Leaders Day

On the 14th of February Room 6  had their first Leaders Day.  First of all, we had to be leaders and teach others in our group something.  We had a lot of fun doing that.


Two girls from Southern Steel, Demelza and Shannon, came to talk to us about being a team member. They told us that to be a good team member you have to be respectful towards others, encouraging, and have courage. Also they said everyone can be a leader, even if they are very shy. Leaders have to say put-ups to other team members to make them feel good about doing something.

We got into groups and we all got a theme such as Rippa, fashion designers and the army.We had to get everyone excited and inspired to do the theme.

At the end we all got a sticker saying "We stand behind the Steel"




Katie was teaching  PALs at our Leaders Day.  PAL means Physical Activity Leaders.  She showed us how hard it is to do things when you're blind.  We had a buddy and one of us put a blind fold on and we went for a walk with some obstacles.  We had to tell them what was coming next.  We went up a hill, through  door ways, under low things, and up stairs.  Then we swapped and we went  down hills and up again.  It was very scary because you don't know where you are going.  You need to trust your buddy for this activity.

Another thing we did was play a game called 22 Scoodoo where there are 3 people in jail and the rest of the people are out of the circle.  You have to try to get the people out of jail, but there is a twist - you can not get hit or you end up in jail.
to get people out of jail you need to give them 10 high 10s.  You win when everyone is out of jail.  If you all get in jail, then the boppers win the game.


With Clare we did peer tutoring.  For peer tutoring we went into buddies and one of the buddy was the student and the other on was the teacher.  We did some writing with pictures and some other people did some sentences and they had to finish it off.  

In peer mediation we learnt the three listening ways.  The first one is busy listening - this is a bad thing because you look like you're listening but you are really not.  The second one is 'me to' listening where you are talking to someone and they butt in and start talking about something else.  And last but not least, it is active listening when you  use your eyes to show that you are listening to the person talking and you ask a question at the end so they know you are listening.

Leaders Day was really cool and we hope we can do it again next year.


Xanthe, Bella, Natasha & Lynley