By TBHS | Posted: Thursday March 14, 2019
The Rite Journey programme is underway with over 130 boys across all Year 10 classes taking part.
This programme is designed to give the boys greater understanding of who they are as a person, who they would like to become, and how to get there.
Throughout the year the boys are challenged in a number of different facets of life, and on Sunday 3rd and Tuesday 5th March, the boys completed two elements of the programme.
Sunday 3 March saw approximately 100 Year 10 students and seven staff take part in the Hadlow to Harbour fun run and walk. The boys completed this as a challenge in The Rite Journey Programme which is one of the initial challenges in a programme that is extremely special to Timaru Boys’ High School.
The boys all challenged themselves to complete either the 3km or the 10km run; this is what makes the programme special as boys are challenged to extend themselves out of their comfort zone. This is where the most amount of personal character growth happens.
With such large numbers from TBHS competing in the event, we were very fortunate to gain two prizes – the Team Effort Award and also the Timaru Schools’ Award for Participation. This was the first year we had ever won the Timaru Schools’ Trophy.
The second event on the calendar was The Calling, an event where every student walks down to the beach as a class, and then discuss the things they are thankful for in their lives and reflect on who they are as a person.
Part of this reflection process is to identify an element in their life that they feel they would like to change or discard. They then write this attitude or behaviour on a rock, and as a class, all boys symbolically cast their stones into the ocean.
This was a great morning walk to the beach in beautiful weather conditions, the boys represented themselves and the school extremely well.
We look forward to the next challenges where the boys will be looking at Mother’s Day, Attitude, and competing in Clash of the Classes Haka and Rite Journey Sing Off.
