Posts Categorised by 'Green Group'
Greens and Yellows return from camping and take on the BIG BANANA!
6th August 2013
Having spent the night camping a stone’s throw from the French border, the Greens and Yellows enjoyed a later start to the day before the steady walk down to Camp Suisse in the morning sunshine. The downhill trip was considerably easier on some of the campers and goof time was made. The mid-morning arrival back at camp gave the campers some time to shower and prepare for the afternoons activity of banana boating before making their way to the restaurant for lunch. Upon arrival at Lake Geneva, the campers were prepared for their afternoon of having face full of water and then sent hurtling across the water, screams and laughter in its wake. Having lowered the water level of Lake Geneva quite considerably with the amount of water swallowed, the drenched campers were then allowed to chill out in the lake – a nearly swimming pool. The hot weather and beaming sunshine mean the ice cream shop was a particular hot sport but alas the weather was not to last; distant thunder, lightning and pitch black storm clouds soon become not so distant and the pre-return pack up had to be done with rather more a hop, skip, jump and run than a mere leisurely pace would have allowed for. Having just beaten the rain, the campers made it back for shower hour and dinner before evening activities.
While Bingo was initially dismiss as an ‘old persons game,’ there were rather too many ‘YES’ and ‘OHs’ to be able to dismiss it as such. With juggling balls, chocolate, t-shirts and backpacks up for grabs as prizes; brows were furrowed in tense anticipation. The winner enjoyed the spoils the less fortunate will have to try their luck tomorrow as the final few days begin to bring session three of Camp Suisse 2013 rather too hastily to a close.
Green and Yellows go camping!!
5th August 2013
After our usual routine of sports and languages classes we all packed up ready for our camping adventure. During the hike up to our camping spot, we tackled many different paths including uphill, downhill, steep and narrow. Despite everyone feeling worn out, once we reached our destination there were smiles all round. Getting to the top we had the opportunity to look out into the beautiful scenery in front and below us. Everyone was in awe of our surroundings, especially since it was such a clear and sunny day!
Before our BBQ dinner, some of the campers took the chance to hike a particularity arduous, yet satisfying trail to France. Once arriving to the border we had again another chance to take in the scenery, including the picturesque views of Lake Geneva.
Once returning back to camp the BBQ dinner was all ready for us to tuck in to!
This involved a dessert of barbecued bananas and a sing-song. After such a laborious day, we all deserved a good night’s sleep!
Green group eat the forest!
4th August 2013
What a great day for the Green group!
Today we had sports and languages as normal, but today was change over day to those kids moving onto their second choice sport. In the afternoon we had the bush craft hike. The bush craft hike is a nature walk and we learn loads of interesting facts about the forest and how to survive in the wilderness. We tasted wood sorrel, reindeer moss and learnt how to filter dirty water into drinkable water. The nature walk took us all over the surrounding forests of Torgon and we crossed high bridges and streams whilst climbing steep forest tracks.
When we returned for ‘shower hour’ and dinner, this was followed by ‘Murder Mystery Night.’
Clues were given when riddles, quizzes and games were completed. It turned out in the end, that Mr Brumwell murdered Poppy with a mop! Who would have thought??!!
Saturday – all colours
3rd August 2013
An unusual day awaited our campers, mixed with a sense of bitterness as some very early goodbyes had to be made for those campers leaving us after this first week. While numbers might have reduced, the daily routine still remained largely untouched. A post-breakfast tidying of rooms was in order, followed by sports and languages as usual. The afternoon was spent in a rather chilled-out fashion with all of the campers being led to the football pitch via a rather more scenic route than usual so as to allow the campers to wath various stages of ‘Torgonabike’ which had been taking place all weekend. Upon arrival at the football pitch, still surrounded by the mountain bike tracks and competitors, the campers were left with the option to get involved with frisbee, football, or rounders. A brief dash of rain did not dampen any spirits as the campers enjoyed a chance to let their hair down on a less activity-driven afternoon. Shower hour and dinner ensued as always, before the Reds and Blues set about expressing their creative sides in ‘Arts & Crafts’ during their evening activities, while the Greens and Yellows split themselves between indoor football and the belting tunes of the hip hop dance lesson being hosted by Head of Colour, Tiff.
