We’ve all been really busy with so many different activities and things like preparing to go on expo next week and learning all about ourselves and the way that we learn and work together in teams.

On Friday we (2B) drove out to Panmure to a water hole where we had to work together as a group to build a bridge out to a rock somewhere near the middle. The materials we were given to build our bridge out of were a few logs of varying sizes and some rope to tie the structure together. Before we started to build the bridge our teacher swam out to the rock and put the esky filled with our lunch out there, so we had a very good reason to work together well and successfully build our bridge. Otherwise we would have to go hungry until we got back to the campus. The only rules were that the only things that could touch water were the logs and the rope, if we touched the water we would have to sit out for a few minutes. In the space of two and a half hours our team (which is made up of Rutherglen High and Kew High) had successfully made a really sturdy bridge that spanned about six meters and could hold the weight of all twelve kids. Along the way we encountered some problems like ropes being too short and one of our tripods that held the bridge up fell over, though we prevailed by working together as a tight team and cooperating and respecting each other’s opinions. We got to celebrate our victory by pigging out on the sandwiches that were in the esky and diving off the diving board that was there. We had a great time that day and learnt a lot about each other and our different strengths. So far we have all had such a great time and we are loving it! None of us here can believe that it is already our third week, it’s gone so fast!

By Beck, Rutherglen High School, Term 4 2012

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