Senior Student 

Leadership  Team

The Senior Student Leadership Team met for the first time in 2022 to discuss various upcoming events and possible plans we could implement throughout the school year.  

At the conclusion of 2021, all the members of the 2022 senior student leadership team received letters of advice from their 2021 counterparts, filled with ideas for things to implement in the school and how to build an effective leadership team. With their past advice, we have begun the process of making individualised action plans for our area of the school. Each member of the leadership team is working closely with a relevant staff member in order to brainstorm, plan and implement an achievable and realistic goal for the year. 

Next time we meet together we will discuss how we can all support one another to help us achieve these goals.

As well as working on our personal goals, we are motivated to improve some of the whole school events that run yearly. The first day of year 12 is an important day and the strengths 

that we identified included the buddy program between the year 7s and 12s, the newly implemented academic mentoring and the BBQ lunch. However, in order to make the day better for next year’s Year 12s we identified areas for possible improvement including not having back-to-back assemblies covering similar content, and possibly having an assembly outside. 

We identified that the weather and COVID were possible threats that hopefully can be avoided next year. Another major event that happens in the first few weeks of school is the swimming carnival and this year we saw the first costume competition, including awards for most creative and best dressed for boys and girls. 

Next year, setting up big board games and having activities that don’t require getting in the pool may help to increase participation even further.  

One of the possibilities we discussed as a team was organising a club fair recruitment day in order for people to discover the numerous clubs that run at Blackburn High and make some new like-minded friends. This fair took place on the 31st March in the Resource Centre and was a great success.

On 28th March, two representatives from yLead flew down from Queensland to present a leadership seminar for all senior student leaders, mentor leaders and year 7 leaders. The seminar was called “Maximising the Badge” placing emphasis on the importance of being a leader at Blackburn High School, and how being a leader is so much more than just wearing a badge. Leaders participated in various activities around teamwork and collaboration. We also got an insight into the different goals our leaders have and discussed ways to effectively create action plans to fulfill such goals. The overall vibe over the two sessions was very positive and collaborative, and we hope to encourage the same positive energy in our day-to-day classes and mentor groups.