Eltham High School, May 2018

Eltham High School, again took advantage of the program at Kinglake Forest Adventures Camp in 2018.  Colin, Steve and the rest of the crew worked extremely hard to provide an engaging program that challenged our students to push them selves out of their comfort zones.  Our kids formed new friendships, engaged with their facilitators and teachers building strong relationships and came away from their experience with a host of new memories.  Each group learned to recognise not only their own strengths but the strengths in others that they worked with and built a culture of positive reinforcement and a growth mind set. Steve worked closely with us to deal with the challenges that come with bringing up a huge cohort of year 9 students and made sure the entire program ran smoothly for the duration of the camp.  On return to school the next week I my-self heard more than one student exclaim that this was the best camp they’d ever been on.

We here at Eltham High School extend our most sincere thanks to the team at KFA for their hard work and the friendly atmosphere they created for us.

Simon Maurdev,  Eltham High School

“Throughout the camp the cooking staff would outdo themselves time and time again, holding nothing back, providing us with nutritious and delicious meals to keep us sustained each day.”

“Your attention to detail and ability to adhere to strict regulations and controls is clearly evidenced by the care given to our students.”

“ With our year level’s focus on Growth Mindset, the camp staff were able to work with students with goal setting, challenging themselves and reflecting on their own strengths. Camp staff had a fantastic understanding of mindfulness and student wellbeing as well as behaviour management, allowing school staff to spend their time connecting with students and participating in some activities with them.”

“ The year 7 students begin the camp quite shy and unsure but with great leadership of the camp leaders and the activities the students partake in, the students develop and come back to school with an enthusiastic and can do approach.”

“The leadership students of Cheltenham Secondary College go so much out of each and every aspect of your camp. From the Wildergaining, to the Tree Talk, to the staff, we really grew to learn and understand to a deeper level what leadership is to each of us.”

“Our year 8’s absolutely loved the challenging, thrilling and thought-provoking Young Rhythms Program at Kinglake…The skills they gained from their camp experience were so important at this stage in their development.”

“ On behalf of the other teachers and our merry band of intrepid international students, I wanted to thank KRWC for your hospitality and conducting a program that exceeded our expectations in terms of delivering student growth outcomes. You can certainly be proud of the product and service you afforded to our school.”