This week was a very exciting yet emotional week as it was our last time being on Operation Newstart program. There have been many wonderful memories and friendships that have been formed and developed throughout the term which will be cherished and remembered throughout the students’ high school life. We began the week on Tuesday by picking up the students from Collingwood station and driving them back to the Collingwood alternative school. Here, we briefly discussed and ref

Its the second last week of the program and we all can't believe how fast it has gone! This week is an important one as it is our final camp and our assessment camp. This three day horse riding and mountain bike riding camp is one that looks at the students strengths and assesses them on their self organisation, team work, participation, respect and behaviour. The students also set a character strength goal for the week that we reflect on each night. We picked up the students

This week was action-packed with activities that would challenge our mental and physical capabilities. On Wednesday, we picked up the students at Collingwood station and drove back to the alternative school where we got prepared for our epic bike ride through the Yarra river trail to Federation Square. The students did a wonderful job of helping us get the bikes on the trailer as we made our way to the trail where we would be cycling alongside the river with amazing and beaut

Wednesday was a very creative day on the program as the students attended a hip hop writing workshop at Oxygen Youth Services that was ran by a very talented hip-hop producer and rapper named Motley. The students had an opportunity to get an inside look on how rappers produce and create their lyrics and songs. To begin the workshop, Motley performed one of his songs live as the students watched intently at his brilliant performance. The students were very excited and attentiv