coonawarra camp 2010

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boys and girls cabins! I had been talking about drop bears in the weeks leading to the camp. Although most student’s didn’t believe me; the tiny element of doubt was enough to keep them guessing. They did come across drop bears but they were of the wooden cut out variety stuck to trees. Maybe next year we will see some! ;-) No one could ever complain about the food! All we seemed to do was eat and the student’s were always lining up for seconds. On the 11th-15th of October, 5Y along with the other two grade 5 classes boarded the bus to Coonawarra Camp in East Gippsland. All student’s were excited; although some very nervous for what was to come over the five days. We couldn’t have been luckier with the weather as the only rain we had was on the Wednesday after noon while we had electives and the Friday which was absolutely miserable for our trip home. Every child had their own highlight for the trip and had many memories they will share for the rest of their schooling and possibly lives. As teacher’s we could not have been prouder of the efforts of our student’s. They were wonderful representatives of the school, their families and themselves. When it came time for duty groups we never had to chase them. They were punctual, responsible and consistently polite in their duty groups. For a teacher, cabin checks are always entertaining! You often wonder what you will get or more importantly where items are going to be hidden! The care and attention to rooms was first class from both the Camp Coonawarra Camp Coonawarra 5/11/2010 VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1 The activities at Coonawarra are awesome but too many of them are about being high off the ground for my liking! Being afraid of heights is not good at the best of times but you cannot expect the student’s to have a go if you aren’t so the student’s were entertained with me taking ages to step off the flying fox, my scared laughs on the giant swing and my tree hugging on the high ropes course. This leads on to the support that all student’s gave each other. There were lot’s of “you can do its, nearly there and not far now’s” extended to all student’s. The support and care between all student’s was amazing so all parent’s should be proud! I am proud of each and every student for their attitude, respect of each other and hard work put in at camp! If I am lucky enough to take a group of student’s on a camp next year of the same quality, then I will be one lucky teacher! Please take the time to read 5Y’s Camp Coonawarra newsletter. They have worked very hard to present this for you and are proud of both theirs and each others work! Cheers, Miss Young

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boys and girls cabins!

I had been talking about

drop bears in the weeks

leading to the camp.

Although most student’s

didn’t believe me; the tiny

element of doubt was

enough to keep them

guessing. They did come

across drop bears but they

were of the wooden cut

out variety stuck to trees.

Maybe next year we will

see some! ;-)

No one could ever

complain about the food!

All we seemed to do was

eat and the student’s were

always lining up for

seconds.

On the 11th-15th of

October, 5Y along with

the other two grade 5

classes boarded the bus to

Coonawarra Camp in East

Gippsland.

All student’s were

excited; although some

very nervous for what was

to come over the five

days.

We couldn’t have been

luckier with the weather as

the only rain we had was

on the Wednesday after

noon while we had

electives and the Friday

which was absolutely

miserable for our trip

home.

Every child had their

own highlight for the trip

and had many memories

they will share for the rest

of their schooling and

possibly lives.

As teacher’s we could

not have been prouder of

the efforts of our

student’s. They were

wonderful representatives

of the school, their

families and themselves.

When it came time for

duty groups we never had

to chase them. They were

punctual, responsible and

consistently polite in their

duty groups.

For a teacher, cabin

checks are always

entertaining! You often

wonder what you will get

or more importantly

where items are going to

be hidden! The care and

attention to rooms was

first class from both the

Camp Coonawarra

Camp Coonawarra

5/11/2010 VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1

The activities at

Coonawarra are awesome

but too many of them are

about being high off the

ground for my liking!

Being afraid of heights is

not good at the best of

times but you cannot

expect the student’s to

have a go if you aren’t so

the student’s were

entertained with me taking

ages to step off the flying

fox, my scared laughs on

the giant swing and my

tree hugging on the high

ropes course.

This leads on to the

support that all student’s

gave each other. There

were lot’s of “you can do

its, nearly there and not

far now’s” extended to all

student’s. The support

and care between all

student’s was amazing so

all parent’s should be

proud!

