Student Reflections From the Website Workshop
(1) What were the positive aspects about your participation today?
Making new friends. (Punchbowl P.S.)
We felt nervous at first, however, meeting other people made us more confident. (Punchbowl P.S.)
Coming to work together to see how other schools and religions respect each other. ( Arkana College )
We learnt about our differences e.g. what they eat & how they dress. (Cronulla South P.S.)
Meeting new kids with different cultures and being in such a great school. (Punchbowl Boys H.S.)
The positive aspects about my participation today is that I got to know new people and I found out how Cronulla South's timetable works, and I really enjoyed it. (Malek Fahd Islamic School)
Meeting different people and learning about their culture. (Cronulla South P.S.)
(2) What did you learn from one another and about one another?
I learnt that everyone thinks in a different way. I also learnt that the other schools have as much of a right to be here. I learnt that no matter how different a persona is you can learn to co-operate with them. (Malek Fahd Islamic School).
We learnt that we can all work together. Teamwork! (Punchbowl P.S.)
Two is better than one. (Punchbowl P.S.)
Working as a group is better than working on your own. (Punchbowl P.S.)
I learnt about other people's differences and how to communicate with others. (Punchbowl Boys H.S.)
No matter how/what culture they're in you can blend in the environment. (M.F.I.S.)
I learnt respect and how to work with people I don't know. (Punchbowl Boys H.S.)
I learnt that our values are nearly the same. (Punchbowl Boys H.S. )
(3) What aspects of the day were interesting?
Meeting new people from other schools, who are different, and interesting. (Punchbowl P.S.)
The most interesting part of the day was making new friends and being in a lab with good computers. (Punchbowl Boys H.S.)
The interesting part of the day was when we introduced each other. (Punchbowl Boys)