Year 7 Camp: A Trip to Remember

By Rohan Steven and Jasmine Snare, Year 7 students

Year 7 Camp was in Biloela from 13-17 February, making it an awesome, five-day experience. We took part in many activities that helped us face our fears and let us take on leadership roles to support our peers.

Some of the activity highlights from camp were abseiling, the flying fox and canoeing. These activities were fun, because we were all able to learn new things about the activities themselves and the environment surrounding us, which was simply breathtaking.

Everyone faced plenty of challenges, but none more so than abseiling. This was a challenging experience because you had to get down from a high cliff. There were two abseiling spots - one was an eight-metre option, while the other one was down 20 metres! All who participated in the activity were risk takers, faced their fears and helped those who needed encouragement.

Something we feel was learnt by each student was how they can challenge their limits to achieve amazing things and help others to do so as well. This collaboration and community are key to who we are as Radford students.

As a year group, I think it meant a lot for us because we all challenged ourselves, helped our peers and made many new friends while having fun. We also believe it meant a lot for the new students in our year group as they were able to become more familiar with their peers outside of the school setting.

On behalf of Year 7, we would like to thank all our Radford teachers and support staff, our fellow peers and, of course, the Outdoor Education Group members for making it such an awesome and memorable experience.

We will always remember Biloela as we move through the rest of our schooling and life.