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The Assembly

This week we had our first junior school assembly! This week’s focus was on the junior school leadership team with badge presentations of class co-captain and house leader. The Year 7s received their Year 7 badges, and we also focused on our St Aloysius school policies including our Uniform, ICT and Student wellbeing. The junior school assemblies include the Year 7s, 8s and 9s. We had staff present the badges who included Mr Miller, Miss Li, Miss Turner, Mr Needle and our school principal Ms Farah.
Isaac Harrison, Class Captain

Reflection on receiving a leadership position and what it means to you.

At the junior school assembly, I had the honour of receiving my Year 7 badge along with my other class and house leaders. I felt extremely happy to be able to be given this leadership role and be a part of our St Aloysius leadership community. Leading up to our assembly everyone was excited to finally get our badges. In the assembly I was also given our Year 7 badge. I can’t wait to continue my role.
Frankie Hogan, Class Captain

What new skills or knowledge do you want to acquire to become a more effective leader?

In my opinion a good leader should be able to listen as well as confidently talk, make sure everyone is heard and understood. a few words of qualities that come to mind when I think of leaders are resilience, adaptability, respect, inclusivity, creativity, and of course kindness. I definitely have come a long way when it comes to leadership, but I am still working on my adaptability and sometimes my public speaking, but I hope that St Aloysius will help me become the leader I want to be.
Alice De Maid, Class Captain

Who is a leader I look up to and why?

Kevin de Bruyne. Kevin is the captain of a soccer team named Manchester City. On training and game day, he is always doing his best and leading the team to play their hearts out. I play soccer as well, so I always try to lead my team to victory and play like him. If we are losing, I make sure to keep my head up, keep playing, and encourage my teammates just like him. That is why I look up to De Bruyne as a leader.
James Ritsikos, Class Captain

What qualities make a good leader, what is the most important quality and why?

A good leader is someone people want to be around because they are nice, respectful, caring, passionate and someone who has good sportsmanship. I think that the most important quality in a leader is sportsmanship not just in sport but everywhere you go. Sportsmanship is being respectful, kind, resilient and someone who you would want to be around. I think I can learn lots from other leaders and teachers, but I have come a long way.
Abigail Rees, Class Captain

If you were prime minister for a day, what would you change or improve?

If I were the prime minister of Australia for one day I would change some things. I would make it that there is 1 flag that includes everyone and reflects our indigenous heritage and celebrates our multiculturalism. I think this would make it more inclusive. Why not have a single flag that includes everyone. Not bring everyone apart by flags, but bring everyone together as a country under one flag that truly represents Australia. We can keep the old flags but just get one flag to represent everyone who lives in Australia.
Seth Miller, Class Captain