Eleri was so ready for her first school interim trip. She has watched Emersyn leave and come home with stories for the last four years – finally, it was her turn. She was not worried or scared about being away from home – just excited.

The 5th grade trip is an adventure trip to Nanbeihu, located about 120km/75 miles from Shanghai. The purpose of the trip is to expose students to team building skills, develop a sense of community and foster confidence and independence in the students through a series of outdoor adventure activities. These activities include kayaking, rappelling, jumping to a trapeze from the top of a 10-meter pole (the leap of faith) and other team building fun.

The excited 5th graders gathered at school on a rainy Monday to depart by bus to Naibeihu. The 5th graders will return on Thursday. Since it is the first time some of the kids have been away from home, the 5th grade trip is shorter than the other MS trips.

The photos below are from teachers that are on the trip. Photos from one of the teachers are such small files they only show up small.

The students are assigned a group for the trip. The group is made up of students from different classes to help build new friends. Eleri’s group is team yellow. Each group is given their team color in a hat and to pick a team name. The yellow team decided to be the “Lemon Heads”. The students did get to chose their roommates which was a nice change from Emersyn’s trip. Eleri roomed with Ellie and Anna.

Kayaking adventure

Rappelling adventure

Ropes adventure

Tunnel adventure

A great photo of the foot prints in the mud. It rain most of their time at Nabeihu. A typhoon was blowing through Asia, typhoon Phoenix. The Phoenix is the mascot of Concordia.

Eleri’s Nanbeihu Newsletter for school
(click to read a larger version)