Published on Thursday, 12 October 2023 at 10:38:32 AM
Day 1-3 Canberra Camp
Two weeks ago, Room 5 were lucky enough to go to Canberra for 2023’s Year Six Camp.
We had a blast and enjoyed this experience with our classmates, we are very grateful to have had such a great time.
To start off our week, we participated in an exciting lesson at the National Electoral Centre where we voted for our favourite fruit, just like you would do in an actual election. We then caught our bus all the way to the High Court of Australia! There we were guided through the building, we visited The Constitutional Court of Australia while our tour guide used his knowledge to explain Australia’s court system to us.
After lunch, we ventured to the Parliament House! We were amazed when we caught our first glimpse of the building. Bethany our lovely tour guide showed us both the House of Representatives and The Senate. We were given a lot of information in this session.
Next on our list, was a tour of The National Gallery, we had a great time looking at all the fantastic artworks. Finally, we completed our first day in Canberra at the AIS (Australian Institute of Sport). At Sportex we played multiple games, each relating to a different sport. There we were incredibly happy to have watched Olympic gymnast Georgia Godwin train on the vault.
Tuesday was an early start, this was the day our dreams were fulfilled, we were going to the snow! Literally only 15 minutes after we woke up, we were rushed onto the bus and spent three hours total on our journey to the snow. When we arrived the staff from Kosciusko National Park greeted us and performed in a small game show, as we went on, we learnt some funky facts. Did you know... Lake Cootapatamba was formed by glacier ice melting from Mount Kosciuszko!
Shortly after our visit we took the ski tube to Blue Cow. This is where we had our snow play. Although we were only able to spend one hour in the snow, we had a ball! We had snowball fights, we made snow cones, and even went down snow slides! It was our favourite activity throughout the whole camp.
In the evening we had a movie night, and chilled with our friends to wind down after our very busy day.
Day 4-6 Canberra Camp
Fast forward to Wednesday, we enjoyed a cosy sleep in. And like usual, bacon and eggs for breaky.
The first and second session of our day was spent learning everything there is to know about Australia’s capital, at the National Capital Exhibition Education Centre. Here we learnt some incredible things, such as how Canberra’s mountains align with the city centre, and the parliamentary triangle!
With coach driver Mick, we moseyed down to a grassy patch just outside our next destination, Questacon! We had so much fun, discovering new things as we ventured throughout various rooms. Each room based around a different scientific feature! In one room we watched lightning shoot straight up to the roof. In that same room, some of our students participated in a challenge to see who could build the strongest house to stay standing during an earthquake.
Some of us even found this next activity to be one of our favourites, next stop The Royal Australian Mint! Once again, we were taken on a guided tour. Our classmates were thrilled to watch money making robots Penny, Robbie, and Titan, doing their jobs! Along the way we even got to talk about anything from modern day vegemite coins to our first coins in Australia, believe it or, they were segments of Spanish dollars.
Our next activity of the day was a play at the National Arboretum playground. It was great fun, and we all had a blast. We all then headed off for a look at some of the cool species of trees they had growing there. Then it was back to the coach, and after a short drive, we were hoping off at the tourist park and getting ready for dinner. Roughly an hour later we were on the coach again! This time to go to iPlay it was a great way to wind down after a big day.
To start off our last day of activities, we set off to go to the Cockington Green Gardens. We had a blast and, even though it was raining a little bit, had an amazing time looking at all the quirky little figurines and houses. Next on our list was one of the class favourites, the National Zoo and Aquarium. Once we were in, we split up into groups and went off in different directions. After a great time looking around, we regrouped and told each other some of the cool animals we saw.
The second last activity for our camp of 2023 was the Australian War Memorial the stories they shared and the amazing items they had on display made for a great visit. Last but not least, we went up to the Mount Ainslie Lookout, from up the top we could see all of Canberra, It was great. Then the same time the next day, our Canberra camp would have come to an end.
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