We just had our APEX retreat for the
new group of year 9’s, the group was a mix between past Sportzlife boys from
Waikowhai Intermediate and from Mount Roskill Intermediate. The
retreat is to help the year 9’s we and other youth workers have identified as at risk and in need to provide transitional support into high school, The
group follows on to the APEX program which runs for the whole schooling year.
Before the program starts there is a settling retreat at the beginning, a
overnight stay with school staff and ourselves. The settling camp this year
worked but wasn’t overly great, and don’t think that there was good learning or
refection but if all the aim was to create belonging within the group and
school at least I feel we achieved that. This year was the first time i have run a camp or retreat by myself and i learnt a lot from the experience. What i have learnt will help next year will benefit my own work and better the retreat for the young people involved.
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