I am proud of each and

every student for their

attitude, respect of each

other and hard work put

in at camp! If I am lucky

enough to take a group of

student’s on a camp next

year of the same quality,

then I will be one lucky

teacher!

Please take the time to

read 5Y’s Camp

Coonawarra newsletter.

They have worked very

hard to present this for

you and are proud of both

theirs and each others

work!

Cheers,

Miss Young

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light of this Camp was Daryl being really super funny/hilarious. The high-light of all highlight of my week at Coonawarra camp.

We were in the mid-

dle of the concert

and Mrs Welti had to

do a job out side of

the stage A fellow

judge, Daryl decided

to be the host of the

show What surprised

me most is that he

found a pink ribbon

When the real Mrs

Welti came in he was

shocked saying that

Mrs Welti was a

imposter. He started

capping energetically

then of course all of

the grade 5

champers also tried

to do the action of

capping energetically

but at one stage

Daryl changed it to 5

claps.

The audience got

confused and Daryl/

Mrs Welti said „that

is not how you

do it and he clapped

5 times. It was

amazingly funny and

all the campers

laughed. He was

being the clown Mrs

Welti for 1 night one

of the acts wasn‟t

able to act as

Brendan hit his

head on the hook.

The concert had to

be finished, the next

night.

Brendan came back

so Brendan did his

act that night. Daryl

once again acted as

Mrs Welti with the

amazing claps and

the funny voice. It

sound like a high

pitch voice of Daryl.

That Happened on 2 night. My high

IMPOSTER MRS WELTI!!

Camp Coonawarra

25/10/2010

What is Karho doing?

Lol Why is he doing

bunny ears on Jai?

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we heard animals and

we saw the stars.

When we got back to

camp Conawarra we

had some hot

chocolate and it was

Jasmine's birthday so

we had some cake .

The night hike was

awesome.

My favorite highlight

for camp Conawarra

was the night hike

because we got see

all the stars on the

night hike. We also

got to carry our torch

lights and it was very

funny because

everyone in 5Y were

scaring Tash and

Maddy. The best

things on the night

hike was when the

teacher said there

were drop bears. But

there were no drop

bears.

Miss Young

explained that drop

bears are bears that

climb trees and drop

on you and she said if

you see one have to

do a commando roll.

Most of the girls in 5Y

got scared. In the end

there were no drop

bears. By the end we

were back at camp

Conawarra.

On the night hike

the teacher said that

you have to out for

animals. In the end

we only saw some

fake animals and we

saw some stars.

On the night hike we

walked heaps and

some people were

even falling behind or

getting lost on the

night hike . When we

stopped everybody

went quiet and

Night hike

Conawarra camp

Special points of inter-

est:

Horse riding

High ropes

Raft making

Cannoning

Giant swing

NEWSLETTER DATE 22/10/2010 VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1

Yummy

! Be a

good

horse

Cool the

giant swing

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night back in our

cabins.

I liked electives

because I got to

be with my

friends and you

didn't have to be

with your groups.

It started raining

so my dad said to

go under

cover . So

we did.

Then we got told

to go to our cabins.

We did go for after-

noon tea. Then we

went to practise for

our play for concert

Electives

Camp Coonawarra

NEWSLETTER DATE VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1

Raft Making

At raft making I was chosen to be captain for my team and Lachlan W was the other one. Daryl thought I was doing a very bad job being cap-tain. He made a bet with me that if my team loses he would throw me in a freezing cold shower at 2 in the morning and if I did win he wouldn’t (lucky he did what he said). When Daryl said your time is up he called me and Loch over to the shed. He made a deal that what ever team

loses would have to have the cold shower! He looked over at me and said get ready for that cold shower! By now all the teams had their gear on and were getting ready to put the rafts in the wa-ter. Daryl said go and my team sprinted out with the boat and Lochs team were still picking theirs up. When my team were coming back around Lachs team just got in the water. I couldn’t believe it! Our

boat at the back was sinking and all you could see of Jasper was his head. It was so funny! I was kicking and paddling at the same time. Caleb was paddling, Hannah and Nicola out were both paddling

I was so happy.

