2016 Year 7 Emerging Leaders Camp February 22 and 23
Dear Parents,
This year our Year 7 Emerging Leaders camp will be held on Monday 22nd and Tuesday 23rd of February. It is held at the Omaka Scout Camp (Greywacke Rd, Harewood, Christchurch) and will be an intensive learning experience based on developing leadership skills as well as students challenging themselves in outdoor experiences. This is a terrific experience for the children and one that helps build resilience, problem solving, teamwork, outdoor skills and leadership. As part of their experience in developing independence and leadership skills, the children will face a number of challenges. The first of these will be getting everything they need to camp itself.
Parents are asked to transport their children to The Groynes (see attached map for drop off location) on Monday morning and to arrive between 9:00-9:15am. The children will walk from the Groynes to Omaka while taking part in river crossing activities, led by experienced instructors. Students must wear clothes and shoes that can get wet as well as a hat. Each child will be expected to carry their own backpack with clothing, personal requirements, lunch for day one and bed roll to camp.
On Monday evening, students will be sleeping in tents (erected in their groups), with boys and girls assigned separate camping spaces. Your child will need a bed roll, pillow, and sleeping bag (see equipment list for more detail). One person per tent group will be responsible for supplying the tent but all will assist with putting it up. There are shower and toilet facilities in the camp grounds.
Tents, sleeping bags, dinner ingredients and cooking gear will be transported for them from The Groynes to the Omaka campsite.
Omaka Scout Camp is positioned next to a river and lake, and as a result, we will be utilising these facilities to include river crossing and kayaking activities (amongst others). The river crossing and kayak activities will be led by experienced instructors from Kiwi Outdoor Resilience Education (KORE).
Students have self-selected their food groups of up to 6 people/group and contain a mix of boys and girls. Preparing, cooking and cleaning up for Monday’s dinner is the responsibility of each food group and they will have accounted for any dietary requirements and be mindful of costs. Each food group will brief Linda or Vikki regarding their menu and responsibilities distribution (to help ensure equity). In the lead up to camp, they will have planned their group’s meal and delegated ingredients for each person to be responsible for bringing. Essentially, you supply the food on the Monday and the school will supply Tuesday’s food.
Children will be finished activities and ready to be collected from Omaka Scout Camp at 2.30pm on Tuesday afternoon.
As always, parent support is an essential part of the success of this camp. Due to the water proximity and activities, we require 5 parent volunteers to join us for the 2 days, including staying overnight in tents. We realise this is a big ask, but it will be a heap of fun and we will be providing your food for the duration of the camp.
If you are able to help can you please email Vikki (v.grant@clarkville.school.nz), or Linda (l.baran@clarkville.school.nz) , or pop into Aspire.
The cost for this camp is $50 and needs to be paid (if possible) before Thursday 18th of February.
If there are any concerns about money or the cost of this experience then please come and speak to either Pene or us about it.
Kind regards
Vikki Grant and Linda Baran
Aspire Teachers 2016
Packing list:
● NO sweets, chips, energy drinks etc.
● NO Digital devices –there is no time to take photos!
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