Thursday the 29th of August was our first Year 7 Retreat day.

Year 7 Retreat Day

On Thursday this week the Year 7 students attended their first year level retreat. The focus for this day was Gratitude in which students learnt and reflected about themselves, and their family and friends, and how all things are ultimately God's graces, which have been poured upon them.

Here is a reflection by Year 7 student Caitlin McFadden:

On Thursday this week, the Year 7’s had their retreat. Our first activity was in our Kaiārahi. We had to move a wooden stick from one end of our class to another using only one of our right fingers; this was a fun activity using teamwork and communication. Next, we had to think of all the things we are most grateful for; they might have been Hobbies, friends or family, and then draw them; we then needed to find God in all the things we drew. The activity helped us to appreciate the special things in our life. To help us find God in all things, we needed to start with finding God in ourselves, so as a Kaiārahi, we wrote our names on a piece of paper and handed it around our circle; we had to write a compliment or something we liked about the person until it went around the whole circle after that we went into the chapel and read our papers from my personal experience I was filled with joy by the nice complements people had given me after that we had Mass presided over by Father Eka. After that, another fun activity was held. We had a piece of paper divided into six equal parts, and on one square, we drew the thing we were the most grateful for out of all, and then we drew five other people we were grateful for. As a Kaiārahi, we wrote down one thing on a canvas from our paper as a canvas for being grateful. The year seven retreat was a peaceful, lovely experience we are lucky to have had.