STUDENT LEADERSHIP @ DRPS
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Students at Diggers Rest Primary School are encouraged to participate in a strong leadership program with experiences designed around:
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Building confidence and resilience
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Exercising voice and agency
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Building leadership capacity
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Demonstrating civic responsibility
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Actively participating in the school and community
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Being an ‘upstander’ not a ‘bystander’
School Captains
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2 x positions available for grade 6 students
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Students write and submit an application to the principal
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Applicants are shortlisted to participate in a 10-minute interview in with school leadership and 2 x grade 5 student representatives
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Successful applicants are appointed via merit and equity processes
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Junior School Council
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7 x positions available for grade 5 & 6 students
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Students write and submit an application to the principal
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Applicants are shortlisted to participate in a speech in front of their grade 3-6 peers
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Students in grades 3-6 vote for their preferred junior school council members
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Votes are calculated and successful applicants are appointed
House Captains
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8 x positions available for grade 3-6 students
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Students write and submit an application to the P.E teacher
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Applicants are shortlisted to participate in a speech in front of their 'House' peers (grade 3 - 6 students)
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Students in grades 3-6 vote for their preferred house captains
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Votes are calculated and successful applicants are appointed
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Assembly Leaders
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Classroom teachers provide the assembly coordinator a list of students that nominate to become future assembly leaders throughout the year
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4 x students from each class are selected weekly to lead assembly
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Each class is rotated through weekly to ensure leaders are selected throughout the entire school
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The Student Leadership Team commence their learning through participation in the Student Leadership Program. Students learn the ‘skills’ of leadership, focusing on teamwork, negotiation and leadership roles . Students then work in teams through an ‘improvement cycle’ to develop an initiative that authentically embedded into the school and/or wider community. This may mean fundraising, contributing to the learning program or supporting a local community group. Student Leaders attend a school council meeting and are active in providing feedback about their school experience.