9D Trip to Mount Binga
After months of anticipation and seeing all their friends go off on their Mt Binga adventures, the moment for 9D to venture into the unknown had arrived. Arriving to school on a fine and sunny morning, the students packed their luggage on the bus, were joined by their parents in a motivating devotion led by Mr Pope, said their tearful goodbyes and jumped onto the bus to begin their trip west. Any feelings of anxiety were quickly taken away as the laughs began on the bus, assisted by the never-ending supply of lollies handed out by Mieka.
Following an hour and a half of boisterous travelling, we stopped off at the picturesque Wivenhoe Dam for a morning tea consisting of the last junk food that 9D would eat for two weeks. Students enjoyed kicking a footy, climbing on the playground and chilling out in the sun. Before we knew it, we were off again, excited about being on the final leg of our trip.
After many terrible songs, cries of ‘are we there yet’, and more lollies, we had finally arrived at Mt Binga. There to greet us were two cows, a huge bull and several horses. Students knew that their time as farmers had begun. All that was left to do was unpack the bus, be allocated to cabins and meet in the courtyard, where the students were met by the leaders. Following a short introduction, students were taught the Binga grace, where they received a mark of seven out of ten; an impressive grade for a first time. After this, students went off to make sandwiches for their lunches.
This is where Sarah Day and I left the gang, confident that they would be extremely successful as a group, and hoping that their adventures would be full of fun, self-empowerment and character building. I look forward to visiting them on Family Day on the 15th.
Mr Rosenblatt
After months of anticipation and seeing all their friends go off on their Mt Binga adventures, the moment for 9D to venture into the unknown had arrived. Arriving to school on a fine and sunny morning, the students packed their luggage on the bus, were joined by their parents in a motivating devotion led by Mr Pope, said their tearful goodbyes and jumped onto the bus to begin their trip west. Any feelings of anxiety were quickly taken away as the laughs began on the bus, assisted by the never-ending supply of lollies handed out by Mieka.
Following an hour and a half of boisterous travelling, we stopped off at the picturesque Wivenhoe Dam for a morning tea consisting of the last junk food that 9D would eat for two weeks. Students enjoyed kicking a footy, climbing on the playground and chilling out in the sun. Before we knew it, we were off again, excited about being on the final leg of our trip.
After many terrible songs, cries of ‘are we there yet’, and more lollies, we had finally arrived at Mt Binga. There to greet us were two cows, a huge bull and several horses. Students knew that their time as farmers had begun. All that was left to do was unpack the bus, be allocated to cabins and meet in the courtyard, where the students were met by the leaders. Following a short introduction, students were taught the Binga grace, where they received a mark of seven out of ten; an impressive grade for a first time. After this, students went off to make sandwiches for their lunches.
This is where Sarah Day and I left the gang, confident that they would be extremely successful as a group, and hoping that their adventures would be full of fun, self-empowerment and character building. I look forward to visiting them on Family Day on the 15th.
Mr Rosenblatt