Come on I g

got to win

the race

Come on bull-

seye

Yes I hit the board

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we had were poles,

wood, ropes and

your knowledge to

build the raft. At

least we had Dana

because she had

already done it

before she did most

of the work. Even

though Dana did

most of the work we

all worked as a

team. The water

was freezing cold.

The only bad thing

about rafting was

the seaweed that get

tangled on your

legs. Mrs. Welti

was watching who

won in her canoe.

My favourite

highlight from camp

Coonawarra was on

the 12/10/2010

which was a Tuesday

It was raft making

day. You had to

build a raft and then

raft it to the balloon

and back .It was a

race. The trick was

to actually make it to

the balloon and back

without falling in or

the raft breaking.

This was actually

pretty hard.

It was girls against

boys. Of course my

team won. But the

raft broke on the

way back. We made

our raft and then

took it to the water,

but then it broke. So

we had to rebuild it.

We then had to

paddle it all the way

to the balloon and

back. When it broke

we got to swim a bit

and then collect

everything put it

away. We had to

wear life jackets and

helmets. That was

so if we fall in

which we did. All

THE WINNING RAFT

Camp Coonawarra

NEWSLETTER DATE 22/10/2010 VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1

Hopefully at our

next camp there will

be just as much fun

things as

Coonawarra. Now if

I ever go raft making

again I will know

how to make it and

win the race. So that

was my favourite

highlight of

Coonawarra.

Angel!!!! Please

don't knock me off

or make me scream

or you will loose

it!!!!!!!!!!!

This is my team

or cabin I should

say . We are the

beach

babes !!!!!!!!!!!

This is a raft

but its not

mine!!!!!!!!!!

!!!

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went flying off the ground and fell and I came first. And that’s why I liked canoeing .

There was a race to the

other beach. We got to

the other side and half

way back to the finish

line. A current started

pushing us the wrong

way, while me and Frank

were pushing the

opposite way Caleb’s

canoe tipped over.

Then we started

tipping I decided to jump

out rather than wait to

fall out. Frank was still in

the canoe and then he

fell out, and the canoe

hit my head pushing me

underwater. After having

a gulp of the fish poo

infested, muddy, murky

water my foot got caught

in seaweed.

I reminded Frank about the man eating sea-weed and the we screamed at the top of our lungs. Frank aban-doned me and swam to shore because of the seaweed, and then he came back, then Emily (the staff member) Told us to bring the canoe back to shore so Frank and I pushed it back. We were having trouble flipping it over on the sand but we managed to do it. We started the amaz-ing race. Frank forgot to touch the magic wheel and came last. Then I went and when I got to the tyre wall Aldwyn

Falling in the lake at canoeing

CAMP COONAWARRA

Special points of inter-

est:

Canoeing

Giant swing

Red faces

Raft making

Flying fox

21/10/2010 VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1

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one but they were

good. Then when it

was my turn was

very excited after I

realized.

The funniest

thing about archery

was when me and

Miss Young took

ages to shoot the

arrow. Miss

Williams taught

Miss Young how

to do archery.

Archery was my

funniest moment

because of Miss

Young.

I like camp

Coonawara.

By Yasmin

My favorite

highlight from

Camp Coonawarra

was, Archery

because I was

worse the miss

Young at shooting

the arrow. It took

me 4 or 5 time to

work how to shoot

an arrow, and it

was funny but

embarrassing. Then

after a while I got

the hang of it. Miss

Young was laugh-

ing at me but it was

funny when Miss

Young missed t it

to. Miss Young

said “why are you

laughing at me

when you missed

it!”

I don’t know. It

took me a while to

figure it out. I can

tell you that it was

very hard for me

but I don’t know

for Miss Young.

After a minute or 2

Miss Young got

close to the board.

She was good

when she

FINALLY got the

hang of it. It was

very funny because

every one was

laughing at Miss

Young. First of all

it was kind of

boring because I

was watching every

Archery

Rowville primary school

Camp Coonawarra

NEWSLETTER DATE VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1

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that someone

has changed it

or heard it wrong.

