CAMP AT KALBARRI
August 2, 2020
Teamwork and leadership are two of the most important skills that you can have as a human because no matter what you do in life, you will always use them. Its doesn’t matter how hard you try not to use these skills they will always find a way to be a necessity. I think of leadership as guiding people to be their own leader or shine their own light. Teamwork is doing something in a group effectively and efficiently to achieve a common goal preferably while having fun.
This year, we went to Kalbarri for our OLP. It was packed full of fun activities and opportunities for all of us to practice our leadership and teamwork skills as well as getting to know each other. For 3 days of the camp were hiking and we had to carry all our clothes, the tent, and the food for the group. I was a leader when we went hiking through a gorge as I led the way and showed everyone an easy and safe path to follow. For our team game, we had to throw and catch a ball, over no mans land, using two tarpaulins. We, as a group of about 15, showed fantastic teamwork during the game, being the group with the most consecutive catches at 17.
We were separated into groups of four for our cooking groups. Every night, the cooking groups showed teamwork as we all helped with cooking the food and cleaning the equipment after we ate. My group, which consisted of Sarah, Kyle, Kate and myself, used our teamwork skills very well and every night we were the first group to finish dinner, leaving us more time to do what we wanted after dinner. Sarah and Kyle were better at cooking than Kate and I, so they did more of the cooking, but in return, Kate and I did more of the cleanup at the end. Working together and making sure that all the food and parts of the tent had been packed was very important as the entire team would suffer if any one person left anything behind.
We had a great time at camp, and it gave us some simple but real responsibilities and opportunities to work together as a team. I enjoyed the time to work with my peers and to get to know them better.