Student Leaders

Student leadership positions are very important and it is a great privilege for a students to be selected to represent his/her peers in our school. 

The Student Leadership team will include:

Student Council
Student Councillors work to support the school in providing a quality teaching and learning environment. They do this by providing peer leadership and modelling and by representing the student body as part of the Student Leadership Team. There will be six Student Councillors selected each year from the Year 6 cohort. Student Councillors will be led and managed by a staff member who will also have the role of Student Leaders coordinator. This person will oversee all Student Leaders. Student Councillors are expected:

1. To model acceptable behaviour and dress standards whilst at school.
2. To wear your badge with pride and responsibility.
3. To conduct school Assemblies each week.
4. To assist in assimilating new students into the school.
5. To assist in organisation of school functions.
6. To act as hosts to visitors at our School.
7. To communicate student problems to staff.
8. To respond on school’s behalf to visitors and on school excursions.
9. To attend regular meetings during lunchtimes with staff responsible for Student Council activities.
   

Faction Captains
Faction Captains also work to support the school in providing a quality teaching and learning  environment with a specific focus on sporting activities and events. They do this by leading students at school and interschool sporting activities and by representing the student body as part of the Student Leadership Team. There will be four Faction Captains selected from Year 6 and four Faction Captains selected from the Year 5 (total of two per faction). Faction Captains will be managed by the Physical Education specialist in consultation with the Student Leaders coordinator.

Faction Captains are expected:

1. To model acceptable behaviour and dress standards whilst at school.
2. To attend and conduct faction meetings when required.
3. To assist staff with organisation of carnivals, faction training and equipment set up.
4. To assist staff with team selections.
5. To lead their faction at all faction events in a respectable manner.
6. To communicate student problems to staff.
7. To assist the Physical Education Teacher when required

Arts Captains
Arts Captains work to ensure that school events, functions and productions run smoothly. There will be four Arts Captains selected from Year 6 students. Arts Captains will be managed by the Visual Arts/Music specialists in consultation with the Student Leaders coordinator. Arts Captains are expected:

1. To model acceptable behaviour and dress standards whilst at school.
2. To wear their badge with pride and responsibility.
3. To help conduct school assemblies each week.
4. To assist in organisation of school functions and productions
5. To communicate student problems to staff.
6. To respond on school’s behalf to visitors and on school excursions.
7. To attend regular meetings during lunchtimes with staff responsible for Arts Captain activities.

Sustainability Captains
Sustainability Captains work to ensure sustainability initiatives and activities are organised and implemented well across the school. There will be four Sustainability Captains selected from Year 6 students. Sustainability Captains will be managed by the Sustainability Committee Managers.

Sustainability Captains are expected:

1. To model acceptable behaviour and dress standards whilst at school.
2. To wear their badge with pride and responsibility 
3.  To help promote and manage sustainability initiatives and activities including:
   a.     Vegetable garden
   b.    Worm farming
   c.     Wastewise – food scraps, battery recycling, mobile phone recycling, Trash-free Tuesday etc.
   d.    Waterwise
   e.    Energy reduction 

               4. To attend regular meetings during lunchtimes with staff responsible for Sustainability Captains

We seek to select the strongest possible students to each of the positions in 2015. The process that we are using to achieve this includes:

1. Call for nominations - Students must be nominated by a peer. Their nomination then needs to be endorsed by their parents, teacher and Principal. 
2. Speeches - Nominated students must make a speech outlining why they are the best person for the position. Speeches should go for approximately 1 - 2 minutes. Faction Captain speeches will be held on Wednesday February 11 between 1.05 and 2.30pm. Student Council, Arts and Sustainability Captain speeches will be held on Thursday February 12 between 1.05 and 3.05pm. 
3. Student voting - Students in Years 3 to 6 will select their 4 top preferences for each of the leadership positions. Votes will be tallied and used to indicate student opinions (voice).
4. Staff voting - Staff will be provided with an opportunity to vote for their preferred candidates.
5. Admin will consider the results of student voting and staff voting and select the strongest possible candidates.