On a sunny Tuesday morning in Week 5 (26 February), the Year 8 cohort gathered on the big oval for the inaugural Year 8 Survivor. It was designed to create a sense of ‘team’ in each homeroom while also allowing students to develop their leadership, compassion and empathy in a fun environment.
Each homeroom, along with their homeroom teacher, participated in a variety of challenges inspired by the popular TV show Survivor to discover which homeroom would be the ultimate survivor. Challenges included throwing frisbees or tennis balls into buckets, transferring water, holding up books, finding clues to codes and solving puzzles.
By the end of the round-robin section, Silver and Purple finished in the top two positions and made it to the ultimate final challenge. Both teams worked tirelessly to get through three consecutive challenging sections, with Purple capping their undefeated round-robin performance to just beat a valiant Silver. Congratulations to all students who participated in the morning and may the lessons you learnt on the day help you to have a successful second year at MLMC.
Here are some student reflections of the experience:
The teachers organised this spectacular event not only for us to earn homeroom points and get a hot lunch, but to have a great time with our peers and even friends that were from a different homeroom. This was an absolutely awesome event, full of excitement and a little friendly competition.
— Alexander Van Duuren (Year 8 Bronze)
It was a fun day filled with exciting activities and great team spirit. The day was won by 8 Purple and coming in second was 8 Silver. At the end of the day everyone gave it a red hot go and all enjoyed themselves.
— Primrose Dillon (Year 8 Bronze)
Year 8 Survivor was lots of fun and an exciting time. I especially enjoyed it because I got to work in a team with my classmates in lots of different challenges. My favourite challenge was trying to keep the books up because we actually won that. I enjoyed the variety of challenges and the competitiveness between all the classes. Even though my class didn’t win, it was a great, fun experience.
— Mariz Sewiha (Year 8 Red)
