A few weeks ago all the patrol leaders and assistant patrol leaders are away to
brush up on their leadership skills. The whole camp had to be planed by
them, which took weeks of meetings and work (who know camps were so
much work to organise?!) They've got a menu, activities, somewhere to
stay. Now let's get going and have some fun! Here's their reports of
the weekend!
We
arrived at the hut in Lyndhurst and we put all our bags in one corner.
Then tried top make the tallest tower out of jelly babies and spaghetti.
It was really tricky and the spaghetti kept breaking. However we
managed to make a tower 44cm high. Then we split into groups and one
group went with Tom, the other with Darren. With Tom we talked about
first aid and what we would do if someone was really hot and really cold
and if they had a bad cut. With Darren we did about herding sheep and
one person had a whistle and the others were blindfolded and the person
with the whistle had to give them commands to get them into the right
place. Now we are making armpit fudge and calzone for lunch. We had to
go and buy the food ourselves. - Adam
At
first we went to the shop and got everything ready for our lunch. It
was using quite a lot of team work in the shop as we were allocated
different tasks and we all managed to do so accurately. Then we did
first aid and got ready for lunch. We started by making calzone which
was good and we had to be extra cautious for Polly who is gluten free.
So we had to separate everything but we managed well after a bit of
confusion.Then after that we made armpit fudge with hot chocolate
powder,cream cheese ,m&ms, margarine and more. After we had lunch
with salad and drinks whilst Tom was saying how much he hated salad
cream. Overall it was nice and I loved the armpit fudge. - James
The
next activity Darren did with us was verbal communication. We stood
back to back and spoke to each other about the task we did earlier,
sheep herding. It was harder than I thought because with everyone
talking you couldn't hear your partner. Tom did CPR with us and he
taught us what to do when we come across someone who wasn't breathing
and was unconscious. I think it was a really good activity and a good
life lesson. - Imogen
We
learnt lots of fencing techniques and how to move with one foot on the
floor at all times and you have to shuffle not gallop. We also learnt
how to do a parry and how to start by putting the foil to your nose and
then going on guard, you can't wear your helmet when doing that. At the
end you also take your helmet off to shake hands with your opponent. -
Lara
Yum
- next was dinner! We had fajitas with salad, rice, chicken and
cheese. For pudding we had Cherry Crunch which was delicious! We all
helped to cook dinner and helped to wash up - but the eating was better
than the washing up! - Kathleen
It
was really nice to sit down and relax last night after the long day we
had. It was time to chat, relax and enjoy our hot chocolate made by
Sarah. We all went to bed at 10 after being told that we were to get up
at 7.30. The next day we were all up with bed hair and sleepy eyes
packing our sleeping bags and pajamas ready for our next activities.We
each had cereal and then cooked eggy bread with beans. We then took
turns to wash up and clean the kitchen. - Marcus
After
breakfast, we cleaned up and then learnt about challenging behavior.
This included low-level disruption and not agreeing to the success
criteria. After this, we had a quick break and learnt about choking and
asthma attacks. Now we can save people who are dying, yay!!! Soon we
will be going to the park to have fun! - Jack
At 11:30
we went to the park! We went to the skateboard park and we ran up and
down the ramps. There was a zip wire that we went on but it wasn't very
fast! Next we went in the children's play park and James got stuck in
some tires! Its was really funny! - Polly
After
the park we came back to the lodge to get ready to eat our lunch. We
had bacon sandwiches, and apple and a Brunch bar after that we had a
Patrol Forum where we talked about how we could make the camp better
next time. At the end we gathered round the flag and had Flag down, then
we left. - Joe
Thanks
to Joe for starting the plan, Jack, Kathleen, Polly, Imogen, Lara &
James for organising the camp - and also a huge thank you to Darren,
Tom, Tris & Sarah for coming along to train!