When we were

playing it Ami

whispered it to me

and I whispered it to

Emily. The person

that started off

whispering was

Brendan.

Next we had toasted

marshmallows and I

had one

marshmallow. I think it

was burnt but it was

yum!

My favourite

highlight from Camp

Coonawarra was the

campfire. We had the

campfire on the last

night we were there.

We did the usual

campfire things like

singing and eating.

After that we were

singing. We sang lots

of songs like the

Michael Finnegan song

and lots of the

production songs. The

production songs we

sang were Toxic, Rich

Girl, Rock that Body

and I Believe. It was so

much fun! The

parents that came

were Jill, Graham,

Malcolm and Daryl and

also the teachers were

singing along to the

songs as well.

Then after that we

played a game called

Chinese Whispers. The

way you play the game

is to have a person

that starts and

whispers something to

the person next to

them. After the

whisper has gone all

the way around the

circle the last person

has to say the whisper

out loud. If it is right,

then everyone wins but

if it is wrong we know

Campfire

Coonawarra Camp

22/10/2010 VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1

Campfire

It took forever to cook

them because we could

not see anything and

neither could the

teachers. The

teachers cooked all of

them. Next came the

hot chocolate and it

was warm and

delicious. I drank mine

in about twenty

seconds because it was

so delicious. That is

why the campfire was

one of my absolute

favourite highlights of

Camp Coonawarra.

By Cassidy. D

Hey this is

the Auzzie

Dreamers!

I am sooooo

excited for

eating

marshmallows

I’m gonna

get a

bullseye

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Commonwealth

games on the TV.

When I heard my

name called out we

went into the hospital

rooms and that is

where they told me to

lay down on the bed.

While I was laying

down on the bed Miss.

Young and the nurse

were talking to each

other deciding what to

do with my head. They

were thinking of put-

ting in stiches but they

used steri straps

instead. The nurse put

four straps on my head

and then it was time to

go back to camp.

When we got back

everyone was like ohh

Brendan’ s back.

Everyone wanted to

look at my head .

On the third day of

camp around 7:15 pm

I had a accident. Not

one of those wetting

myself accidents; like

a hurting myself

accident. The accident

happened when I went

to pick up my shoes. I

hit my head on one of

those bathroom towel

hooks. Luckily it

missed my eye by

exactly 4cm.. After I

hurt myself I ran

straight to Miss

Veticas and showed

her. She told Kealan to

quickly take me to the

first aid area and that

was where Miss Young

and Mrs. Welti were.

When they saw my

head they quickly sat

me down and got a

piece of gauze and put

it on my head with

pressure. While that

was happening, they

were asking me a lot of

questions like my age,

my name and my

address. After the

questions they called

the ambulance to

come to camp . When

he got to camp he put

his stuff down and had

a look at my head.

After he looked at my

head, he started to talk

to the teachers while I

was lying on the

ground. When they

finished talking, Miss.

Young went and got

me some shoes and

then Mr. Hills drove

me and Miss. Young

to the hospital. When

we got there Mr. Hills

and Miss Young

walked me into the

hospital and we sat

down on the chairs.

While waiting to be

called we were

watching the

My hospital visit

Camp Coonwarra

NEWSLETTER DATE 29/10/2010 VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1

Bren-

dan

michea

l mos-

I'm

going to

the top,

the top

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When I was helping I also watching Mrs. Welti running around taking photos of the canoeing, and all of us coming down on the flying fox. While Mrs Welti was running around, Malcolm, Jack hill's dad was saying “come on Mrs. Welti you’re almost there! Now that was funny!

The last thing I did was look at my hands, boy were

It was half way through camp and my shot on the flying fox! I was harnessed up and ready to go. Lachlan was riding up the harness. Once it was up, I got clipped in. I ran and jumped off the board and I was flying over the lake.

