Year 7 Forest Edge Camp
Wow! What a wonderful bunch of staff and students we have at Mooroolbark College. A contingent of 140 students and 17 staff ventured out to Neerim for our Year 7 camp to Forest Edge. As usual there was lots of excitement as we boarded the buses and headed for 3 days of action-packed fun in beautiful sunny weather.
River sledding, raft building, mountain boarding, high ropes, initiative games, bushwalking, flying fox and trampolining were just a few of the daytime activities. It was great to see so many of our students pushing themselves, working together, encouraging one another and simply enjoying each other’s company.
Our night activities were also quite eventful, with our girls victorious in the tug of war contest. Much to our students’ delight, our staff team was no match for the strength of our student teams.
We were also extremely fortunate to have our Senior School College Captains join the camp on Monday afternoon/evening. In such a busy year of their lives, to come and interact with our Year 7s was a really admirable thing to do. This sent a really strong message to our students that they are part of a caring community.
Also an enormous thank-you to the following staff members for the caring, hardworking and positive attitude they displayed throughout the camp. Our College should be very proud to have teachers of this calibre in the school. A huge thanks to: Mr Donald, Mr Nichol, Mr Carroll, Mr Van Keulen, Mr Parr, Mr Mann, Ms Lackman, Ms Grey-Smith, Ms Rosendale, Ms Cannington, Ms Meyer and Ms Bell. Also pre-service teachers Mr Hanssen, Mr Petrou, Ms Kinder and Ms Beattie.
Adam Lorkin
Assistant Principal/Year 7 Coordinator
