Student Leaders Report
Year 10 Leaders Report
We’re here to talk to you about how fortunate we are to be a part of Patterson River Secondary College’s growing leadership team. In terms of being elected, we had to go through the process of filling out an application form and then if chosen, attending an interview with the year 10 coordinators and Ms Cavey. We were the six students that were selected and are all very lucky and determined to make great changes and also bond, learn and experience new things on various excursions surrounding the improvement of our skills.
We attended a VICSRC (Victoria Student Representative Council) Workshop in which we were surrounded by leaders of both primary and secondary schools and got a real insight on the values and focuses of other schools, as well as discussing our own. Viewing leadership from other perspectives taught us many things and also gave us new things to take back and improve. We enjoyed our time at Frankston Arts Centre, being split apart to work on our teamwork and cooperative skills with new acquaintances.
On the 24th of March we were lucky enough to attend an Anti-Bullying workshop with Project Rockit, an anti-bullying association. The event was held at Mount Erin Secondary College, along with their students and another school. From this we gained new knowledge and extended our skills. At the end of the day we left with souvenirs and smiles after a great day.
Several weeks ago, all leaders across year seven to eleven were involved in a student leadership forum. We broke into multi-age groups to discuss the changes in both the near and far future for our constantly expanding and improving school. We were assigned to different tasks to help improve different aspects of the college across the years to come. This forum was run by Mr. Dew and Ms Cavey and put all leadership levels on an even level.
Patterson River Secondary College’s leadership team is constantly growing and we are looking forward to the challenges it brings to the rest of the year.
Year 7 leaders
Congratulations to Isabelle Evans and Josh Bowman who were recently announced as the Year 7 Level Captains.
Peer Support
In late November last year 60 Year 10 students were selected to be trained as Peer Support leaders for 2017. The Peer Support program allows the leaders to support and guide Year 7 students transition from primary to secondary school. Before meeting our Year 7 classes, we spent a day at Chelsea Yacht Club, being trained as leaders. This involved us taking part in a variety of activities which focussed on teamwork, communication, participation and resilience. We first met our classes on Orientation Day and introduced ourselves and the program. The Peer Support program runs for Term 1 and the leaders run a session once a week covering topics such as getting to know each other, relationships, developing self esteem and anti bullying.
As leaders we had the chance to develop our own skills as well as get to know the year 7’s and watch them settle into secondary school. Most leaders would agree it is a fantastic program for both the Year 7 students and the Peer Support Leaders.
Tia Barrett, Amy Savannah Year 11
