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Student Leadership Panel

On Tuesday we held a Student Leadership Panel in the hall. Our guest speakers were our 2026 Student Leaders - Evan, Olivia, Jill, Aarush, Ethan, Aoife, Sofia, Xavier, Haala, Darlene, Leah and Hartej. They spoke with confidence, shared their experiences of leadership and were supportive and encouraging. 

Our Year Five students are in the process of considering, and applying for, leadership roles so it was very helpful for them to be able to have a question and answer session with our current leaders. Please stay tuned over the next few weeks for the announcement of our new Student Leadership Team for 2027.

Talking about our amazing Student Leaders, the 2026 team had a final breakfast with Elise and  myself to celebrate their accomplishments this year.  

Here are some of their highlights of being a 2026 leader at SMDP:

Evan: My highlight of my time as a leader was when I contributed to student leaders day in the city and how we all inspired others to follow the path to show the word of love and service to all.

Olivia: My highlight of being a leader is speaking up in assembly, organising events and being able to contribute in several events including going to the city for a leadership conference and having a pancake and maccas breakfast. :) 

Jill: My highlight of being a leader is being able to have a say in all of the events, and how much my role has helped me with improving my public speaking.

Aarush: My main highlight for 2026 was being able to contribute and help make our school better. I was able to gain the affection of a lot of people and maybe inspire them. As a leader we have gone to many places, like when we went to the city.

Darlene: My highlight of being a leader in 2026 was meticulously making thoughtful changes in the school to make it a better place.

Haala: My highlight is holding events and speaking and inspiring myself and others with ideas.

Aoife: My favourite highlight of being a leader this year was being able to contribute to different events and organise them. I also enjoyed how we could bring up an idea for an event and Simone and the other leaders would put in effort to make that happen.

Ethan: Food is one of my highlights and speaking in assembly.

Sofia: My highlight of being a leader this year has been being able to contribute in all events and being able to give part and giving my help. Another highlight is speaking at assembly and speaking out in public.

Xavier: One of my highlights this year was representing the green house, inspiring kids, and being able to do special things. 

Hartej: My highlight of being a leader is being able to represent blue house.

Leah: One of my highlights this year was the sports carnival and when we went to the city for national leaders day.

Simone Whitehead

Wellbeing &

Family Engagement Leader