Then all of a sudden I hit the end of the fox and came back where they grabbed the rope and got the ladder for me to

step on. Then they un-harnessed me. After that I to help with all the others, when they came down. When I was coming down there was heaps of excitement going through my head, about how awesome it was to accomplish it. After all that I was untangling the harness and clipping them on to the rope , so that Lachlan could ride them back up.

FLYING FOX

Camp Coonawarra 21/10/2010 VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1

tried to work out what it was. Then Ryan said its from touching the rope. After all that we went and sat down. Then they an-nounced what we were going to do next, so now we have finished an-other activity and survived.

By Kane

G'day

Smile

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can only be seen up

close. Patty didn’t

follow what I told her

to do.

She was a lot more

focused on what the

person in front of me

was doing! When we

came back from the

ride I was sort of used

to the smell of horses

and things like that ,

but it was a different

story when I arrived.

It was yuk! I recom-

mend for anyone even

if they are not into

horse riding!

By Erin

My highlight of camp

is Horse Riding! It was

fantastic fun! Once it

ended, you just wanted

to go again and again!

Well at first I was

really scared about it

and I only wanted a

big horse but they told

me that I was to tall

for a small horse! I

have no idea it hap-

pened but I ended up

with the second big-

gest horse on the trail

ride in our group!

The trail ride was all

up hill and when it was

time to come back it

was all down hill and I

had a little trouble with

that! The route was

just a little bit like a

circle but not shape

of one. The ride did-

n’t take very long that

long for me, but as

you know time flies

when you are having

fun! Our ride was on

Thursday, the day

before we left

Coonawarra Camp.

We had our ride on

the last session for

the day, the last ses-

sion for the week

before we went

home.

My horses name is

Patty, She is a huge

horse; white with very

light grey spots which

Horse Riding

Inside this issue:

Erin being scared. 1

Having a huge horse. 2

Coonawarra info. 3

Big & Small horses. 4

Going cross-country. 5

Awesome fun! 6

Adventure! 7

Rowville Primary School

Camp Coonawarra

DATE: 22/10/10 VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1

OMG, this

is scary

Is this for

real?

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couldn’t get through.

We all had a lot of

fun hut building

together. I found

that the hut building

seemed to go for the

longest because

there was always

something to do.

You got a lot more

involved in the

whole hut building.

My group didn’t win

either but we still

had fun building the

hut together.

A highlight of

Coonawarra Camp

was the hut building.

It was one of my

favorites because I

got a lot more

involved. We

discussed what we

had to do and all of

my group worked

together to get it

done.

My group got very

wet but I didn’t

because I was hiding

in the corner. We

only managed to get

half of one side

finished but the rest

was basically open

area. I surprisingly

managed not to get

too wet. All the

groups worked

together as a team to

get the hut built so

that they wouldn’t

get wet. The people

in my group were

also working hard to

get the hut built so

that we didn't get

wet. Even though we

tried really hard we

did not get it

finished. The hut

who won worked

together as a team so

that the water

Hut building

Rowville Primary School

Coonawarra camp

Special points of inter-

est:

Building it

Getting wet

27/10/2010 VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1

Here comes Daryl

My favorite part of Camp Coonawarra was when it took Miss Young and me and Frank to stop Daryl who was on the flying fox.

Daryl is lets say a big-ger build and neither he or us knew how we were going to stop him.

For you to have a SAFE jump you have to jump off a little ledge and before you jump, Em puts some rope on your hands and asks you to drop it when you get to the lake. So even-

tually

Daryl crawled off the edge and he fly's down with the loudest scream

all laughed. Daryl went right passed us and then

Miss Young jumped up and hip and shouldered him! It must have been scary for Miss Young!

He kept on going so

decided to help Miss Young out! We were so brave.

It was funny and scary and I thought Frank and I were very brave! I cant wait until Grade 6 camp!

G’day!!!

STOP!

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I loved the giant

swing because I have

never done it before

and I went on it all

the way to the top. It

was an adrenaline

rush. It was really

fun and funny

because Jai Pleban

was screaming “this is

CRAAZZZZY!!!!”

