Inspire for Girls IN-SCHOOL WORKSHOPS FOR ADOLESCENT GIRLS STUDENT FEEDBACK ST PETERS LUTHERAN COLLEGE – YEAR 8s WEDNESDAY 22 TH OCTOBER 2014 JANE’S GROUP – YEAR 8s Dear Trish, Natalie and Staff, Thank you very much for allowing us the privilege of working with your gorgeous year 8 girls today. What a wonderful group of girls they are and I was absolutely thrilled with how much they engaged with the workshops and with me as their presenter. The day was a great success and you should be very proud of how well you coordinated the day for your girls. It went so smoothly and is due largely to all your efforts to make it the success it was. You will find the following pages are comprised of statistics and comments from the girls about their day with Inspire and we hope that you enjoy reading them as much as we did. Again, many thanks for entrusting us with your girls. We look forward to working with them again and wish them all the very best for their future. Happy reading ….. Kindest regards Jane (aka Sparkles), Nikki, Nadia and the Inspire For Girls Team

Inspire for Girls IN-SCHOOL WORKSHOPS FOR ADOLESCENT GIRLS 115 girls responded to the evaluations. We have recorded their responses in both numbers and percentages. WorkshopsPoorGoodVery GoodExcellent% of Very Good and Excellent You-nique2 2% 3 3% 19 17% 91 79% % Let’s Be Friends 4 3% 27 23% 84 73% % Boys, Boys, Boys 1 1% 3 3% 41 36% 70 61% % I Am Not a Label 7 6% 21 18% 87 76% % %!!! of the girls said they learnt things that would help them in their life and that they would recommend the program to other girls Girls comments: I loved how it inspired me to love who I am and don’t change myself for someone. I mean something in this world and I am beautiful and pretty the way I am. Thank you for inspiring me and thank you so much for making me like who I am – Naveena I loved that we are beautiful in every single way – I am beautiful, you don’t have to be perfect and I love sparkles – I love you and hope to see you again – I want to be just like you – Kylie W You have helped me a lot. The way I think about will now change I U – Theresa It was great learning new things about each other and other life lessons – I learnt never put yourself down, always tell your friends that you love them and love yourself. Thank you so much Sparkles you were such a great help - U – Emily C

I loved Sparkles – I learnt I shouldn’t let guys control me, I am not worthless and Sparkles is hilarious – Sparkles works great with teens and has very funny stories – Sophie I learnt I am beautiful, Sparkles loves us and to love and treasure your friends always – I Sparkles – She was so open and funny and nice and how she used funny stories and that she used the word bitch because most teachers don’t – Anon It shows me I am not alone and I am important – Thank you Sparkles for helping me realize what I need to do and not to be a pushover – Chloe I love you you are like my other mother – Cecelia I learnt to think before I click / speak, I am beautiful and I don’t need to change for others – Monique R I loved Sparkle’s great way of relating to us as teen girls – We are worthy, loved, pretty and respected, don’t let people treat you bad, you don’t deserve it and to know that people love us for ourselves and not to think so harshly about ourselves – Thank you so much for coming! We love you! I have had a great day xxx – Arisa I loved absolutely everything – You have literally change the life of girls and of mine – Love you – Jessica I learnt I am unique, perfect girls aren’t real and real girls aren’t perfect and not everything we see on TV and social media is real – You are so amazing and inspiring – Harriet The activities were really fun and I hope to do them again next year – Zoe I learnt about friends and their value, you can’t be perfect and that’s okay and the main issues of social media – Sparkles made it shiny - Lily I learnt that no one should feel worthless because of someone else, social media is powerful and bullying causes huge impacts, that everyone is beautiful no matter what they say – Bridget Everything inspired me and my self confidence boosted – Sparkles you are amazing and you inspired me sooo much and every word said made me feel better about myself. Thank you gorgeous xxx I would love to experience this again – Anna G All the information was very valuable and helpful. It was fun and you made me appreciate myself – Jessica

I loved that the workshops boost your self esteem and gives you a different perspective on yourself – Thank you so much – I learnt so much more about myself and how being a girls isn’t all about how you look – Amy I learnt you don’t need make up to be beautiful, everyone is fighting their own battles so be kind to one another and you are beautiful no matter what others say – Thank you for showing me I am not alone with my struggles – Anika I loved that I got to see that it wasn’t just me dealing with insecurities – You’re very good at making us feel like you are one of us (14 year old girl!) – Ana The workshops made me feel good about myself while being anonymous so not to be embarrassed – I learnt the media will try and tell you how I should be : don’t listen, I am unique and loved and I shouldn’t act like I don’t care because I do – I love your enthusiasm and I used to be really disappointed in myself but now I feel great – Michelle I understood everything that sparkles was saying and enjoyed talking about self confidence – I love how you help girls and boys around Australia – Rachael C I loved the way we talked openly and honestly about things that bothered us and things we were dealing with – I enjoyed it a lot – Heidi I learnt everyone is beautiful, my friends love me, OMG glitter – I feel like the label session was a little silly because it some people jobs to use Photoshop – Jessica Thank you I learnt a lot today that I wouldn’t have been able to learn anywhere else – Min I loved that in the workshops we got really up close and personal with other girls and it was really interesting – I learnt don’t judge a book by its cover, no one is worthless and accept everyone – I learnt so much from you – Leila BEST DAY EVA!!!! U SPARKLES - Ella I loved everything – Sparkles was so inspirational and I am going to walk away feeling happy and special – I don’t want you to leave you are like my Fairy God- Mother – Anon The workshop was very inspiring and I liked everything – I learnt no one is perfect, love yourself and what boys like LOL – Olivia G You made me realize I am important and do mater – Thank you – Ebony You inspired me to think about myself differently – You’re presence makes everyone smile – Holly

I could relate to everything and it was presented in a creative way – Thank you so much for making us feel so special! Much, much, much appreciated - Spohie I loved how it made me realize I am worthy in my way! I learnt I am special, what is good in a relationship and what is a good friend – Damini I learnt it is more beautiful to be me, the friendships talk made me feel better about myself and the way I’ve been treated and the I am not a label and this made me feel more confident in my own skin – Sparkles has so much humor, enthusiasm, experience which made the talk funny, enjoyable and entertaining – Phoebe Sparkles you have greatly impacted on the views I have, you have inspired us all and you are the kind of people this world needs – You have a sparkle in your eyes – Erika Thank you so much! You have helped me so much and other girls should be able to experience what we did today xx I learnt I am beautiful, it’s ok to be me and don’t gossip – Thank you for making me feel beautiful and that it’s ok to be yourself. You taught me how to sparkle – Kajsa You have greatly changed the way I think and are going to live – I loved everything because it was so inspirational – Leila Thank you so much for making me realize I am beautiful – Zoe I have the best job in the world! Thank you Sparkles xxx