Night Camp Grade IV

Ms.Shubhangi Sambare, Team Leader-Grade IV

Whistling winds, sun soaked grass, chirping birds…..hmm…..what a lovely day it was! Amidst a forest there we were..the students and teachers of Grade IV. What we were experiencing was a complete new feeling. It is very difficult to sit in a “concrete jungle” and imagine how beautiful nature is. The first day was full of activities. We did wall climbing, flying fox and team building exercises. After a very exciting afternoon we had a fun filled evening around the campfire. Before retiring for the day we gazed at the stars and had a close look at the moon through the telescope. What a way to end the Day!

We woke up at the call of our instructors at 6 a.m. We went trekking in the forest. It was a long walk in the bushes with wild surroundings and twittering of the birds playing music for entertainment. Post the trekking, we had a Snake Show. We were amazed to find out that there were so many varieties of snakes in India but only four species were venomous. We even got an opportunity to touch and hold the snakes, unquestionably the non venomous ones. Children were spellbound at the sight of snakes. The “Friends of the snakes” also demystified the myths surrounding snakes.

With so many memories to take back, we embarked on our journey to the “concrete jungle”. We had mixed emotions in our heart that day. We were happy to come back to our near and dear ones but at the same time we were extremely sad to leave our “new friends” behind.