It was not long ago that everyone was saying goodbye to their parents for the next 5 weeks. Since then written letters have been posted and emails have been sent to communicate back home. Already two weeks has passed at the Alpine School and it has flown by. The community is very social with one another and everyone is getting along.
By now the community is in the swing of things with routine of the program. So far it snowed on the second day of the program and last Wednesday, Expo groups have participated in First Aid, Safe Food Handling, Bridge Building, Bike Riding, Expo Skills, CPR and Underground River in the first two weeks. These activities were very enjoyable and everyone would have taken something out of their classes.
Friday core two had Underground River at Mt Buffalo. The trip from school was two hours and I was nervous the whole way. When we arrived 2A were the first group to enter the cave while my group 2B went for a hike around the mountain we saw the chalet and explored the waterfalls. After lunch it was my groups turn to go, when we arrived at the cave it was time to start. When everyone had slid in we began to crawl through, some spots were super tight and hard to climb through plus the water was freezing. After being in there for an hour and a half and climbing back out was one of the best things I done in my life, it was so much fun!
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Melbourne Girls' Secondary College students present "Breast Cancer Photo Story". Their CLP is entitled: Working on a program to raise breast cancer awareness
The program is well and truly underway, and the students are certainly becoming immersed. We hope you get the day-to-day feedback from them, either electronically or by letters, on what they have been up to. They have their Laptop computers and seem to be enjoying the access to such a wonderful tool. They have started their Level 1 First-aid course and the TAFE Safe Food Handling course has been completed.
Students have been out undertaking their introduction to safe mountain bike riding, and have done environment and alpine expedition skills sessions too. They have also been involved in a unique team building activity called “bridge building”.
Mark Reeves (Principal) & Russell Shem (Campus Principal - Alpine School)
