Sardines crawled down my throat

Taste buds dying, tummy screaming, as repulsive chunks of sardines crawled down my throat inch by inch. I had the expression of revulsion and cruelty all over my face. Sadly that's exactly what fear factor was about.

My nerves ran like the speed of light all through my body. Each time a slight breeze blew past a strong, disturbing scent walked by. Slowly inserting a wet, scaly sardine into my mouth I wrestled against it  to open up and chomp down. Suddenly, all sorts of jucies burst out like fireworks making me want to vomit. Gagging, vomit popped up and as slow as a sloth slid back down.

Swirling my hand around the plate I scooped up the remains of the sardines and fed my face. Eyes rolling back, and my brain buzzing I slowly swallowed the mushy meat and ambled my way back, pleased that i had finished the challenge.

There were ups and downs to this experience but I learned a bunch of new things. Courage, commitment and confidence were required a lot in this leader ship camp and I really enjoyed each challenge.

By Cheyann

Dr Discourages Devouring Deer by Brennan

On the second day of leadership camp Mr Reddish was staring, right in the eye, the biggest question in his life; what to do with the deer that was devouring all the activity equipment.
There are only two options:
 1) Whack it with the stick in his hand, or
 2) Wave his arms around and scream his lungs out and embarrass himself in front of everyone......

 He chose option 2!

Not my best Camp by Nikita

Packing my bags into the back of the horse float I started to get really excitied about camp. I quickly ran through my check list; sleeping bag, pillow, bed and drink bottle. Check! I heard Mum call out to hop in the car. We were about to go!

Leadership camp should be lots of fun and full of excitement,  I thought to myself as we arrived. I hopped out of the car, grabbed my bag off mum and caught up with some of my friends from other schools. Soon after, the names of people in each tent were read out. Thankfully I was with Cheyann. While setting up our gear I started sneezing and instantly realized that I had hay fever.  Running to Mum she noticed straight away that my eyes were swelling up and that I looked itchy. She snatched me some antihistamines  though I wouldn't respond. So i sat in the lounge for the next half an hour thinking it would go away. But sadly it didn't, it just became much worse. Mum looked at me. "I think I will be taking you home." I didn't say anything. I knew I could not have fun running around with hay fever  so i stood up and grabbed my bag and into the car I went.

It was a shame that I couldn't stay but my hay-fever turned into a cold and i know that I wouldn't have had a good time. There is one positive bit because when i came back to school everyone was talking about some Fear Factor and how they had to eat sardines and onion!

Leadership Camp 2013

What a great week Room 1 have just had on the Clustrer Schools' Leadership Camp at Ashley Park. Pirate sandcastle competition, Treasure Hunt, YMCA led team building activities, a Farm Walk, swimming and football were just some of the things going on. And then, of course, there was the Fear Factor! Check out the blog later this week to find out the real stories behind the photos.....