Leadership Communities
Alyssa - I enjoyed being in the Christian Outreach group because I liked organising different funderasiers like the Easter Raffle and uniform free day.
Maya - I loved being in the Christian Outreach group because we were able to fundraise for people in need, we helped people withour actions and we worked well as a team.
During this semester we achieved setting up a coding club to help teach the younger grades how to use the Sphero’s. We were also able to prepare a slideshow to present for different age levels on the importance of cyber safety, however, because of COVID-19 we were unable to present it to the classes. After being in the ICT leadership group we now have a greater understanding of cyber safety and robotics.
Miles: I have helped educate year ones in cyber safety and how to use and not to use the school devices. I believe that the school should have more coding as well as showing kids what is right and wrong on the internet. I helped the kindergartens use Spheros and I helped them login to reading eggs.
Georgia: I have helped with educating kindergartens with a cyber safety slideshow, so kindergartens can understand that technology is good when you use it right. I have gone to a coding club and helped with it. - quote Be the change that you want to see in the world - Mahatma Gandhi
Austin: I have made a cyber safety slide show for years to educate them about what to do and what not to do with school or their own iPads. I also did some little activities with the kindergartens with Sphero and teaching them how to use seesaws and reading eggs. With the year ones we did activities outside of technology like doing fractions and other maths. I think that we should have more coding programs within the school to have some fun but still learn.
This semester, the Sports committee have worked hard to tidy up and organise the McNamara sports room to make sure that the sports equipment is ready to use for class sport lessons or at lunch and recess. This term the Sports committee have strived to make our sports room in the best condition possible. We have also started a new program where we bring out sports equipment so that students can play games and be active. By adding this to our break times this has also added the element of being able to play with people you haven’t played before. This term the 5/6 students have begun to use the green belt during breaks. It has been great to have the opportunity to have fun on the green belt playing games including soccer.
We also started a roster for 5/6 soccer, so far, we have established games with certain rules to keep the games simple yet playable. The 5/6’s have both liked the opportunity to have a friendly competition by making teams with friends and they’ve enjoyed trying to win the competition while learning more skills of how to play. These are a few of the initiatives that our leadership group have provided.
The Year Six Sustainability Leadership Group went to classes around the school. We talked to the students about sustainability and why it matters, we asked them questions about what they know, why they do it, and why it’s important. Izzy, Charlise, and Maddie went to Year 2 and were very surprised at how much the Year 2 students knew about sustainability. One of the students was very informative, and shared lots of details about how her family participates in sustainability practices. Lots of students had veggie patches and compost bins in their homes. They knew how to put rubbish in the correct bins. The Year 3/4 classes enjoyed the art and thought it was calming and engaging. Overall the Year Six Sustainability Leadership Group is incredibly impressed by all of the information shared by each grade and we as a Leadership group learnt a lot from all the students.
Being in the sustainability group I have learnt…
...how to make our community, school, environment and workspace a more sustainable place to be in. Being in the year six sustainability group, we have also been able to pass on our knowledge to other kids in our school community so they can be more sustainable and pass that on to others. -Iva S
...a lot more about where our rubbish should go, and recycling. I have better understood how to help with recycling and become more sustainable, if you order a lunch order you take your paper bag and containers back to the canteen so we are able to reuse them. We have clearly labeled and coloured bins so all students can identify where their rubbish should go. -Georgia B
...lots of ways to be sustainable to our environment in Holy Trinity and that we can teach younger kids to still be sustainable in the future. I have also learned that we have so many ways to make our place/school clean and sustainable by putting our leftovers in the correct bins and planting more trees in our space. -Tamera T
...that Holy Trinity is a very sustainable school but we have a lot of room for improvement. Also, that it is very important to educate younger students so they can continue to be sustainable and care about the environment and our world. -Charlise W
...that at Holy Trinity we have been very sustainable and that the gardening club has been helping out in the canteen with what we have for lunch. I have also learnt that Holy Trinity is capable of many things and we can make a big difference if we all work together. -Maddie H
...how to properly recycle my rubbish and do/craft art and objects or furniture. I also learnt that the government has other events for the earth apart from earth hour to help the country be sustainable. -Patrick W
...that Holy Trinity is not just a school it is a sustainability and a family school. The gardening club is fun and very healthy for the school. We are a part of earth and God and that we are a school of happiness and peace. Our school is one of the best ones because we all believe in God. -Olivia M
...that a lot of the students at Holy Trinity know a lot about sustainability. I love going to the gardening club to watch how much joy the kindergartens have, helping the younger students and you pulling out vegetables and fruits. I love learning new things from the younger students too. -Izzy K
…being in the sustainability group was enjoyable because I got to teach people about sustainability and how to look after the earth. -Harris
Karl Scheer
During term one and term two the Well-being leadership group has participated in a duty in the car park to assist little kids to get to their class line safely. We are also going to assist kids on the playground if they are having friend issues or general help from the Well-being leadership group.
Felicia Caceres
The well-being leadership group is important so kids maintain health and safety, mentally and physically. The well-being group has supported Kindergarten’s and year one’s to their lines to make them feel more comfortable in the school environment. Kids who may seem lonely or sad on the playground, the well-being group will help to find friends for them. My experience of being in the well-being group has made me more open to kids and look at solutions to problems in different ways.
Tess Norton
The well-being leadership group ensures that the safety and health of students is encouraged and put into action. During this term we have put effort into investigating into different topics and sharing our knowledge with students to benefit their wellbeing. We have helped kindergartens settle down into school after remote learning and made sure others feel safe at school. Being a well-being warrior has really influenced the way I interact with younger students and how I am able to support them.
Some issues we have discussed and acted on include:
- Playground issues with friends
- Anxiety of coming back to school on the playground
- Safety concerns of play spaces
- Mapping out play areas to ease congestion
