Norval 2009

On October 19, the whole middle school went to Norval for a day of team building. We all worked together to gain each other's trust, and to take risks. The grade eight class all came together to participate in the Inuit Blanket Toss, an activity where one person sat in the middle of a large blanket/ tarp and the rest of the group worked together to toss the person in the air, and than catch them.

Next we split into groups and half of us went to the Wall, and the other half to Mission Impossible. The Wall was a 14 foot wall with nothing to grab onto and just your peers to help you reach the top and get to the other side. We had half and hour to do this, and used 20 minutes to figure out and plan how we would carry it out. In the end, we all reached the other side, within the time frame.

At Mission Impossible, one person was harnessed to 4 different ropes, coming from four different sides. In four different groups, we had to navigate the person around working together so that the harnessed person could retrieve many different balls. It required lots and lots of team work and we couldn't of done it without Will, who told us all what to do (which included a few pranks).

After lunch, to Drum Cafe came. We all got drums, and the leaders got us playing lots of different beats and stuff. It was pretty fun, but it hurt your hands a lot.

Overall it was a good day and I really think it made the middle school more trustworthy of each other, and it made us a better team.