Hi, my name is Chantelle. I’m from Alkira Secondary College. I’m in expo group 2A.

Since I’ve been at the Snowy River School for Student Leadership I’ve learnt so many things for now and for the future. Each day I’m learning something new and most the time it’s about me. Some of the things I’ve done here I never thought I would’ve done ever. I’ve made so many friends here and to think its only week and two days till it’s a month here is crazy.

My favourite thing to do so far has been our intro to canoes. Yeerung was a beautiful place to canoe at. The scenery was amazing and seemed like it had been untouched. My group worked so well when staying together and being a team. We were all really supportive. We got to eat lunch in the canoes and we learnt how to swap partners in the canoe whilst on the water, how to steer a canoe at the back and how to paddle properly and keep the canoe moving forward at the front. My favourite part was the capsizing. It involved learning two different types of rescues and a lot of teamwork. We all went for a swim afterwards in the water which was really fun and then we canoed back to where we started. Honestly I just wanted to keep swimming. I didn’t think I would be able to capsize but with all my team around I felt completely safe and supported. I think our team works so well together and I can’t wait till our first expo just to experience that with such an amazing group of people.

By Chantelle - Alkira SC