The annual Year 8 Survivor Challenge was held on Tuesday morning (Tuesday 22 February). It saw our students competing as homerooms in a series of physical and mental challenges.
Through competing in Survivor, students are able to bond with their new Year 8 homeroom peers and recognise and appreciate each other's strengths and differences. Survivor also provides an invaluable opportunity for students to further develop important skills such as teamwork, leadership, cooperation, communication and problem solving.
After a morning of intense competition and plenty of laughs, 8 Gold was declared the overall winning homeroom. Congratulations to the students of 8 Gold and their homeroom teacher, Mr Stuart Thornhill (pictured below). A thank you also to the amazing people who assisted in making this event possible, especially our Year 8 homeroom teachers.
Below are some students’ reflections on the event:
The Survivor day was all about having fun and learning our peers' strengths and weaknesses. It was about uniting together as a team and a year level to win in fun activities. My favourite part was learning more about my classmates and winning the slingshot activity. I learned from Survivor day that everyone is unique and different, and how boring the world would be if we were all the exact same.
— Blake Schelfhout (Year 8 White)
During Periods 1, 2 and Pastoral Care this Tuesday we participated in Year 8 Survivor. To start off the day we did an icebreaker challenge. It was fun, exciting and disgusting all in one. We had to eat vegemite-covered tim tams, dry Weet-Bix and blow a balloon up until it popped. After that, we went through a rotation of activities which were not only fun and exciting but brought us together as a team and helped us get to know each other better. Even though our homeroom didn't win, it was still an awesome experience and we really enjoyed it.
— Isabella Maurici (Year 8 Orange)
