Camp Makahika

Camp Makahika

Camp is the only place where being considered weird is a good thing.

Dear Mum and Dad this is my Camp Makahika learning story.
I am sharing this with you because you've both asked me
the experience about Camp Makahika and I haven't properly
explained so hopefully after you read this, all of your
questions will be answered.



Orienteering
Dear mum and dad, on the first day at Camp Makahika we did some orienteering.

This was a really hard activity to do because
we were in the bush and didn’t
know where we were. Oh, and did I mention me and my partner got lost for quite a bit.

Finally, after being lost in the bush, I would say in 15/20 minutes one of our amazing teacher
aides came and found us. As much as I love the bush I wouldn't want to be trapped in the bush
whatsoever.

My Key Competency was Thinking. I had to think of a strategy
to get us out of the bush without getting
ourselves even more deeply in the bush.
Something that challenged me was going inside the bush because
I would think whilst go in the bush that it would be easy but actually, it was pretty challenging
because it wasn't only two people going into the bush it was also, two people going into the bush
and having to navigate our a way to number to the number.
My next step is to remember the skills that I learned at camp
so if I'm in a situation like getting lost in the bush,
I know that you stay where you are and yell for help
because if you keep moving you could get even more lost in the bush
and getting more lost is not helping yourself.

High beam and low beam

Climbing up the high beam I learned that I am not a person that likes to put themselves out there and I also learned that I am not an adrenaline lover. I would even say that I’m most likely not ever going to go 5 feet off the ground ever again.

In this activity, my Key Competencies were participating and contributing because I took a lot of risks doing this activity even
though it was hard. Another one was participating in the activity because this was so hard for me to climb up all those handles. It was so hard for me I only went halfway and I regret that.

The most significant learning in the challenge was learning about myself. I learned as soon as I got back on the ground that I was never doing anything like that ever again. I also learned that sometimes I need to think about the challenges in an activity because it might be more challenging than it looks.

My next steps are to know that if I ever get to have an opportunity like this is to take

it and ace it because I do regret not doing the whole high beam.