On Wednesday the 13th of March the
SRC and School Captains from many schools in the East Hills/Bankstown District
went to a leadership conference called ‘Leaders of Today- and Tomorrow’.
This conference offered a chance for primary
school leaders to spend a day learning about leadership and teamwork. There
were guest speakers, teamwork and initiative activities and discussion groups
led by student leaders from a local high school.
When we arrived we went inside the Tower Street
PS schools hall. We then got seated and searched anxiously through our
folders.
We met a famous Paralympian, Kylie Gauci who
talked about what being a leader was and how much she liked wheelchair
basketball. She showed us how versatile her basketball wheelchair is compared
to the normal every-day one. She did tricks and told us about the Paralympics
and how she met her idol.
When our 25 minute recess break was over we
went back inside and some principals and a welfare officer talked to us about a
range of important things, particularly with regard to leadership.
Soon after, we had some outside activities. The
first one was to work as a team to get across the “river”. Unfortunately in our team someone’s legs got
eaten off by piranhas!!
The second activity was; we had to carry water
balloons with chopsticks. That was easy once we got the hang of it.
At 2:30pm all the parents and teachers came to
pick us up. We got awarded certificates and the day was then over.
I found this a very worthwhile experience and would
encourage future SRC groups to attend.
BY NATASHA HARVEY 5/6S
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