This year for camp, the south and north cluster groups experienced going to Woodhouse Adventure Park. The southern cluster went from Wednesday the 7th – Thursday the 8th of February, and the northern cluster went from Thursday the 8th – Friday the 9th of February. The clusters were separated to enhance the friendships with your classmates, teachers, and other students from within your cluster.
My experiences were with the southern cluster, so this is my recap on what the south groups got up to!
When we all arrived, one of the Woodhouse Adventure Park staff members introduced us to where everything was, the meeting points, and the safety instructions. After that we were given an hour and a half to go exploring around the place to film and take pictures for The Great Outdoors assignment. This allowed us to interact with new people when being in the same spot and having a good time with our friends working together for the assignment. Once our time was up, we were separated into mixed groups to complete an activity. My group went off and faced Challenge Hill. For this activity, 1 person in each group of about 5 was blind folded and as a team we had to go through each obstacle course guiding the blind folded person through it. Other groups completed activities such as Laser Skirmish and the 2-part Survival Challenge and over the 2 days we were there we all rotated through the activities.
Dana set each class a challenge to create a dance to perform in front of everyone on the first night in the Rymill center building. Each class had about a week to choose a song and make up a dance. This activity for a few people was out of their comfort zone, but everyone on the night did an amazing job and the support from all the students while the classes were performing their dance was outstanding! My classes experience while doing this challenge was that the majority of us started out quiet and unsure of how to start, but once we found a song and shouted out a few ideas it all started to come together and turned out pretty good. This idea by Dana helped bring our class culture together and created a positive environment for our class, and I can imagine it did the same for the other southern classes.
Overall, this camp was an amazing experience and opportunity to make new connections and to focus on team building. The Woodhouse Adventure Park staff provided us with food and drinks and a safe and clean place to stay. The connections that were made throughout this camp show the positive and friendly culture we have at SEDA College and the unreal memories that are made during the experiences that SEDA gives us as students.
Written by Alaina Victory