Values4Life School Seminars

Eyewitness Accounts

Please read the comments from schools visited by V4LSS:

 

"Today was awesome! I found out a lot about myself."

"Great work, inspiring, keep it up!"

"Very inspiring, moving, interesting, informative - it made me think, THANK YOU!"

"VERY POWERFUL"

"I learnt A LOT! Really good info - changed the way I thought about sex and relationships."    

- Year 11 Male Students after 'Love, Sex & Relationships' Seminar        

 

"The presenters were fantastic! Awesome! Powerful!… They were enthusiastic, humourous, motivating and had a good relationship with the students. The music, stories and anecdotes were excellent as was the multimedia… I thoroughly enjoyed participating…We really appreciated your work and skill in making this a successful day!"

- Staff – Highett Campus of S.S.C. 

 

 

"I thought today was really good because I've been through tough times and it really helped me realise that life's OK, and that I'm not alone, and that everyone makes mistakes. I also now know that I'm an individual, and should always be myself, and not live up to other people's expectations."

"Today was awesome. Having humour helps keep the subject interesting. I'd gladly sit through another session." (This was after 4 hours)

- Year 10 female students 'Love, Sex and Relationships' seminar  

 

"Very dynamic and held the students interest which is difficult to achieve in a school like ours...Loved the workmanship, you are dynamic and entertaining. Your follow-up with the students at the end was really appreciated. Students loved the feedback from the REACT Cards."

- Senior School Drug Education Coordinator - Emerson Special School

 

"I found the Values 4 Life Seminars intriguing and useful for what life will hold. All the issues raised were relevant and I gained a lot from this experience."

"I’ve been having some tough times lately and you guys have given me some really good pointers on how to overcome my problems. You guys were absolutely fantastic and kept me interested the whole day."

"I reckon today was simply awesome, the best seminar ever! The hosts were great. It was funny, challenging and interesting. It really made me think!"

- Feedback from Year 10 Students

 

"The presenters were fantastic - always engaging and relating to the children in ways they easily understood. The use of the Simpsons multimedia clip  had great relevance to the topic and showed the important issues being addressed in the seminar."

- Teacher, Little River Primary School

 

"Being a female in this society, I have been in some way affected by the issues raised today. My views have changed now. It was truly an inspirational seminar and I hope that you can keep helping young women like us."    

- Year 11 student after 'Femaleness and Identity' Seminar        

 

"I really got a lot out of the session. Some of the things you guys said were just so awesome. Loved it very much, thanx heaps."    

- Year 8 female student on 'Peer Pressure' Seminar          

 

"Music was great! Exercises were great! Film Excerpts were great! Great collection of sources, psychologists data etc - provides a concrete reflection of the message which came through clearly. Great anecdotes - brings messages to life...I wish I'd had this at my school when I was there - and I wish peers had had it too. The energy and messages were great!"    

- Staff at Bayside Secondary College          

 

"Excellent! Marvellous...all great! You kept the boys engaged the entire time. They were listening, this impressed me! It was real, and that is so important. Well done! Keep up the great work...I even learnt stuff."

- Staff - St Josephs College, after an all day seminar on Maleness, Manhood and Identity

 

"Today was really good...it helped me. I was seriously thinking about taking dope and stuff... thank you for letting me know what it's all about."    

- Year 9 students after "Drugs and Alcohol: why we use them" seminar

 

"Excellent, Excellent! Great! Fantatastic as always. You guys are fabulous! 10/10"

"Great, you know your stuff and are very relatable...Appropriate for year level, clear and meaningful... fantastic work 10/10"  

- Teachers - Rosebud Secondary College after 'Isolation, Abuse & Caring Enough'

 

"You guys rock! Never ever give up impacting Oz....You have inspired me in one of the lowest points of my life... Please come back!"    

- Year 12 student

 

"Fantastic, fun and all round great blokes."

“I enjoyed the seminar, it gave me some strategies which I can use in the future, and it was also a fun and enjoyable experience."

"Those guys are really funny and deserve a Logie."

- Year 8 students

 

"Your seminars were very good, impressive and well supported by AV material... Your commitment to your work was outstanding. We will definitely get you back."  

- Staff at Geelong Private School

 

“It was great because no-one ever talks about this stuff... it helped me sort out some problems… a real eye opener… Best retreat so far."

- Year 11 student, St Columbus College

 

"The response from the students was very positive. They thoroughly enjoyed the presentation and for many it was very thought provoking and challenging."

- Heather Barnes, Year 10 Human Relations Program Co-ordinator, Presbyterian Ladies College

 

“Showed much empathy for social problems and emotions that children this age feel - gave hope and encouragement.”

- Teacher, Bayswater North Primary School

 

“I have always measured the value of a program by the student’s response and enthusiasm. They have been most positive and enlightening with their grasp of key values and concepts being covered.”

- Principal, Preston East Primary School