CAS Camp Şile

At 8-9 September, we went to Şile for CAS camp. The camp was so interesting than normal, because we don’t have so much opportunities going for camp in the city of Istanbul. We have chance to play volleyball, football, do canoeing, creating some intelligent and authentic works and collect rubbishes from the beach.

As we played volleyball, I realized that how important the role of coordination in team sports is, because when you I’m playing one on one with my friend, you’re almost predicting where she can throw the ball, in a match of totally 10 or 12, you should both predict what your teammate will do and so the opponent.  

While playing the survivor game, I realized that I am precise and accurate, because I shot a basket at once. I observed that attention payed to games raise the quality of your work. When your rival team is carrying the ball on the stick slowly but fully concentrated, oppositely if you’re carrying it fast but not attentive, then they will win. I learned how to create tactics: analyzing their skills and then preparing your movement accordingly.

I get used to stay in a tent -even it’s a one night-and adapted to the cold. I learned that camping technics are that important you to have a qualified time in total. I decided to start camping education after this experience, because I fully enjoyed it.

The most challenging part of the camp was building the tents, getting used to cold and sleeping in the tents. We received the camping materials and built up the tent. There are a few materials that we’re not be used to it. Everyone slept in their boiler suits. I learned how to set up a tent firstly, then to move inside and respect everyone according to their wishes. At home, we are free people with our family, most of the time my ideas are matched with my family so there isn’t any significant problem; however, during the night time in the tent, some wanted to sleep earlier than us, some stayed around the camp fire till the sun rise, so you must respect everyone’s ideas and conducts. The paramount skill I’ve achieved is respecting each other.

I participated the sports activities, creativity based activities and community service. I initiate to football and volleyball games during our free time. I advised that we should watch stars from a higher and a darker place because light pollution affects the visual quality rate of stars negatively, also advised that the night walk can be longer because experiencing a long night walk can be a good promotion of camping.

We played survivor game and canoed. During this process, we supported and helped each other. I showed my collaboration and taught how to direct canoe, because I did it few times, that’s why I know. Although it is hard to survive in survivor game, gave tactics and supported my friends as possible I can. I showed a great perseverance to the sports and art activities by both respecting my teammates’ ideas and showing patience to the long process. For instance, collecting rubbish from the coast took a time way too much as I expected, but because of working collaboratively we easily overcome the challenge.

I’ve realized and experienced other’s support. For example,by getting help during setting up the tent, trying to race with the canoe, we specified some rules, importantly, the game which we played at the beach consisting of every teammate of our team provides me to experience the collaboration in best way. I learned some key points from my friends. The benefits are specifically, increase on my strength, even it’s a two-day program, analyzing your opponent critically and producing relevant solutions accordingly, more importantly, moving and deciding with your team, producing common and agreed ideas.

During the camp time, I am aware of my environment. Water, food and security are the prior global issues that we might have faced with. Thank god, they didn’t vitally affect our health. We find fresh water; the camping management gave us food and the security of us was provided by again the campmanagement.

We accord to the rules and the ethical issues such as respect to each other, to the nature and animals. We run the camp process according to our plans within the framework in creativity, activity, service.