My Camp Ballad

 Kia Ora everyone!

Last week, we were learning about ballads. Ballads are a type of poem. The way Ms Wilton explained it, there are three stanzas and in each of those there was an AA, BB, A rhythm, so the first two rhyme, the second two have a different rhyme, and the last one has the same rhyming sound as the first two.

All our ballads were supposed to be about camp. I did three, but one is boring and one is inappropriate for my blog :D So this one will be about the orientating at camp!

Enjoy! <3

Ah, we’d found a spot, Zippy had been out staring

Soon the year seven girls came sneering

We were too loud, shut ups came from different voices

There were too many people, we had to rethink our choices

I could hear to the side, Tini swearing.

Alright, I’ve had enough, Sara shouted

For her, it was too crowded

She tried to move back, but there was a branch in the way

So she had to still, and just hope and pray

But with voices, she was still surrounded.

Soon lights shone through the distance

Our voices shut off and we tried to conceal our existence 

It came closer and closer, our hearts started to beat

Oh no, it was Pete

Us girls were quiet, pretending we didn’t see, being resistant

Overcoming Team Building

Team Building *Shudder*

Camp. Team building, it was fun, but not for me. The leader Willy was nice and encouraging. We were all lined up in a line to see weight/tallness out of fourteen I was number seven. There was a discussion on teamwork and how to help each other up and the strategies we could use. The three important words that we used were Communication, Trust and Planning.

We had three things to do for Team Building, the last was the hardest. We had to get helped up a wall with no ladders, only our team mates. Mostly everyone got to stand on Willy but Willy made me stand on a younger child called Tyler. He was number 1 or 2 in the line. So he knelt down and let me stand on him.

I was paranoid and scared for him, not me. So I stood on his back and quickly the people at the top pulled me up (Hingano and Antonette) , I couldn’t tell what Tyler was feeling but I think he was at least a little sore (I hoped he wasn’t).

I didn’t really like Team Building, but Willy the leader was really nice.

By Lauren from Room 8

WALT: Write a recount about Woodend christian camp and what we had to overcome.