School Camp with Kyla

I have spent the last week with Kyla at Finlay Park for a school camp.

It was a really full on camp, with each day starting at 7am with fitness for the kids. The parents were expected to be at breakfast at 8am, so we got the better deal. From there it was organised activities such as abseiling, water sports and go karts until free time at 3:45. Then time for showers before dinner and night maneuvers, then finally bed at around 10:30. The kids were pretty much exhausted by Friday afternoon when they got home.

The highlight for Kyla was definitely the water sports, which involved jet ski rides and being towed behind a boat. She loved this so much that when she returned to the pontoon, she was squealing and shouting!

I had a turn on the red inflatable sea biscuit along with 2 other mums. The boat driver was determined to flip us, and did so twice. I didn't realize that water could feel so hard when you hit it! It was a huge amount of fun and I can fully understand why Kyla enjoyed it so much.

During free time there were various activities that the kids were allowed to do, one of which was a tyre swing over the lake. When they drop off the tyre, they are around 4m above the lake, and some landed with a real whack.

This is Kyla just leaving the tyre, heading rapidly for the water. She had a good landing, and went back for another turn that day, and again the following day.