Today everyone had a 'Leadership Conference'.

We were split up from our Expo teams, and put into whole new ones. We were put into a group of 3, and luckily were put with some really nice and funny people, which made the day more enjoyable. To begin we had ‘Leadership Cake’, we made truffles (oddly not a cake), and each ingredient represented a different leadership attribute. After morning tea, we had a guest speaker come in. Her name is Debbi Gray, and she was born without arms, and only grew to around 4 feet high. Her story was very inspirational, because although she was handicapped, it didn’t really show. She was able to do normal everyday things like everyone else; she just had to go about them differently. She writes with her feet, and still has better handwriting than us!

After lunch we had ‘Leadership Activity’ in which our team was made to figure out how to get things from one spot to another without touching it, and being at least 2 metres away. We had to come together and think of a solution, which worked in the end. Next we had ‘Role Models’. Here we talked about who our role models are and why. We also discussed what exactly a role model is. Lastly, we had ‘What the Experts Say’. We learnt about different ways to look at and be a leader, like being in the midst of the action or watching from a far. We then watched a clip, where a guy gets pushed to his limits and thinks he can’t do it anymore, but ends up succeeding. This afternoon, to cool off, we all went down to the beach. It was the perfect end to a great day.

Cassie, Alkira Secondary College & Jack, Mt Clear Secondary College