Mission Day for all colours
2nd August 2013
Big day at Camp Suisse as the campers and staff alike prepared for the treacherous and challenging missions ahead. Having been split into teams of all ages, strengths and characters, everyone headed out to the four different stations. We had vertical infiltration (climbing), vehicle mobility training (mountain biking) target practice (archery) and survival skills. At each station a new challenge lay ahead of our cadets and many obstacles were overcome.
After a great effort from every soldier and some amazing team work and spirit, it was team Echo who took the top prize and gained the most points across the very competitive board for their brilliant skills and hard work!
Photos to come!
Green Group go a-wall
1st August 2013
On an incredibly hot and sunny Thursday the Green group headed to St Trophin to partake in an afternoon of outdoor rock climbing! With Sarah, Taff, Craig and Ian leading the session, the 27 green group members climbed several routes all of which varied in difficulty. Everyone put in a fantastic effort attempting most if not all routes- some campers even overcame fears of heights which made for an enjoyable new experience!
Green Group test their skills on the wall!
31st July 2013
Today the Green group had a fun afternoon trying out their archery and climbing skills. After a hearty lunch the Green group split into two; Pete and Colin’s group going straight to the climbing wall, whilst Eilidh and Kaan’s group headed to the football field to try out their firing skills with a bow and arrow. In the Green group there were a fair few Robin Hood prodigy’s with a number of campers getting hitting the yellow bull’s eye and everyone managing to hit the board. After afternoon tea the two groups switched stations. Both groups loved the climbing wall as for many it was the second session of the day and they were able to practice more of the climbing skills on the indoor wall. It was also good to their skills up for tomorrow, as we are all heading to the real rocks to do climbing outdoors. Everyone will be well prepared now! It was a great day at Camp Suisse for Green group!!
Greens and Yellows take the husky way out
30th July 2013
Today Yellow and Green campers were raring to go for a visit to the Glacier 3000 despite a 5:30am wake up. Early in the morning it looked set to be a grey day, however upon the arrival of the campers the sun soon made an appearance. The campers’ excitement was matched by the huskies that were very bouncy and lively when being greeted by our campers. The day started by the campers being pulled along by the huskies on the sled, followed by a trip down the mountain side on the Alpine Roller Coaster. All the excitement from being thrown side to side on the sled and the roller coaster wasn’t enough for our Yellow and Green’s. A trip to Glacier 3000 was followed by a visit to lake Geneva where the campers were giving Tom Daley a run for his money with their dives from the seven metre diving board, or in Bido’s case ‘run and bombing it in from the diving board.’ A super-duper day for all involved!!
Session 3 Arrivals day
27th July 2013
We are all happy to welcome the new campers for session 3!
We are ready… Are you???
Greens take up camp for the night followed by Banana Boating!
23rd July 2013
Waking up to the sunrise yesterday morning, a beautiful day began! Sports and languages lessons in the morning: I played basketball with some of the campers, Sadio Fenner from the Green group lead a great team of three Blue campers helping them learn the rules of the game and their skills on the court. After lunch we got our overnight kit together and hiked to the camping site. Jenna, Helene, Carma, Tobi and myself all sang songs along the way and I even taught Carma the phoenetic alphabet! Once we arrived at camping, we split into two groups: James, Katie, Shona and Gemma walked to the French border with 22 campers. Matt, MC, Marie, and myself helped the the other 20 adventurers collect wood for the campfire that night. Lucas and his friends were chief gatherers until we had a really large pile of various sized fuel for the fire. Dinner was a BBQ outside with the beautiful scenery down the valley from Torgon. Later when the sun was setting Marie and Gemma from the Acitivities team lit a campfire and all the campers sang songs including the Animal fair song, the Tarzan song and the Crocodile song. Deni especially loved the Tarzan song with the banana peeling line at the end!
As a treat we had a little bit of the later night and lights out was at 10.30pm! Breakfast was served outside too, at 8.30am: we had cereal, beans and toast refuelling before heading back down to Camp Suisse to repack, have buffet lunch then go banana boating! The white group came banana boating with the Greens! All who were keen had a ride on the banana, it was great fun with the sun shining and everybody smiling! Amelia and Sophie had a blast splashing into the water off the banana.
-Nicky, Head of Colour
