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rooms to wrap up the graduating      First,    most     outstanding

        project. Once that was settled,      participants were chosen from
        participants had fun with            each group, and were all invited
        their group members till the         to share their feelings on
        lunch break at 12.30pm. Some         being  picked.  Most  expressed
        danced,  some  played  more          welcome shock at being picked,

        games, and some just gossiped.       and all felt grateful for “having
                                             met so many amazing people”.
        Once the lunch break concluded
        an hour later, the main camp         More emotions were shared in

        counsellor   presented     each      the subsequent sharing sessions,

        group’s final video, all showered    starting   with     participants
        with compliments from the chat       followed      by     organising
        and from the counsellor herself.     committee members.





        After every presentation, a few      Participants mostly had doubts                  The committee had to go through a
        members of the group in charge       about fitting in with those from                rushed organising process, but it was


        were called to talk about their      other schools (one even felt                    worth it in the end to see participants
                                                                                             engage in friendly banter, alleviating

        experiences working on the           left  out  of  her  own  club  due              engage in friendly banter, alleviating
                                                                                             the fear that they would not get
        project and the challenges they      to having joined as a Senior                    the fear that they would not get
                                                                                             along. A few group leaders were

        eventually overcame. Following       student),  but  left  feeling  very             along. A few group leaders were
                                                                                             hesitant  about  joining  first  too,  but

        the end of the presentations,        close-knit and satisfied that they              hesitant  about  joining     fi rst  too,  but
                                                                                             were glad that the camp counsellors
        advisory teachers were invited       “made the impossible possible”                  were glad that the camp counsellors

        to comment, showing general          after  working  through  a  lot  to             pushed them to join.
        pleasure with seeing everyone        get  their  finished  product.  Of

                                                                                                 Th  e  camp  wrapped  up  with
        bonding and expressing their         course,  they  did  not  forget  to             The  camp  wrapped  up  with
                                                                                             participants writing their parting
        creativity.                          thank the organising committee                  participants writing their parting

                                                                                             comments via Padlet. A group photo
                                             for making this possible.                       comments via Padlet. A group photo
                                                                                             taken  at  4pm  concluded  the  two-
        The  closing  ceremony  for  the                                                     taken  at  4pm  concluded  the  two-

        camp then followed.                                                                  day exchange camp.
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