Day 2

Thursday 30th July

The day began nice and early with a beautiful morning tefilla service (Shacharit) led by our madrichim and then a yummy breakfast.  It was then time for our second challenge session and a chance to add to the knowledge we had learnt yesterday.We then began our main activity for the day, a fierce colour war!!!  We were all split into either Blue or Red and given the opportunity to change into our respective colour before waging a war of ruach, creativity and imagination.  It was a fantastic day filled with loads of amazing activities, some a little messier than others, where the two teams battled it out to be the winner. We also made a team song, chants and mascots, coming together at the end of the activity for a final riff off. Congratulations to team Blue, the winners of this years Camp Gad Colour war!

 

 

Next we had our first session of iClub, which is organised free time. Over the next week we’ll be having a few iClub sessions, where we get to spend time getting to know each other as well as working on a project together in our groups. We were able to choose from a variety of activities to try out, before some much needed free time to go and relax before dinner.

 

After a yummy dinner we wrapped up warm and sat ready for the bonfire.  It was a lovely night where we could toast marshmallows and sing as we warmed ourselves by the fire, building on our quickly formed bond as one camp.  It was then off to bed after another busy day!

 

The Tribe Team

 

Day 1

Wednesday 29th July

At 9.45am 40 excited year 5 participants left Toys R Us for the start of Camp Gad.  The coach was filled with laughter, chat and anticipation as the participants began their journey up to Alton Castle.

After a short break at the service station for the much-needed toilets, everyone arrived at Alton Castle and went straight into the activities.  They took part in some great ‘getting to know you’ games run by the madrichim before giant inflatables were brought in.  The participants had a lot of fun climbing and bouncing around and it was a brilliant chance for them to get to know each other a whole lot better and have a lot of fun.

After a quick snack the games continued before it was time to listen to the rules of camp and have a bit of tuck before finding out who they would be sharing a room with for the next four nights.

Then it was time for dinner, with a special birthday party! Happy birthday Noah!

 

 

We then had our evening activity… Who Done it?!  The
participants were incredibly creeped out but had a fantastic time trying to figure out the mystery.  An introductory session to Challenge was next, giving the participants a chance to get to know their madrichim in a more intimate environment before it was time for some much needed sleep after a jam-packed day.

Keep checking back every day for more updates!

The Tribe Team