Everyone was

laughing.

I liked it when

they pull the rope to

make them swing

and you’re holding

the rope to pull them

up. It feels like recoil

and when Jack

pulled the rope to

make him swing

Malcolm (Jacks dad)

fell on his backside!

I was really scared

when I pulled the

rope but I wanted to

do it again! While I

was swinging I was

waving to Kane at

archery. I loved the

giant swing, espe-

cially when I pulled

the rope and started

to swing. It was hard

getting the harness

on but it was worth

it!

Giant swing ——Jai !!!!!!!

Inside Story 2

Inside Story 2

Inside Story 3

Inside Story 4

Camp Coonawarra

Special points of interest:

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NEWSLETTER DATE VOLUME 1,

High Ropes Course My highlight from camp is

the high ropes course.

When we got to the high

ropes course, Em said we

didn’t have enough time to

do the low ropes so we

went straight onto the high

ropes. It looked really scary

at first but when you get in

the harness and hop on its

not so bad. After a while its

AWESOME!!

I was the second girl to do

it and it was really fun.

When I got on I found out

that it was really wobbly.

But that’s one of the things

I like about it, its challeng-

ing. When I got to the

ladder I got really shaky. I

wouldn’t let go, but then I

did. It was really fun,

everyone was cheering for

me. The scariest thing on

the high ropes was the sec-

ond last one. You had to

hold onto ropes to get

through it. I felt like I was

going to fall off, but I did-

n’t.

I don't think anyone in our

group needed a harness,

because no one fell off.

When I finished I hopped

out of the harness and

laughed at myself. I laughed

because every time we

would get to another station

we had to yell out PULL

UP CHECK!!! When I

finished I asked Em if I

could have another go but

this time I was going to run

across the wobbly ladder.

(that would have been fun!!)

When I got off Lachlan

was on the second last sta-

tion and he was really wor-

ried about this one, so we

all cheered him on with out

falling off.

We all did great.!

Ahhh

I'm

scared!!!!!

Common

bullseye

Woo I hit

the bullseye.

Oh what

awesome

people!

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On the14/10/10,

I hijacked a canoe,

as fast as I could

because we were in

the middle of our

raft making session.

When we put our

nowhere good

enough raft into the

water, I knew that

our raft wasn’t

going to go 5 meters

across the water.

Guess what? I was

wrong it didn’t even

float:; It fell apart

straight away.

That’s when the fun

started, Kane drifted

into the middle of

the lake with the

poles off the raft. I

was laughing my

head off at him

because he was the

one who forced us

to put our raft in the

water. Karma is

what I have to say. I

was just going to

leave him and say

‘have fun’ but then I

saw Kealan and

Erin bringing their

canoe in to shore. I

ran to them to later

find out they just

came to shore to tip

the water out of the

canoe. That’s when

I just took it Kealan

swam out to get the

paddle during that

time I called Ryan,

which luckily had a

paddle. Kealan gave

me the paddle and off

went to later realise

that Kane had

already been rescued,

so it was now a

search and rescue

mission. Rescue what

you say. Rescue the

poles, the ropes and

the wood that were in

the middle of the

lake. It was up to me

and Ryan to save

those living and

those non-living.

First we went out to

get the poles we got

them and passed

them in. The wood

was heavier and

harder to drag and

pass to shore.

Luckily we’re strong

so we passed them in

fine. Then it was the

ropes turn. That was

easy and finished in

no time. Then we got

in trouble so we

brought the canoe

into shore and

praised ourselves for

doing such a great

job

The End

By Lachlan.B

Local boy hijacks a canoe!

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don't

‘accidentally’ fall

out

Go

Horses!

Aren’t I cool?

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When it was time to

get out of the water,

I was freezing.

Before we could go we

had to pull the canoe

on to the sand and we

had to flip it

upside-down. After

Jasmine and I had

flipped our Canoe we

could go and put our

lifejacket, helmet and

our paddles away.

After I did that I ran

to my room to get

warm. I felt like I was

frozen.

It was a great

experience and I

would recommend

canoeing to anyone.

