Kalbarri was an amazing opportunity to show teamwork and leadership skills. I was able to display such skills over a week. Leadership develops stronger relationships with peers, friends and teachers showing integrity, humility, vision and purpose. Teamwork brings students’ personal experiences, skills, characteristics and more to create a foundation for problem-solving. During camp, there were countless times where the whole group had to express teamwork for our group to be successfully functional. For example, every time our group would move campsites, we would have to carry cooking supplies/equipment, food and sleeping gear. was essential here as we would have to check everyone’s load was equally distributed among members according to each member’s strengths. The goal was to make hiking duration minimal. The hiking load was extremely heavy, (as shown above) at least for me anyways but in the end, the positivity of my team powered ourselves through any obstacle camp would throw at us.
Another example of teamwork I demonstrated was an activity my group played on the last day of camp with Ms. Kirkham. (as displayed in the picture below) This game consisted of our whole team, a tarp, a ball, and the competitive spirit we adapted throughout camp. Our group was split into two even teams, both with tarps and the idea of this game was to throw the ball to the other side without the other team catching it with their tarp. Part of teamwork is fostering conflict that came up. The frustration of losing a point encouraged problem-solving of finding the most effective way to control the way the ball moved whilst in the tarp. Coordination and creativity was the key to winning this game. As a team, you would have to constructively communicate when to nudge your portion of the tarp and understand how to outplay your opponent by aiming the ball in specific weak spots.
Throughout this camp, both leadership and teamwork skills are crucial for developing connections with peers and teachers. Whether it’s working as a team to find the best rocks to walk on, or working as a team to clean trangias productively, teamwork is a skill which utilises everyone’s strengths and areas of expertise which leads to maximising the efficiency of the whole group. Personally, this camp produced unforgettable experiences, which made me truly grateful for the individuals in my group.
After all,
The strongest chain is as strong as its weakest link.