St Brendan's
St Brendan's Program - Solo Experience and Primary Visit
11 June
The Year 8 St Brendan’s Program at the Damascus Dunnstown campus is going well, with students recently experiencing their first solo experience, requiring students to spend three hours alone in the bush without technology.
Students prepared for the experience with shelter and knot tying activities in the lead up to the day, and prepared mentally with discussions and activities on the difference of being alone and lonely.
Students did a marvelous job, building their personal shelters with the tarps and ropes provided. Some students utilised the time to write in journals, read books, eat and/or colour in, and others took the time to appreciate the scenery. The solo experience was conducted in the Le Gerche Gully Creswick.
Students also recently prepared and conducted a literacy lesson with local primary school students, where they chose a picture story book and created an activity that related to their chosen book for their primary school student.
It was fabulous to see the students interact and conduct their activity in a one-on-one situation. The buses on the way home from this activity were alive with chatting about their new buddy.
Well done to all involved.
