Starting high school is exciting, but it can also feel overwhelming. That is why our Year 7 School Retreat is designed to support students in their transition through a powerful formation and reflection day experience. Rooted in relational pedagogy, experiential learning and aligned with your school’s values, this retreat helps students build authentic connections and a strong sense of belonging.

Through interactive activities and guided reflection, students will:

• Explore what it means to be a true friend

• Learn how to foster inclusion and respect within their cohort

• Discover ways to accept and celebrate differences

• Strengthen their identity as part of a united Year 7 community

This bespoke school retreat goes beyond the incursion experience, it’s a formative experience that lays the foundation for empathy, connection, and community.

The middle years of high school are a time of transformation: physically, socially, and emotionally. Students begin to ask big questions about who they are, what they believe, and how they fit into the world around them. Empowerment-Ed’s school retreat program offers a safe and engaging space for students to reflect, recalibrate, and reconnect.

This formation and reflection day helps students:

• Unpack their personal values and develop a strong moral compass

• Understand the importance of authenticity and self-acceptance

• Learn how to support others in being their true selves

• Build empathy, resilience, and respectful relationships within their cohort

Designed to meet students where they are, this school retreat empowers young people to navigate adolescence with confidence, clarity, and compassion

Adolescence is a time when young people begin to redefine their relationships, moving beyond family ties and seeking deeper peer connections. Empowerment-E’s school retreat ‘Growing Self’ offers a clear and compassionate roadmap for navigating this shift with purpose and integrity.

This formation and reflection day invites students to:

• Explore what healthy relationships look like across friendships, family, and romantic contexts

• Understand the role of vulnerability in building trust and connection

• Embrace acceptance, of self and others, as a foundation for respectful relationships

• Reflect on their own relational patterns and how to foster empathy and authenticity

This retreat aims to be a transformative experience that equips students with the relational tools they need to thrive in the back half of middle school.

In the final years of high school, students begin to ask profound questions: Who am I? Who am I not? Who do I want to become? Empowerment-Ed’s school retreat ‘Losing self’ offers a transformative space for Year 10 students to reflect deeply on their identity, values, and purpose.

This formation and reflection day guides participants to:

• Explore the difference between who they are and what they do

• Reflect on their personal story and future aspirations

• Discover their unique gifts and how they can lead with authenticity

• Build clarity and confidence as they prepare for life beyond school

This retreat is empowers students to lead themselves before they lead others as they journey in their final two years of school.

Schools looking for student leadership retreats are strongly encouraged to examine 'Answer the Call - Lead through Empowerment'

If schools are specifically wanting a 1-day leadership day or retreat, please make direct contact in the form below for a bespoke package.

The final years of primary school offer a special moment in a young persons journey of finishing strong, and looking toward the future.

Aimed at Year 5 and/or 6, schools can request bespoke retreat designs from either:

• Leadership in the primary school

• Friendship and connection

• Finding my voice, while encouraging others

• School specific requests (subject to mutual agreement).