Friday, March 12, 2010

My Sec 1 Camp

Two days ago, on Wednesday, the whole sec 1 cohort went for a camp on Saint John's Island. It was really tiring but fun! The camp lasted for 3D2N. On the 1st day, we were introduced to our instructors and had a causality challenge. We had to move the "causality" to different stations where we had to complete a variety of challenges within a time limit. The 1st challenge was to do 50 push-ups. It was really tough! But it was not as tough as the 2nd nor 3rd challenge. The 2nd challenge was that the whole group(16 people) have to have only 6 feet and 5 hands on the ground. Sad to say, we gave up the challenge and moved on to the next one. The 3rd challenge was to move up a slope with our legs hooked around the waist of the person in front of us. After that, the time limit was up and we had to gather together at the basketball court. We were also introduced to some cheers like the hungry cheer which we do before each meal. We did some campfire preparation on the 1st day too.
The 2nd day was the most tiring and fun part of the camp(in my opinion). First, we did a few team-building stuff. We had to move 10 plastic cups from point A to point B and then stack them up into a pyramid. The instructors must like pyramids a lot because our next challenge was to make a human pyramid! It was tough but with the help of everyone, we managed to complete it. After that, we played Multi-Level Captain's Ball in the afternoon. There were different types of balls. The smaller the ball, the more points it was worth. The balls and their points are listed below.
Soccer ball: 10 points
Volleyball: 20 points
Tennis ball: 30 points
Plastic ball the size of a tennis ball: 40 points
Ping-pong ball sized rubber ball: 50 points
Water bomb mixed with detergent: 100 points
Later at night, we had our campfire! My group danced and sang to Boom Boom Pow(not sure I got the spelling correct). Some groups performed a skit, some shouted cheers and some danced and sang, but we all had lots and lots of fun.
We didn't do much on the 3rd day. We cleaned up the area, had breakfast and went home. Oh how comfortable my bed was compared to my sleeping bag. Home Sweet Home!

2 comments:

  1. Ya, this secondary 1 camp was extremely fun and exciting. I enjoyed every momment of it. I like the Multi-Level Captain's Ball the best. It really taught me more about teamwork and that we have to always stay united. The tent which we slept in the first night was pretty stuffy tough. Our group of five had to sleep in one tent! However, the beds in the dorms which we slept in the next night was pretty comfortable. I really enjoyed the campfire too. We sang the campfire song, performed our song and watch while the other classes performed. Overall, this camp at St. Johns Island was really thrilling.

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  2. I enjoyed the Sec i camp even though there were many mosquitoes. Your blog is very detailed and i like the book report. After reading your report i want to got to the library and borrow that book

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