Last Wednesday, the staff and students of Sagonaska spent a glorious day at the Wesley Acres facility in Bloomfield, Ontario taking part in a variety of team-building activities!
A favourite of the day was the Elevate Course! Everyone was encouraged to step out of their comfort zones to attempt the high-rope course, which included a zip-line four hundred feet into the woods! We were blown away by the bravery and trust demonstrated by our students, not to mention, the natural ability so many of them had for scaling the tall poles and balancing on the tight rope/balance beam across the top! Mr. Mortaley even caught some of the action on a camera on the school's drone! Video coming soon!!
The low ropes course gave our students, teachers and residence counsellors an opportunity to put themselves in situations that require trust and dependence on others in the group. A lot of laughs and fun were had by all as groups attempted activies such as moving the whole group from one platform to the next, without touching the group, using only two 2x4s! The low tight-rope was another favourite of the day!
A true sense of community was established through a variety of team-building games, such as Human Knot, Team Rock/Paper/Scissors and What Would You Rather?
Finally, our entire group was lucky enough to take in the sights of West Lake while hiking through the beautiful grounds of Wesley Acres.
A big thank you goes out to Mrs. Brintnell for organizing such an amazing event and all the parents of our students should be proud by how respectful, polite and engaged your students were all day! It was an incredible day and it brought us together as a school community and family!
