Term 4 - Half Way Through

Well Hi There!!

Our names are Tess and Astrid and we are from Echuca and Pinnaroo. We both got accepted in Gnurad Gundidj at the start of the year and we were so excited about coming here. We are already halfway through being here and the time has gone so fast. We are all having so much fun.

The school is awesome! The classes are completely different to normal school; they are fun, engaging and we focus on learning skills that will help us through life. While being here we have been doing so many interesting activities such as bike riding, surfing, canoeing, bridge building, hiking, swimming and expos. They have both been challenging and rewarding helping us build our leadership and teamwork skills.

The teachers here are no ordinary teachers; they are extremely passionate about the way they get the message across and they challenge us to make our own decisions and to take initiative. We don’t think of them as our teachers, they are more like our friends as we can talk to them about anything and just chill and have fun.

Living under the same roof with 44 individual personalities has been a challenge. We are with them 24/7 and now only half way in we think of them as family. We do absolutely everything together and face every challenge as a team.

We’re sure that this experience is going to be one to remember. We have made so many friends that we will never forget and the skills we have learnt will help us through life. We can’t wait for the next half of this amazing experience!

Tess and Astrid, Term 4 2011

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School for Student Leadership is a Victorian Department of Education 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". The fourth and most recently opened campus is Don Valley Campus, situated on land that was once known as Haining Farm in the Yarra Ranges.
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