Student Helpers at WOSA Quiz Night

The Wilderness Old Scholars Committee would like to thank a number of girls who helped set up the Quiz Night during their lunch time last Friday, including Matilda Winter (Year 8), Iris Newman (Year 8), Katarina Czechowicz (Year 8), Emma Portolesi (Year 8), Leila Thirlwell (Year 8), Jessica Davey (Year 8), Maya Kafagy (Year 8), Holly Bahr (Year 8), Lily Nicholls (Year 8), Rose Newman (Year 10), Arabella Bahr (Year 10), Jasmin Thirlwell (Year 10) and Hazel Newman (Year 5).

Thank you to the girls from the Student Foundation—Fengfan Zhang (Year 10), Sophie Reu (Year 10), An Do (Year 10), Jasmine Huynh (Year 10), Diya Patel (Year 9) and Jamila Macris (Year 10)—who attended the Quiz Night and did a wonderful job selling raffle tickets and helping members of the WOSA Committee on the evening.

Wilderness World Happiness Expo

Today, the Year 7 students held a World Happiness Expo in Hender Hall, to present the design solutions they had created to increase happiness in countries around the world. These projects were part of the Year 7 Artemis unit called The Future of Happiness. It was a wonderful opportunity for the girls to share their learning with each other and the staff who attended. Thank you to the Year 7 Artemis teachers for organising such a successful event.

REALISE Core Group 2 Returns

Another group of our Year 9 students just returned from their REALISE experience. We hope you enjoy this reflection from Year 9 student, Georgia Inglis, who was part of Core Group 2.

“During the first three weeks of Term 2, Core Group 2 headed down to Crawford for their REALISE experience. Girls discovered new things about themselves, developed and strengthened existing relationships and learned to live collaboratively. Some of the highlights of the experience were returning to Mount Arapiles in Victoria for rock climbing (after a few years of climbing in South Australia); glassy conditions on the Coorong for the first few days of our paddling expedition, and then a challenging but exhilarating final day crossing; and a memorable day at Robe surfing and supporting each other in the waves.

Many girls enjoyed the crazy bus singalongs, cooking in their cabins and the intense Monopoly Deal games in their free time, as well as the hour of reading, writing and catching up on sleep in Chill Out. The girls faced physical and mental challenges throughout their experience, making them stronger individuals. Over the 21 days of the program, the girls learned how to be independent young women and discovered what life may look like after graduating from school.”