Student Opportunity Week (SOW) offered all 900 Secondary students and teachers a week of opportunity and excitement as they participated in 17 different programs in Term 2.
SOW is a unique week that replaces traditional school camps and allows students to dive right into something that interests them: from performing arts to high performance surfing; from hiking to horse riding.
Organiser Stewart van Bentum is enthusiastic about the week and its benefits. “It’s so great for students,” he says. “They can either develop a passion they already have, or be introduced to something new – that may become a life-long passion.”
The week’s adventures took place around Sydney, in rural NSW, interstate and even overseas and included:
- a New Zealand STEM trip, featuring a few days at a Mission to Space camp;
- High Performance Centre Surf training on the Gold Coast;
- a Reef at Risk educational adventure in Far North Queensland;
- an artist-in-training experience at Bundanon (NSW South Coast);
- ‘Coastal Explorer’ camping, water craft and hiking (NSW South Coast);
- a Duke of Edinburgh hike;
- Golf training and development and games in Canberra;
- Horse riding (NSW Central Coast);
- Mountain Biking training and development in Canberra;
- Performing Arts workshops and live shows;
- Scuba lessons and dives in Manly;
- ‘Soul and Sea’ experience showcasing stretching classes, water sports, city walks in Sydney;
- the ever-exciting ‘Urban Challenge’ around Sydney;
- Cooking and food technology classes (including eating!);
- Photography training and day excursions;
- Year 12 study retreat; and
- Year 7 camping adventure.
Read more about SOW and what’s on offer. Link: Student Opportunity Week