My favorite

highlight from Camp

Coonawarra was the

Canoeing. At the start

I was nervous and

excited (more

nervous then

excited ) My group

had Mrs Welti, Jill

and Aaron as our

supervisors.

Before we could

start we had to get a

lifejacket, helmet and

2 paddles, then we

had to get a partner

and flip a canoe.

Aaron showed us how

to go straight, how to

turn left and how to

turn right. When we

got into the water it

took awhile for

Jasmine (my partner)

and I to get used to

steering. When we

got the hang of things

we were fine, apart

from when we went

the wrong way and a

girl from another

school had to push us

out to the deeper

water.

Another

embarrassing moment

for me was when I

fell into the water

trying to get in the

canoe. That was

embarrassing!

Canoeing!

Rowville Primary School

Camp Coonawarra

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We call our-

selves the

Auzzie

Dreamers!

Say goodbye to Camp

Coonawarra!

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it was really funny.

I hope next year

on camp it will be

as funny and as

fantastic as this

year.

Wow what a

camp! This camp

was the funniest

camp I have ever

been on. I couldn't

have wished for a

better camp. And

this is why .

My highlight from

Camp Coonawarra

was all of the

laughs. All I mainly

did was have fun

and laugh. The

thing I laughed at

most was Daryl's

mimic of Mrs.Welti.

It was hilarious.

Another thing that

was funny is when

there was a frog in

someone’s cabin . I

think that everyone

screamed when

they saw the frog.

It was so funny;

even though I was

one of the people

screaming .

OMG! Seaweed

gross! I think

everyone

complained and

hated it and

screamed. All I did

was scream, laugh

and say GROSS!

But at the same

time it was really

funny.

We also got to see

the latest band in

town. On the

concert night there

was a surprise act.

It was the teachers

and parents

singing and

dancing and they

also got a little bit

dressed up. They

sang Mamma Mia

All the LOL’s (laugh out loud’s)

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Do you like my

new look for

the camera

The beach

babes are

awesom

e

Hi I'm red. And

I'm in the new

band

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Miss Young jumped up and hip and shouldered him! It must have been scary for Miss Young!

He kept on going

Frank and I decided to help Miss Young out! We were so brave.

It was funny and scary and I thought Frank and I were very brave! I cant wait until Grade 6 camp!

My favorite part of Camp Coonawarra was when it took Miss Young and me and Frank to stop Daryl who was on the flying fox.

Daryl is lets say a bigger build and neither he or us knew how we were going to stop him.

For you to have a SAFE jump you have to jump off a little ledge and be-fore you jump, Em

puts some rope on your hands and asks you to drop it when you get to the lake. So even-tually

Daryl crawled off the edge and he fly's down with the

ever heard. Then Malcolm said

laughed. Daryl went right passed us and then Miss Young

Here comes Daryl

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Boogie” by Micheal

Jackson and “Mama

Mia” by ABBA. The

names of the people

in the band were Red,

Lachlan, Helga,

Percila, Mrs. Pink,

Little miss pinklet and

Big eyes! They were

Brilliant! The Concert

night was hilarious! It

was so much fun!

Everbody had fun! I

can’t wait until grade

six Camp!!!

Ryan

One of my

highlights at Camp

Coonawarra was

the Concert. There

were sixteen

performances. My

group was fifteenth

but we couldn’t do

it because one of

our main characters

wasn’t there

because he

injured .We did our

performance the

next night.

The group that

came first was a

dance. The group

called them selves

the DJ lovers. The

performance that

came third was a

top gear parody. It was

hilarious! The

performance that came

second wasa dance by

Sophie. The Concert

was a great night

including comedy,

dancing, singing and

lots lots more. Other

performances included

magic tricks, comedy

acts, jokes and

mimicking. The night

after I did my act

called “Party at my

house”. Our score was

sixteen. After our

comedy act there was a

new band that did two

dances. It was

hilarious! The songs

were “Blame it on the

The Concert

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They look

lame

This is go-

ing to be

fun!!!