On the last week of term 1, Mrs Papametis took the year 7 cohort to the Renmark Greek Orthodox Church in Renmark. They learnt about Greek traditions and listened to the chanter who conducted mutiple readings for students. Students wrote their thoughts on how the enjoyed the experience. 

I thought the Greek Church was pretty interesting and had good paintings. I might go to the Greek Church in the future. I did not understand their language, but it was still cool.
- Izaiah B

This was the first time I went to a Greek Church. It’s nicer and smaller than the other ones I have been to.
- Gabriella L

When I went in the church there was a lot of icons and people praying.
- Liam M

I liked the smell of the candle.
I liked the pictures.
I liked the singing because it was calming.
I liked the flowers.
I liked the theme of the church,
I saw a big bell.
I liked when we got to light the candles.
I liked listening to the bible.
I liked watching them put the flowers up.
- Cruz M

Today when I went into the church I could smell something nice and I could see lots of icons.
- Jemma E

When I went into church I saw many icons on the roof and walls. I noticed they all had the same shoes.
- Sarah W

The icons all over the walls where very interesting to look at.
- Piper E

It smelt really nice and the icons looked really cool. 
- Suevanna K-F

Today all of the Renmark High School year 7s went to the Renmark Greek Church and it was incredible. We sat down, and listened to the chanter and priest sing and chant. When we first walked in the church my first thought was ‘WOW, it smells like rosemary in here’. I loved all the icons and it was an amazing experience. I also loved and admired the old ladies decorating the coffin with flowers. It was beautiful! 
- Amalia R

Today all our classmates had a walk to the Renmark Greek Church. When we got there, we lit a candle and stuck the candle in a big bowl of sand. After that we were seated and we heard the chanter chanting and it smelt like flowers in church, then the priest came in and kissed the wooden god. After we listened to the Chanter speak Greek.  
- Chase W

When we walked in we lit candles and placed them into sand. There were paintings on the walls and ceiling; they looked really cool. The chanter chanted for a while then the priest came from the altar. The epitafio was covered and flowers were placed carefully. It was nice to see how everything worked.
- Emily D

It was cool to see the ladies decorating the epitafio for tonight’s procession for Greek Easter.
- Kali G