juliettes+reflection+page+portsea

   1. ** __How were you feeling prior to this experience? __ ** Prior to this experience I was feeling very nervous because I’m not what you would call a ‘Tree Hugger’, in other words I’m not the type to go camping. I was also felling anxious because I had never heard of some of the activities we would be doing and this was the first time I would be smoking and canoeing. The giant swing also looked quite frightening but I knew I would end up trying it. Most of all I was excited because I had never experienced anything like this before and I would be there with my friends. ** 2. __What were you nervous about? What were you excited about?__ **  I was nervous about the height activities such as ‘the giant swing’ and ‘the high ropes’ because I’m afraid of heights and I didn’t know if I would be able to do them. I was excited about getting to know the people in my class better and being able to go snorkelling and cannoning for the first time. **  3. __What do you think St Mary's is trying to achieve by taking you on this experience?__ **I think St Mary’s is trying to teach us about values and morals by making us work as a team, show leadership, face your fears (heights) and take initiative. I also think St Marys was letting us get to know not only the people in our class, but also the people in your campus better. __ ** 4. Do you think these experiences achieved these things? Why/ why not? ** __ Yes I do thing they achieved these things because we all showed the qualities of teamwork while snorkelling and cooing because we had to work as a team to finish the activity. Leadership because as some points people had to take control of the situation. Some people had to face there fears such as ‘fear of heights’ and ‘fear off the ocean’. They also placed us in cabins with unfamiliar people, but by the end of the three days we were all friends. __ ** 5. What was your favourite activity? Why? ** __   My favourite activity was canoeing because it was a nice day and I didn’t mind going in the water, we didn’t go very deep just shallow waters. It wasn’t very hard to pick up and although I wasn’t great at the sport, I had a great time. __ ** 6. What was your least favourite? Why? ** __  <span style="color: black; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">My least favourite activity was ‘The high ropes activity’ because when we started I went first and when I got to the ropes I didn’t know what to do because I hadn’t seen any other people do it. I usually watch others and then I understand how to complete the activity, butt in this case there was no one else to watch. Even though I didn’t get through the activity, it was still a great experience. ** __<span style="color: black; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> 7. Do you think this experience will help your time at St Mary's? Explain. __ ** <span style="color: black; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> <span style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Yes, I think this experience will help in my time at St Marys because I can use the values and skills that I have learnt in my everyday living. When working in a group I can show leadership and teamwork. Also I now feel more confident when talking to people because I made some new friends at the camp. <span style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"> ** __<span style="color: black; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">8. Discuss something you learnt about yourself while on this experience. __ ** <span style="line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">I learnt that I’m stronger than I think I am, I can face my fears courageously and when it comes to heights I can contain my fear. ** __<span style="color: black; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> 9. Discuss something you learnt about someone else while on this experience. __ **<span style="color: black; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">I learnt that Lisa N is scared of heights, but she still managed to do the high ropes

10. How do you think you contributed to this experience?

11. What do you think could be improved for next year’s portsea experience?