On Tuesday 19^th of February, the three Year 8 Care Groups headed off to Lake Bonney for an Aquatics camp. We all first went to the Lake Bonney Aquatic Centre to hear about the safety procedures from our instructors.

Later my Care Group (8.2) started our aquatic activities. We participated in canoeing, knee boarding and wind surfing. Due to some unfortunate weather conditions on the first day, our group was not able to take part in wind surfing.

At camp, 8.1 and 8.3 participated in many fun activities including a walk, volleyball, 8-ball, table tennis, ball games and many more. Once 8.2 had finished their aquatics, we headed back to camp to have a lunch, filled with sandwiches and fruit. The teachers had a brilliant idea to have a quiz, with topics that included general knowledge, sport, labelling flags for countries, naming famous celebrities and more. With the topics very much in our favour, my group were the victors and were presented with a Freddo Frog.

After a busy and fun-filled day for all, we returned and sat down to have popcorn and watch The Lion King. Lights Out was at 10:00pm however, we did hear Mrs Papametis banging on people’s doors throughout the night for all those who would not go to sleep! Luckily, the next day conditions were perfect, and classes were able to do more water activities or stay at camp and practise volleyball and ball games for a sports day.

The camp was lots of fun and we made many new memories. However, after so much fun, many of us were eager to get home and sleep in our beds!

Penny B (Year 8 student)