The College’s Senior VCAL students packed up and headed for the hills of Rawson for their two-day ‘Health Is Wealth’ camp early on the morning of Sunday 1 March.
In years gone by the VCAL camp has been held on the coast, but this year instead of the beach we went to the bush. Students ran the camp, planning the activities and cooking all of their own food to meet learning outcomes. They had to plan, organise and carry out a complex, self-directed project.
A train ride on the old goldfields railway led us to the historical township of Walhalla (10 minutes from Rawson), where the students ran around completing a treasure hunt. Some of the other camp activities included taking on an obstacle course while blind folded, making tie-dye T-shirts, a trivia night, designing mini-golf courses and hut building around the grounds of the Rawson Village camp.
On the way home we stopped for rockclimbing and abseiling at the Traralgon Jump and Climb Centre. The students stepped out of their comfort zones to rise to the occasion.
The camp was a success and the early Sunday morning was worth it. We all came together to complete the tasks and the students really connected as a group.
(Please note: the photos included in this article were taken prior to the Federal Government’s announcement on Sunday 15 March 2020 regarding social distancing.)
