The long-awaited Grade 4 excursion to Camp El Olam was a great success. Camp El Olam is an outdoor education centre situated on a beautiful sugar cane farm in Eston & managed by Garth & Rae Hawyes and their team of youth camp facilitators.
The boys participated in 4 (45minute) activities on a rotational basis – 2 before lunch and 2 after lunch. These activities included obstacle course, bow/arrow making workshop, team building and free sport. This took up the greater part of the day ending in a 2km walk to one of the farm dams for a refreshing late afternoon swim. The evening saw the boys gathered around the massive bonfire sipping hot chocolate and roasted marshmallows.
The food was delicious – the boys rated it an “A” and cooking their own omelettes for breakfast was a first for many! After bungalow tidy-up, the boys then put their ‘archery’ skills to the test popping the balloon targets with their newly made bow and arrow. The photos say it all- lots and lots of fun
DPHS Old Boys at ICF Canoe Marathon Championships
Matt Coetzer (DPHS Class of 2017) competed for South Africa in the 2021 ICF Canoe Marathon champs in Romania recently. He paddled the K2 Junior Men’s race with Josh Simpkins.…
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