Peer Support Camp

Arriving at school on that morning, was no ordinary morning, but the morning of Peer Support Camp 2k17. Amongst all the remarkable activities,  the quality time that we spent with peers or even getting a chance to meet new people was enjoyable.


So many great memories and experiences happened on Peer Support Camp and here are just a few. Throughout the week, we rode horses, took a mini cruise tubing down the river, ran through muddy puddles, climbed at small hills, played some competitive volleyball,  shot some bulls-eye in archery chanted at the top of our lungs, swam in the rain. Got sling-shotted down the water-slide. Built some great trust in team initiative, and of course ate some scrumptious meals. We saw eels in the rivers,  a whole tree covered in some high fashion shoes which were most likely glued or stapled onto, and much more eye-catching scenery.  - Cathy Cao 9TW
Peer support camp, a load of fun. My favourite activity was archery tag. What is archery tag? Archery tag is dodge-ball... with bow and arrows. Sounds fun right? Google it, it's a lot of fun. My cabin was a lot of fun too.
If you went to camp  you will remember the river next to the camp site, well on the second to last night that river FLOODED!!!!! I remember sitting watching the river flow into the camp site, flooding everything. That night the water was about 10-15 metres from our cabin.

The peer support leaders where good fun too. Peer support is also really good, you talk about lots of important stuff like peer pressure, bullying, family, loads of stuff. My peer support leaders are Ben, Tiarne, and Renee. They are great fun. Camp was a great time and I met lots of new people and new friends I can't wait to do it again in year 13.  - Toby Harding 9BU


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