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Aug

Joel and Cassie - student leaders Print E-mail

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)

 

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School For Student Leadership

School for Student Leadership is a Victorian Department of Education and Training (DET) initiative offering a unique residential education experience for year nine students. The curriculum focuses on personal development and team learning projects sourced from students' home regions. There are four campuses in iconic locations across Victoria. The Alpine School Campus is located at Dinner Plain in the Victorian Alps. Snowy River Campus is near the mouth of the Snowy River at Marlo in east Gippsland. The third site is adjacent to Mount Noorat near Camperdown in Victoria’s Western District, and is called Gnurad-Gundidj. After consultation with the local aboriginal community, this name represents both the indigenous name of the local area and an interpretation of the statement "belonging to this place". Our fourth and newest campus, currently known as the Don Valley Campus is located at Don Valley, Yarra Ranges.
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Our school community acknowledges the Gunaikurnai and Monero-Ngarigo people as the traditional custodians of the land upon which our school campus is built. We pay our respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, their Elders past and present, and especially whose children attend our school.