On Monday 18th March the year nine students and teachers from Warragul Regional School arrived at the Summit for their three day camp. As a local school it was nice to see some familiar faces. After an introduction to camp it was time to get straight into activities and form a tribe identity. Tribe changed from number to names. Welcome to Natural Disasters, Barrel Nips, The Bird and Uniquities. Photo Scavenger hunt had all tribe racing around the Summit finding photo opportun

On Wednesday 13th March, the students and teachers from Lumen Christi Point Cook made their way to the Summit for an exciting three day camp. With so many activities for camp there was no time to waste. Each tribe created a tribe identity and even a flag. The tribe names were Flying Potatoes, Units, Flying Fruits, K.F.C, Freshavacado, Capabills, Team Kit Kats and Summit Warriors. Over the three days there were a number of group challenges as well as individual ones. Here are

On Tuesday Morning the Year 11 & 12 VCAL students from Star of the Sea College made their way to The Summit! The way the program was designed meant that they hit the park running! After a quick welcome and introduction of the five keys with the morning being Have Fun and Play All In, it was time for the first two activities! The two tribes became known as The Wombats and The Bratz! The first two activities were the Snowy River Challenge, an activity where teamwork is crucial

Thank you to all year 5 of Deepdene Primary School. Us, coaches had an incredible time with you! These are just some of the epic moments we captured during your camp.

Wellington Secondary College came for a quick overnight visit to the Summit last week. Being a Year 11 and 12 group it was nice to see some familiar faces from last year as well as some new faces. We wasted no time on our first day, getting straight into some tribe initiatives, followed by two of our first three activities. The first rotation of activities included Bush Challenge, Sky Bridge ad Summit Window. In the afternoon we organised two tribal challenges before heading

Our team at the Summit were absolutely thrilled to have Good News Lutheran College here. Everyone had so much fun. To see just how much fun simply watch the video.

GROUNDBREAKING STUDY DISCOVERS AN ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SCREEN TIME AND ACTUAL BRAIN CHANGES A really interesting study was done on 4500 children aged between 9 & 10 years old and discovers an association between screen time and actual brain changes. Researchers found that kids who spent more than 7 hours a day on screens, on average, had a thinner outer layer of their cerebral cortex than kids who spent less time on screens. The cerebral cortex is the area that houses “executi

Looking back at all the moments in our lives you realise that the memories were what shaped our childhoods such as being an active part of the family, always being included & involved in family holidays, family activities and even helping around the house. These things that we recall about our childhood have made us realise that's what we want for our children. We want family time and making memories to be the number one priority. Life is so busy with many distractions; we ar

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Emerson School Monday brought the sunshine and the year nine’s from Emerson School! Being a small group, we were able to stick together as one big tribe! After a welcome, a small chance to get to know everyone, and learning the first two key ingredients for camp – Have Fun and Play All In – it was time to get into activities! During the afternoon, we took on the Snowy River Challenge, where we worked on teamwork and communication. Next was the Summit Window, testing everyone’

The Summit coaches had the pleasure of having Grovedale college come to The Summit last week. The camps were split into two groups Monday to Wednesday and Wednesday to Friday. Grovedale One Getting off the bus on Monday most of you were pretty keen to go and start your activities. After meeting the coaches we started off with an initiative activity to get you all problem solving and working as one. From there we decided on our tribe names, we now had: Winnie the Pooh, Silent

On Monday the 25th of February, the grade six students and their teachers arrived at The Summit for their amazing camp. It has been a few years since we’ve seen familiar faces amongst the staff but it was back to old times before we knew it. Each tribe would form and come up with a tribe name and identity. We welcomed Dynamite, Poisonous Pickles, Golden Piglets, Fearless 14, F.F.A, Llamas Legends, Baba Bellies and Team Infinity to the Summit camp. Throughout camp each of the