Play Leadership Program

A full day of training for the program was held on Wednesday 29th April by Resilient Youth facilitators, Sally Prickett and Kelly McMurray, who train students for this program across many Victorian schools.

A total of twenty-five Grade 5 and 6 students participated in the training, which proved to be a huge success. During the afternoon session, the students applied what they had learnt by teaching our Grade 2 students how to play a variety of games, such as:

• Hey, Hey You!
• In the Water, Out of the Water
• Please Hungry Crocodile, May I Cross Your River?
• Around the World in 80 Seconds
• Cat and Mouse

• Head and Catch

   

Thank you to our wonderful Grade 2 students for their enthusiastic participation!

The PLAY program works in the following ways:

1. Students take ownership of PLAY. Students make the decisions within PLAY. This student-led program empowers participating student leaders to make positive choices and flourish in the leadership role.

2. Training students to become PLAY leaders develops greater responsibility and provides opportunities to gain invaluable life skills that may otherwise not be available to them.

3. PLAY leaders are encouraged to be themselves and develop their individual expression and self-worth in a leadership capacity.  Leaders can then role model these qualities to younger students.

4. The PLAY initiative aims to build relationships and ensure an abundance of structured and engaging activities for all, creating a fun, interactive environment.

5. PLAY supports all students to enjoy their break times and come back to class refreshed and ready to connect, concentrate and enjoy their learning.

Congratulations to all of our Play Leaders who were presented with their certificates at today's assembly. We are looking forward to seeing them make a positive impact in the playground throughout the year.