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Term 3 - Marvellous Journey - Surfing

WOW, what a journey the last 2 weeks have been. We have done so much as a community and bonded so well with one another. We’re all getting along really well and treating each other with the ten traits of a healthy community that we all decided on.

I’m loving it here so much!! The people are so kind, caring and respectful. I feel like I’m at home and it hasn’t even been a fortnight yet. The activities here at Snowy are very informative and fun, they are developing me into a better person. I really enjoyed being Student Leader on the 29th of July, I got a lot of positive feedback from it that was really great, helpful, kind and supportive. Everybody is getting along as if we’ve known each other for a lot longer than what we really have and the expo groups are awesome!

The past 24hrs has most definitely been my favourite. Starting with last night’s Bush-dancing, which I’m pretty sure I can speak on the behalf of all the students here, when I say I had an absolute ball! The whole class was spent smiling, laughing and changing partners as we joyfully danced together in our fashionable flannelettes and country attire.

This morning I had my first surfing lesson and let me tell you now, it was amazing! Allow me to share a short story called ‘The All-Mighty Wave of Glee!’

So there I am, paddling out in an endless sea of beautiful blue, the sound of waves crashing left, right and center, the scent and taste of salt. Then I see a mighty wave brewing out in the distance, straight away I know it’ll be mine so I spin my board around and I see it rising behind me as I start paddling back towards shore. I feel it pick me up as it breaks so I paddle twice more before pulling my hands in to my ribs, next I hop up and pull my feet in between my hands. Before I know it, I’m standing up, instinctively in a Taekwondo ‘L stance’ with my hands out keeping me balanced, I’m focused on the sand ahead of me in the direction I want to go. I’m riding it in and I hear one of our instructors say, “look at this one go” referring to me. Funniest thing ever! You should have seen the grin on my face!

Bring on the next 8 weeks!!

By Tiana (Red Cliffs)

 

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School for Student Leadership is a Victorian Department of Education and Training (DET) initiative offering a unique residential education experience for year nine students. The curriculum focuses on personal development and team learning projects sourced from students' home regions. There are four campuses in iconic locations across Victoria. The Alpine School Campus is located at Dinner Plain in the Victorian Alps. Snowy River Campus is near the mouth of the Snowy River at Marlo in east Gippsland. The third site is adjacent to Mount Noorat near Camperdown in Victoria’s Western District, and is called Gnurad-Gundidj. After consultation with the local aboriginal community, this name represents both the indigenous name of the local area and an interpretation of the statement "belonging to this place". Our fourth and newest campus, currently known as the Don Valley Campus is located at Don Valley, Yarra Ranges.
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Our school community acknowledges the Gunaikurnai and Monero-Ngarigo people as the traditional custodians of the land upon which our school campus is built. We pay our respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, their Elders past and present, and especially whose children attend our school.