15 Dec 2016
Last week, Year 9 students undertook 2 days of leadership training with help from some of our outstanding Year 10 students, who stepped up to the role of session leaders in preparation of becoming Peer Support Leaders in 2017. These new leaders will help Year 7 (2017) settle into student life at Marsden High School. Students were introduced to topics such as what makes a good leader, they were taken through some guided meditations with Mr. O'Brien and took part in some physical activities which they can utilise with the incoming Year 7 class.
These two days combined fun activities with new and important leadership skills. Students were randomly arranged into groups so that they could experience life as a Year 7 student. This allowed the students to develop empathy for Year 7 as well as giving them the opportunity to build stronger bonds with their peers. Students who successfully completed this training course were the proud recipients of a Leadership Certificate in recognition of their newly acquired skills.
We would like to thank all the teachers involved in this leadership program: Mrs Sharma, Mr Quelch, Mr O'Brien and Mr Lam.