Theres no “I” in team.

This year, the year 9 students of All Saints were invited to go camping in Kalbarri. It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience that I cherished very much. In the 6 days we spent there, we had to cook every evening with our group. These cooking experiences taught me the importance of teamwork. There was one particularly memorable instance, where I saw my cooking group crack at the encounter of fatigue and exhaustion. It had led to us being cranky and not productive. However, to overcome this, we knew we had to use effective communication and organisation to resolve our issues. Firstly, we all decided to give each other jobs that catered to our own profitable abilities, this made cooking a lot easier and more efficient for us. On top of that, we regularly checked in on each other to see if we needed any help. We also made sure that we gave a hand to any member who needed an extra ingredient that was too far away to reach. As our tacos were sizzling in the wok, we collectively decided to communicate on how we should clean up our cutlery and tools, as we wanted to make sure we were ready for the night. In addition, we soon realised after three days into cooking that being organised was a great advantage to us. We equally divided our cooking utensils and at the end we made sure we had everything packed neatly, ready for the next day ahead. After this experience, camp has made me stretch the boundaries to my comfort zone. It also provided me with a great taste of the importance of teamwork and so as having good communication/organisation skills in the real world. Hereafter, I had greatly gained confidence in working as a team and learned skills which would come into play in the near future. *in this picture Tim and I were extremely exhausted but pulled through to make some yummy tacos!