Years 5 and 6 girls hone leadership skills
POSTED May 2 2024 , News
This week, our Years 5 and 6 students participated in a series of engaging workshops facilitated by Burn Bright, a not-for-profit organisation that delivers dynamic leadership and wellbeing programs to students across Australia.
The themes of the day-long sessions were 鈥楥elebrating Diversity鈥 and 鈥楨xploring our super abilities to lead well鈥.
The Celebrating Diversity aspect of the learning experience centred on igniting the girls鈥 passion for being global citizens.
The girls participated in group challenges and activities that brought them closer together by breaking down barriers and strengthening their bonds.
Additional activities encouraged the students to foster a sense of community within their cohorts and explore the impact of their choices on the world so that they could take positive steps toward being global citizens.
The second half of the day was dedicated to developing the girls鈥 leadership skills, which is particularly important given they are viewed as senior figures within our Junior School.
Throughout the sessions, the students explored what it meant to be a 鈥榮uperhero鈥 and unpacked their hidden 鈥榮uper abilities鈥, which the facilitators explained could be influencing others, being a positive role model, supporting others and putting others first.
The second half of the leadership session explored effective leadership qualities, decision-making and courage, actions and consequences, respecting and helping others, building trust and taking responsibility, positive participation and appreciating difference.
The day concluded with the girls putting their newfound leadership skills into action and contemplating how they could impact their school and wider community.
Deputy Head of Junior School (Pastoral Care) Les Chidgzey said the students embraced the concepts Burn Bright facilitators Maddy, Bonnie and Emma shared.
鈥淲e asked Burn Bright to tailor their session to help our students with their leadership skills and resilience, and what they delivered was spot on,鈥 Les said.
鈥淭he girls enjoyed the variety of activities, which included small and big group discussions and break out sessions which were rich and impactful.
鈥淎s the day went on, they were exposed to more valuable information and leadership skills. It was just brilliant.鈥