17

Aug

Joel and Cassie - student leaders Print

Hi, our names are Joel and Cassie, and we were student leaders for the day today. It was a fun experience taking charge and we learnt quite a bit from it. We are both confident speaking to audiences so it wasn’t a challenge for us, especially because we have become so close with all the community. Our headcount improved dramatically today; people actually remembered when they were meant to call out their number!

We went into our first Student Leader Meeting in the morning and linked up with the Gnurad and Alpine Campuses on the HD TV. It was quite strange because we only spoke for about a minute each and then we left, but we continued the Snowy River meeting off the camera. It was a new experience for us being in a staff meeting and practically running it but we handled it smoothly and the teachers were very kind and helpful. Joel and Cassie

Today I (Joel 1A) had my intro to LLP (Local Learning Project) and Passport so I was inside all day. In LLP we split into groups and came up with ideas about what we would like to teach 22 primary students about the East Gippsland coastal environment. My group is doing a lesson on local wildlife. We’ll be dressing up as some of the animals. I’m dressing up as a ring-tailed possum and one of my teammates is dressing up as a wombat.

I (Cassie 2A) had Expo Prep all day today and it was actually pretty tiring. We packed our expo packs today and were taught how to put it all in properly so it would be accessible during our trip. It will be a 12km walk and we leave tomorrow. I’m really pumped to go and I think I’ll be able to handle my extremely heavy pack.

We each have another turn at being student leader later on in the term but we think that we will be able to be more confident next time now that we have the general idea of how things work.

Bye from,

Joel (Endeavour Hills SC) and Cassie (Dromana SC)