100 days of Year 7 from our Peer Mentors

100 days of Year 7 from our Peer Mentors

Here is a collection of articles from our Year 10 House Peer Mentors talking about the first 100 Days of Year 7 at SCEGGS.

 

Badham

The Badham Peer Mentors have thoroughly enjoyed spending time with, and passing down advice to the Year 7s, over this last semester. We began our role at the end of last year, when we met the girls who came from the Primary School and completed a series of logic and problem solving challenges together.

On Year 7 welcome day, we came in and helped the girls settle in, giving tours and helping set up the girls’ diaries and organise themselves for their classes. We also spent some time getting to know each other with various ice breaker activities.

Over the semester, we have had more sessions together and have given our study tips as well as general advice for high school. For Easter, we did some easter egg competitions and before camp, we sent the girls off with some lollipops and some general advice about trying new things and the importance of leaving one’s comfort zone.

Furthermore, at the beginning of this term, we helped the Year 7s celebrate 100 days of high school, with a disco, which brought lots of fun and excitement.

It has been a pleasure working with the Year 7s thus far and we are eager to continue our roles, helping them in whatever ways we can, to ensure they are enjoying and making the most of SCEGGS life.

Stella Argyrides, Alexandra Collins-Tait, Katharine Conaglen,  Aurelia Cortese, Emily Rowland, Celia Watson

 

Barton

Us Barton Peer Support girls have had an amazing 100 days with the Year 7s and we have really enjoyed getting to meet the Year 7s whilst getting them warmed up to SCEGGS! Throughout this year, we have had many sessions and activities with the Year 7s as part of the Peer Mentor program. It’s been such a fun opportunity to get to know students from another year group and to be able to share some of our experiences from Year 7 in order to make their transition to high school easier! 

Some of the highlights of this year have been:

  • The Year 7 welcome day – where we helped out with their first day of high school and gave them a tour around SCEGGS
  • Organisation and exam advice – where we shared our best tips for studying and staying organised in high school
  • Easter activities – where we organised some fun easter egg related games in the sports hall and competed against other houses
  • Camp Q&A and send-off – where we answered any questions that the Year 7 had about their first high school camp and handed out lollipops with quotes as a send-off before they headed off on the bus
  • 100 Day Celebration – where we celebrated the Year 7s 100th day of high school with a disco and ice blocks in the Auditorium

The Peer Mentoring program has been such an amazing opportunity so far and we are so excited for all the amazing activities that are still to come throughout the rest of the year!

Gabrielle Cheung, Demee Georgas, Samantha Millin, Charlotte Scott, Lucy Worsley 

 

Here are some picture from Year 7 Connections Day.

 

Beck

In the past 100 days, the Year 10 Beck peer mentors have created connections with the Year 7s, supported them through the transition to high school and made some very fun memories together. 

We started the year with Welcome day, where we introduced the house system and the Beck spirit to the new Year 7s. We joined the Year 7s on their first cafeteria lunch and played lots of games.

As the Year 7s entered their first exam and assignment blocks we helped them get started and gave advice about study skills and specific subjects over choc chip cookies and gummy snakes. We were so proud of the maturity and organisation of the Year 7s. 

Before the Beck Year 7s were sent off to camp, we were able to talk to them about our camp experiences and share insight about the impacts of camp and how it can bring people closer together. The morning before the Year 7s departure, we were able to be supporting figures and provided the students with chupa chup bundles and words of wisdom.

Easter was such a fun celebration. Together, we played lots of easter-themed and team building games, competing with the house groups. These activities included rob the nest with chocolate eggs, which Beck students enjoyed afterwards, a visit from the easter bunny and an egg and spoon race, in which beck placed second! 

And that brings us to 100 days. We celebrated this milestone with the Year 7s last week, with a disco. We loved seeing all of the Beck girls dancing their hearts out, enjoying Zooper Doopers and connecting with everyone in the year group. We are so proud of the Beck Year 7s and can’t wait to see where the rest of the year takes us!!

Christine Chen,  Zoe Crisafulli, Abigail Grace, Milla Jones, Darcey Meers, Georgia Tsangaris

 

Christian

On Friday 28 July, the Year 7s of 2028 celebrated their 100th day of high school life, only 1957 to go! Across the first 100 days of their life at SCEGGS, the Year 10 Peer Mentoring girls have strived to be both a friend and a mentor. We began this year with Welcome Day, accompanying the girls across their first introduction to each other and the school campus – it was a honor to be a part of such a intrinsic memory for many of them. From the shy girls we once met, the Year 7s of SCEGGS have evolved into confident young women, forming their own bonds and friendships among their cohort and we could not be prouder. Following Welcome Day the Peer Mentors strived to uphold the SCEGGS name, mentoring and helping the girls with their assessments, exams, friendships and more unfamiliar experiences that were bound to happen, we hope that they are able to take our advice to heart and express themselves throughout the next 1957 days of SCEGGS life!

Zara Clarke, Isabella Dua, Zoe Klein, Julia Piazza, Madeleine Soo, Summer Williams 

 

Here are some pictures from Easter Celebration.

 

Docker

Throughout the past semester we have thoroughly enjoyed working with the Year 7s, getting to see them settle into high school and become part of our House, Docker. It seems like so long ago that they started at the school, they have become a part of the Docker family, and we look forward to all of our catch ups. We began our year with Orientation Day, this was a nerve racking and exciting day for many of the girls. Our Peer Mentoring team started the day with activities introducing ourselves and getting to know each other. We went through the school diary and organised the girls so they would be ready for their lessons that would commence in the following days. We toured the school pointing out the classrooms that the girls will have to go to making sure they feel comfortable and know what to do if they get lost and know that if they ever see us, we are always willing to help. We got to do team activities working together and building friendships from Day 1, it has been great to see the girls connect with peers in their House. Throughout the term we also met to go through study skills and teach the girls our preferred styles of palm cards, mind maps, poster, Quizlet and many more. In this period we prepared the girls for what to expect with assessments and spent time helping individuals work in particular subjects that they might have wanted help on. Easter was a big highlight for the Peer Mentors we had a great morning searching with the girls for chocolate eggs, not only a great teamwork experience but one we will definitely remember. The girls also got together to do some physical activity, where we did skipping and Indigenous games. This was a great experience and we had so much fun all skipping on the one rope. Overall our first semester with the Year 7s in Docker was great and we are so glad to have gotten to spend time with them and watch them settle into SCEGGS life.

Sarah Beresford, Bianca Hardge, Mia Jonson, Helaina Travassaros, Evie Vigil

 

Here are the pictures from Year 7 100 day Celebration.

 

Langley

What a thrilling 100 days it has been for Year 7. The Langley peer mentors have highly enjoyed taking on this cohort supporting them through their first two terms of high school. From their first day at SCEGGS to now we have learnt so much from this experience and hope Year 7 have learnt just as much from our various activities such as our study skills session in preparation for exams, SCEGGS culture and encouragement to get involved in everything they can. More of our fun with Year 7 was spent in their first two terms in our easter egg hunt games, indigenous games and just dances in our peer mentor sessions. Last Friday we brought Year 7 together to celebrate their 100 days of high school accompanied with essential Zooper Doopers and lollies. We can’t wait to bring this great group of Langley girls right through to the end of Year 7 and hope we have been fun role models they can learn from.

Cassandra Davies, Francesca Emblin, Emma Hawkins, Nico Hopkins, Camille McCarthy, Isobel Murray