciting activities. One group did the flying fox and the other group got to go on the bungee run. After we all had a turn at the first activity, we met back in the dining room ready for lunch. Some of the students got to help serve lunch in the kitchen. Following eating we swapped over and completed the activity we didn't do before lunch.

After lots of laughs and fun we went back to our cabins and got ready for swimming. We had a great time at the pool, even Miss Moore and Mrs Hyland went swimming with us! The day was still not over yet. We made our way back to the camp and had some yummy dinner before rugging up and boarding the bus for Stanley. We made volcanoes on the beach and lit a fire inside them and toasted some delicious marshmallows. Before leaving, we tiptoed over to the penguin viewing platform to see the fairy penguin come up from the ocean to their nests. They were adorable!

After arriving back at camp, we had some supper and a cup of milo and settled down for the night. Everyone was tired after a big day.

We were up early the next morning ready for some more fun. Breakfast was at 8.00am; we all enjoyed some cereal and toast. We could always have seconds for any of our meals! The last activity at Riverbend was going to be the flying squirrel and this turned out to be my favourite. We had to be harnessed up and connected to a pulley. We then had to run in the opposite direction to the people doing the pulling, this made us fly up off the ground and into the air. We went up about 10 metres in the air. It was great watching Mr Linhart fly into the air.

Later in the morning we packed up the bus ready to make the long trip back to school, however, not before a last stop off at Ten Pin Bowling for some lunch and a game of bowling! We would like to thank Mr Linhart, Miss Moore, Mrs Hyland and Mr Angliss for taking us to camp. We all had a wonderful time!