Year 5 Leadership Day

As part of our Year 5 ‘Learning about Leadership’ program, students participated in a Leadership Day program. Conducted by an expert external facilitator, the Year 5 girls had a fun day to discover, explore and learn more about leadership. Some of the activities included finding words and inspiration in the newspaper, looking at the perspective of others whilst working together, learning about body language, and many fun group cooperation activities. Some themes from the day included ‘leadership is not wearing a badge’, ‘leadership is caring for others’ and ‘leadership is about service’. Each girl will be applying and reflecting upon their new skills through their various roles as captains and monitors.

Here are some fascinating insights from the Year 5 students who participated:

Leadership Day was fun! We learnt about the qualities of a good Leader, and we got to work as a team. We spent the day in our portfolio groups doing team games and learning about team spirit. My take-away message from the day was, that leadership is being a good role model, caring and serving others.
– Qaylah

On Leadership Day, we had a presenter named Cameron who ran the Leadership Day and taught us fun games related to leadership. I had a wonderful time with all my friends, and the art captains and monitors. We made posters and learnt more about leadership, gained trust, and got to know each other better. I had a fantastic time and I’m sure that Year 5 students in the making, will enjoy this day as much as me!
– Mariella

On Leadership Day I learned that leadership was about being responsible and putting others’ needs before mine. My favourite activity was when our portfolio made a poster of all the goals we want to achieve this year, as a leader. I learned that communication is the key to good teamwork.
– Tara

During this term’s Leadership Day, we learnt how to be a responsible and compassionate leader. We have learnt that being a leader is not about being the boss or the one that is in charge. Instead, it is more about including, encouraging, and showing others that teamwork is the key to success.
– Alicia

Last Monday all the Year 5 students had a Leadership Day. On that day we did fun activities and we learnt about to how to be a good leader.  We learnt that sometimes you can fail, but you can also get back up. Even though you might have risen to the top or first place, you still need the courage to go back down and redo it again. We might be leaders, but we are still not perfect, because we are still human. Leadership isn’t always about taking over and being the boss, we need to know when it is other people’s turn to speak, and we must realise that some people may do better at something than us, and that they should do what they are good at.

During Leadership Day we did lots of fun activities. Firstly, we had some string tied to a ring. Each one of us held the end of a piece of string and we tried to work together to put the ring into a stick. We also did multiple rounds of scissors paper rock, and we knelt when we lost, and stood up when we won. When we got to the last level we started again at the beginning. Another activity we did was to cut out words about leadership from a newspaper and stick them onto a poster. We created goals for our portfolio groups, and we wrote lots about leadership on a poster. At the end of the day, Year 5 all had fun, we learnt a lot, and we are all very excited to help at the Junior School and be amazing leaders.
– Jesselle

I know leadership is about working in a group, encouraging and helping other people if they are struggling or need help. I learnt that from Teamwork Tama, teamwork is important for leadership like helping others in your portfolio group if they are struggling to do something.
– Grace

Leadership Day was a very good experience for me. I learned that leading is not taking charge and being the boss, it is being a good teammate and doing your job.

My favourite activity was when we were partnered up and had to somehow untangle ourselves from ropes. This was overall a very good experience as I had lots of fun with my portfolio, and I learned lots about teamwork.
– Maya

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– Daniel Sandral
Head of Junior School