Memories - 2020 Year 8 Leadership Camp , Thames

Just in case you missed PENN today, check out the movie below for highlights from the Year 8 Leadership Camp that took place in the first week of August at the start of Term 3.  

The Kauaeranga Valley Christian Camp hosted Pt England School for 3 days and 2 nights. We appreciate how lucky we were to get to camp this year - 4 days after we got back, the Auckland region was put into Lockdown 2.0 at Level 3.

Here are special memories of what they got up to - trying out new activities, making new friends and stepping out of their comfort zones! Enjoy!

2019 Year 8 Leadership Camp

Last month, the Year 8 students from Pt England School headed off for 3 days and 2 nights to Kauaeranga Christian Camp in Thames. It was an awesome chance for them to step away from their usual school life and take on new challenges and experiences in an unfamiliar environment together with their classmates. Check out Part 2 of their time way in this short movie that screened on PENN (Pt England News Network) today. Enjoy!

Blog of the Week: MARIA Year 8 Leadership Camp 2019

Check out this blog post from Maria, a Year 8 from Room 2 and her thoughts about the Leadership Camp in Thames.

Last week Wednesday we all went to team 5 block when the bell rang, after we

all sat down including the year 7’s after they did the mihi, karakia we started to

sing the song that was chosen because it was a normal day but it was different

because of the notices was short. After we finish Mr Burt came to give the whole

team 5 a talk about how the year 8’s are going camp and the year 7’s needed to

take over the prefects because the year 8 prefects were going to the year 8 leadership camp.

 

When we were finish we all went to the hall to go pick up the bags and the
suitcase
the instructions were to pick up any bag that was around when we pick up the
bags we put it on the bus when we started to finish putting the bags on the bus
we went to go and sit on our buses that was given to us to stay on. It took 2 hours
to get to the kauaeranga valley christian camp. When we were on the bus we
were playing talking to our buddies about how it would look like and i thought on
the other side of new Zealand would be cities but it’s a countryside with farms and
animals but it was cool looking at the animals and the farms.

When we had arrive at kauaeranga valley christian camp we all were meeting the

people that was introducing themselves to us, after they have introduce

themselves we started to put our gear into the cabins that we have bring to

stay at the camp.After we had put our gear into the camp we weren’t aloud to

put our sleeping bag and pillow onto the bed because the teacher said cause we

 had a lot of time to play today we had our first activity for thames we had go kart it

was fun i keep on going on it and everyone else was, it was so fun. We only had 2

days a night and he we had fun together when we had arrive and on the other days

we had a disco on our last day at camp it was so fun we had so many light off and

there was colourful lights shining. Then we started to go sleep before we hittin the

road back to school but we had a special place to go it was a garden with some

animals in their and plus their was secret pranks hidden it was so fun and funny.

After we were finish we started to go back to school and go back home.

THE END.

Year 8 Camp - Kauaeranga - Thames

Last Wednesday, the Year 8s headed out of Auckland to Thames. Why? It was time for the annual Leadership Camp. 

For three days, students got to challenge themselves, physically and mentally by pushing themselves outside of their comfort zones and step up as leader. 

We were lucky with the weather and made the most of all the outdoor activities. Delicious hot meals, lots of singing (and talking!) and plenty of activities like the flying fox, go-karting and the rifle range kept everyone busy - some people didn't want to go home! We stopped by a local park before the long, slow ride back home. 

Check out the movie to see what the students got up to!

Year 8 Leadership Camp 2017

Y8 Leadership 2017 from SchoolTV on Vimeo.

From Mrs Tele'a!

Here's some pics we captured while away on our leadership camp this year! Wednesday 26th - Friday 28th May. Our group was slightly smaller this time around but still jam packed with a lot of fun and learning opportunities! We had a range of workshops where our students had to step and out as leaders and active team members.

 Key phrases like 'Build up, positive self talk, service to leadership 'O le ala i le pule o le tautua', show support and we kept a focus on. Why do we have camp? Naturally as year 8 students there is an expectation that students will step up and lead. This camp is to support our students to do this. You'll all agree the act of leadership and even teamwork is not something all people do naturally, many of us need to shown and taught this! So camp is where we get to do this together without any distractions! The building of self confidence to stand, speak and participate was developed during camp. We took part in - leading groups around rotations, taking charge in team challenges, and showing 'kaha' when we needed to be brave. Being the hosts even during our meal times was a job all teams carried out which included prayers in all our various languages, songs and chants that always made meal time so enjoyable!

 We have video that we are currently editing so you can see for yourself what we've shared here. A big shout out to all the year 8 students, their whanau, teachers for the great support you gave. We are very thankful! 

 Fa'afetai tele lava. Andrea Tele'a