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** Koondrook Camp 2009 **
Mrs Smith: What a great week we have had. Our trip to Koondrook was such an exciting time for all the children in our class. We got to know so many teachers and children from the other schools that were there with us and it was wonderful to watch the cooperation and friendships that were happening over the two days. I am very impressed with the behaviour of our children, they joined in all activities eagerly and listened carefully to all instructions making it so much easier for the teachers to enjoy the camp as much as the children did. Read the reports below to see what we got up to.

On Tuesday the 21st we went to Koondrook Camp. We went on Frog’s bus. I had a lot of luggage and the front of the bus was full of bags and so was the back. Leitchville, Welton and Koondrook went with us. It was only the 3/4 classes. When we got there we set our beds up and I had a blow up mattress. We had a tour around the school with Britney. We had to learn the rules, make our name tags and then we decorated our bags for our cutlery and crockery that is plates, cups, bowls, knife and fork. After playtime we had tabloids sport which the grade 5/6 kids organized for us. My group was Yvonne, Larrissa, Teneille and I. Our first thing was long jump with Ethan. At the end of the sports I had to say a thank you to them on behalf of all the grade 3/4 children. After lunch we went to the bush to make cubbies. It was a very big walk to the bush and when we got there we had to know were we couldn’t go past and how far away we couldn’t go to the creek. It took us a long time to find the right tree to build our cubby on and the teachers helped us. When we got back all the school kids from Koondrook were gone and all our legs were very sore. While we were having free play Mrs. C.W told us to go up behind Mrs. Callow’s car so she could hide a picture for a clue to find Wally. We had a “Where’s Wally?” hunt and the only one that we couldn’t find, Mrs. C.W didn’t even know where it was. We did that until it was dark and then we had tea. For tea it was a BBQ and I had 2 sausages and a hamburger. After tea we had a free play and then a story teller came. She was dressed in a costume. She told us a story about a hairy toe and that the lady was eating beans all the time out of her garden, but one morning she went out to water her beans and she saw a hairy toe so she made the hairy toe into stew and it was very nice. That night a man came and was saying to her, “Ooooohh stop and go, who has got my hairy toe?” And he went into her house and took a bite of her toe but he only got her nail. After the stories we had supper and we got ready for bed. When we went to bed and we couldn’t get to sleep because Teneille and Ebony were laughing. When I woke up in the morning, my mattress was down. We heard the boys banging around in their room and they were dressed and we were still in our PJs. For breakfast we had cereal, pancakes and orange juice. Then we got in groups for 4 different activities. My group was Teneille, Courtney, Lachlan, Alex, Zoe and me. My favourite activity was Mr Taylor’s initiative games. After that we went into town for a quiz and we bought a packet of smarties for 2 people in a group. We went to the post office and we posted a letter that said what we liked the most. Then it was back to the school for lunch and assembly and then we went back home. || ** By Tahli Brereton : ** On Tuesday the 21st of July we went to Koondrook for a camp. We went on Frog’s bus, I sat next to Shanae and Courtney. When we got there we had to go and put our stuff in the room we were staying in and make our beds. I slept next to Courtney. When we had finished we got to walk around the school so we knew where everything was. After that we got a name tag then we made a bag for our plate, bowl, knife, cup and forks. When we had finished we went and had play lunch. When we had finished we had sport with the grade 5/6s who set it up. It was fun our group came first with 11200 points. We walked out to the Gunbower State forest where we made cubbies. In my group were Courtney, Lachlan, Liam, Kyle and Quinn. When we walked back to the school we had a “Where’s Wally?” hunt. We had to go with someone from another school so I went with Yvonne. We could not find L. For tea we had BBQ. I sat next Courtney, Zoe and Shanae - tea was yummy. When we had finished eating we had a free play then we had a story teller it was good and then we had sweets before getting ready for bed. On Wednesday we woke and packed up. The boys looked though the window so we pulled the blankets over our heads then we got dressed and we had to wait half an hour because the teachers had to cook breakfast. We did fun stuff until play then we had to do a quiz about the town - we got to buy lollies. That took about an hour and a half, and then when we came back we had lunch and a play and got all our stuff together. We had assembly and then a play to wait for the bus to go back to school. || ** By Courtney Wes t** On Tuesday the 11th of July we went to Koondrook on Frog’s bus. There was more luggage on the bus than people. On the way we played hang man. When we got there Welton and Leitchville were already there. We were shown to where we were sleeping and we set up our beds. After we had set up our beds we lined up with someone from a different school. We got shown around the school and got told where we were allowed to go and where we were not allowed to go. Once we had been shown around we went into the G.P room. In the G.P room we were told what we were going to do. After that we got called up in schools to make our name tags and Gunbower went first. When we had made our name tags we went outside and drew on our bags. I drew a picture of the Gunbower Creek with trees When we had finished our bags we went and got our play lunch and went out for play. During playtime we played gang up with Britney, Ashlee and their friends. After play time we did the Tabloid sports with the Grade 5/6. I was in group 3 with Tahli, Liam, Lachlan, Kyle, Quin. We started off doing footy kicking, then we did the obstacle course, the tennis game where you bounce the ball against the wall and aimed for numbers and whatever the ball hit that’s how many points you got. Next we went to the sprints, the basketball shooting, the long jump and relays. After the tabloids we had lunch and a play before we went out to the bush, it was a long walk except eventually we got there. When we got there the teachers explained where the boundaries were and what we were supposed to be doing. Our group made a long and wide one with heaps of sticks and bark. When we got back we got a free play, after we had a free play we did the “Where’s Wally?” hunt, I went with Ashlee and at the end we had found all of them except for one which nobody could find except we knew what it was because we counted and that was the only number left. We had tea which was a BBQ and then we got a free play. After the free play we had a story teller and she was great, she told us lots of stories, my favourite was one about a hairy toe it was funny. After the story teller we made supper, we had bananas with chocolate inside and roasted marshmallows. Then we had a hot milo and got ready for bed.
 * **By Shanae Haw:**

In the morning the boys were wrestling and having a pillow fight. For breakfast we had yoghurts, cereal and pancakes. Next we did activities like library, tribes, dancing and games. Then we had play before we went into town and did a quiz, we got to buy smarties they were yum. After the quiz we had lunch and a play. Then we had a assembly and I made a speech.

After assembly we went home on the bus, it was hot, I nearly fell asleep!!!! It was so fun!!!!! ||

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