Freeman
House

House Leader Introduction

We have made it to the end of a busy term and I would like to thank the Freeman students, staff and families for their work throughout the term. It has been non-stop and in that time, we have completed the House Performing Arts, House Swimming, House Athletics, and held our Fundraiser. Our students have been engaged in a busy mentor program and our mentor leaders have been working with their group to design some new and creative activities to share. It has been lovely to have students consistently back at school and it has allowed us to continue to grow the strong Freeman House culture we have. I hope you all have a safe and relaxing break and I look forward to an

exciting Term 2.

Freeman Fundraiser

On Friday 1st April we held the annual Freeman Fundraiser which raises money to support the Cathy Freeman

Foundation. It is always a fantastic afternoon, and we were lucky to have a number of our student leaders take

control of the day and they all did an excellent job. We were able to raise over $2500 on the day and I would like to thank the Blackburn High School community for their support on the day.

Student account of the day

On Friday, Freeman house hosted the fundraiser for the Cathy Freeman foundation that supports Indigenous schools all around Australia. It was a big success with hundreds of students lining up for a snag and a drink all for a great cause. For the second year in a row, we hired the fairy floss machine, which has always been a favourite of this school. In addition to this we had a ‘guess the lollies in the jar’, which won by year 12 Casey Armitage at 305

lollies.

We had an awesome music playlist keeping the whole event rolling. We also cleaned up our school with our free sausage for a bucket of rubbish initiative and as always, the free dress was high in numbers with lots of colours.

Overall, it was great day, and we were able to keep the sales going for the whole lunch which kept us all busy. A big thanks to all the Freeman & wellbeing staff that worked hard on organising it and the student volunteers who spent their own time fundraising for less privileged school. Best of luck to the other house fundraisers and Go Freeman.

Joey Armstrong

yLead Workshop

I found the YLead leadership workshop very helpful. I really enjoyed learning skills that will help me, not only in my role as mentor leader, but also in other aspects of my life.

The highlight of the workshop for me was doing team-based exercises where I could meet new people and

collaborate with other mentor leaders.

Some of the key messages we learnt were how to have confidence to lead people. We also learnt that to increase participation it is important to accommodate everyone’s needs by listening to your team to understand what their personal interests are and allocating them tasks based on their strengths.

In my role as a mentor leader, I want to create a fun and safe place where people can feel confident and included. This workshop taught me some skills and activities to help me achieve that.

Paige Sweeting F15 Mentor Leader

On Monday the 28th March, the Freeman and Melba leaders participated in a leadership workshop ran by Ylead. It was a great opportunity, and we all learnt a lot about what it means to be a leader at BHS, how to be a good role model and how to maximise the badge. My highlight of the workshop was an activity we did with tennis balls, this activity taught us how to work better in a team and incorporate everyone’s ideas and strengths. Coming out of the workshop I hope to use these skills to become a better leader.

Ellie F1 mentor leader