Article by Kelly from Happy You, Happy Family - https://happyyouhappyfamily.com The Best Questions to Ask Your Kid Instead of “How Was Your Day?” Every evening at the dinner table, my husband and I used to fall into this age-old parenting trap. “How was your day?” “Fine.” “What did you learn today?” “Nothing.” “Who did you play with at recess?” “No one.” But one-word answers don’t foster a good discussion, and they certainly don’t help us reconnect with our kids after a l

Islamic College of Melbourne The year seven boys from Islamic College of Melbourne (ICOM) and their teachers arrived at the summit on Tuesday 16th April ready for an action packed three day camp. With no time to waste, it was straight into the first rotation before beginning the first of nine rotations. Each tribe came up with a name or Identity for the camp. Noodles, Bulldozers and Raiders were the names and they were cheered out quiet often. The first three activities were

Wednesday the 3rd April was the start of the camp for the students and teachers from Belgrave Heights Christian College. With a change of date and time of year the same enthusiasm was met with great weather. With the formal introductions done, it was time to get into the swing of camp and form tribe identities. Jablinskis, Summit Survivors, Tripe A, Flarbba Barba, E and Thee Champions were the tribe names. Summit Window was not only a challenge of heights but also the challen

We all have the tendency to overblow, overreact, and feel overwhelmed when things don’t go our way and when daily hassles start to add up. Kids are resilient and can bounce back from much more than simply a bad day, but over time, that negative self-talk can become an unhealthy pattern. How do we respond to our kids when they say: I can’t. I’m stupid. I’m the worst ever. I hate this. I’m terrible at ________. This is the worst day ever! You’re the worse mom/dad ever! How do w

Oakleigh Grammar Wednesday the 3rd of April brought the Year 9’s from Oakleigh Grammar to The Summit. The year 9’s were introduced to the Five Keys – Have Fun, Play All In, Make Lots Of Mistakes, Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable, and, Don’t Go Home Wondering What If, with a focus on the first two. After meeting The Summit team, we got outside and played a game of Huckle Buckle. After a harness and helmet demonstration, followed by the goal setting technique of Target, Stre

What an amazing time it was with Alberton Primary School Check out the video here

We had fantastic time here a t The Summit with Chelsea Heights Primary School for their camp. See the glimpses of how much fun it was in the video we put together

The students and teachers from Fitzroy North Primary School arrived at tThe Summit on the first of April for their grade six camp. It was the first time the school had been to the Summit but there was no April fool’s day joke in sights as everyone was too excited to just be involved with camp. After the introductions, there were some group initiatives before each tribe formed their tribe identity. We welcomed the WeFOF, Raging Bulls, Slightly Somebodies, Summit Soldiers, Fear

The Summit was very lucky to have Naranga School come for the first time for an awesome three day camp. Getting off the buses, you were all full of energy and excited to see what the next three days will be like. With no time to waste we jumped straight into our initiatives. Tiles, Half Pipe and Pot Stack got you all thinking as one tribe to complete the challenges. We then decided to create an identity and establish our tribe names for the camp. We came up with: The Nine Yel

It was a big week for The Summit having Mount Lilydale Mercy College come in for the whole week, splitting the year level into two camps. It was an action packed three days from the get go. We warmed up with an initiative to get to know our newly formed tribes. Then we jumped straight into our first two activities. Everyone crushed their activities and got all the coaches excited of what was to come. Our nights were just as action packed as the days, with one night smashing

It was so great to have Mount Lilydale Mercy College here for there camp. Get a glimpse of just how much fun it was from this video

It has been a pleasure to have the students and teachers from Parkdale Secondary College back at the Summit for another year 12 school camp. With 202 students the numbers are getting bigger and bigger each year. With no time to waste it was time to get straight into the rotations of initiatives and activities. Each tribe got their name from a group discussion and their tribe identity was formed. Team Taco’s, G2 Summit, The Lucas’, Rust, Team Mia/Paul, Beetroot Bongo’s, Sth, T

After a journey across nearly half of Victoria, the year 7’s from St Arnaud Secondary College were ready to play!! Before hitting the park, we learnt a couple of things to help us all get the most out of camp! These included a goal setting technique called Target, Stretch, Super Stretch, and the Five Keys, with Wednesday’s focus on Play All In and Have Fun. The first step was an initiative to get our bodies and brains warmed up for camp. Instead of tribe 1 and tribe 2, we wou