Year 10 Retreat - On the Journey: Go and Do the Same
The purpose of the Retreat program is to assist students to recognise the importance of their holistic development, to give them further understanding of "fullness of life". Activities are designed to open students to their spirit dimension as well as fostering a sense of community and a heightened awareness of their own giftedness and that of others. Please see a report from one of our Year 10 students below.
Our Year 10 retreat was a chance to build a sense of community with our peers that goes beyond our classroom relationships. Over the course of two days we shared and listened to one another's different life experiences and learnt a little bit more about one another. I believe the retreat was a chance to become more comfortable within our year group and also open up in a more spiritual way. There were a variety of activities that challenged us emotionally and mentally. We had self-reflections about our feelings we were experiencing throughout our retreat, but also creative and fun activities that included our peers. The retreat was very different from our everyday lives, as we had time to clear our minds and see things from a different perspective. The retreat helped us strengthen our relationships with our friends and our other classmates and teachers within our community, by allowing us to see a vulnerable side to them that we aren't usually shown.
Eliza F - Year 10 Student
