Form IV Camp

School camps are an essential part of a pupil’s learning experience. It is a time when they can break away from their daily routine, learn new things, and create lifelong memories with their friends and masters.

This certainly proved to be the case when the majority of the Form IV cohort spent three days and two nights away at Camp Somerset at the Colo River. Located in the Wollemi National Park, the pristine river offers opportunities for canoeing, bushwalking, rock climbing, archery, and other outdoor activities. The boys left College Street on Monday morning 28 November. The 90-minute journey was laced with a sense of excitement for adventure.

“School camps are an essential part of a pupil’s learning experience.”

The boys were grouped in their Houses and had Tutors and Housemasters with them for the duration.

They took part in scheduled activities across the three days and were also responsible for preparing their own food, cleaning up, and setting up their own tents at the camp site. It proved to be a rewarding experience for the boys and at times quite challenging. Was it the rugged terrain hike, or the 10km canoe journey up-river, or climbing up a 3-metre vertical rock face, or was it simply just getting up early in the morning to start the day? All boys were challenged in some way. Buses returned the boys back to College Street; somewhat exhausted, dirty and yet happy.