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Co-Captains By Iona Bulford, College Co-Captain Year 12 is often regarded as a year of endings, a year where seemingly every week a “last” is experienced, but being chosen for the honour of being Co-Captain has made this year one of many new beginnings as well. Both Oscar and I feel not only the great pride and honour in our roles, but also the amazing opportunity we now have to make real change in our school community.
feel very fortunate to have the amazing depth of knowledge and interests we possess within our team. While our role in leading a team of our peers has been challenging at times, our Prefects’ desire to work hard and our common goal of making our school environment a better place has united us and allowed us to work together on many initiatives and events.
Travelling to St Peter’s College Adelaide for the National Student Leadership Summit provided us with a chance not only to meet many other school leaders from across Australia, but also to learn a variety of valuable skills that we aim to employ at school here. A key take out from that day for me was the discussion about the personal traits we all possess, and being able to recognise and harness the strengths not only of ourselves but of those we lead. We also learnt a lot about what makes a good leader, how to effectively lead a team and how to ensure real change actually happens; all pieces of knowledge I am excited to implement in my role here at school.
An idea we realised on our day in Adelaide, which has now become a main focus for Oscar and me in our plans for this year, is trying to get the ball rolling on some long-term changes, rather than simply focusing on our year alone. We aim to take some small steps this year to create a better, stronger school community and hope that we are able to provide a platform for future captains to continue this.
A lot of this year thus far has been trying to find our feet, work out who we are as leaders and what it is we want to achieve. Leading the Prefect team is a great honour, and I
Both Oscar and I have been at College since Campbell House. As a school and as a place to be, it has given us so much, and we would like nothing more than to be able to pass that gift on to everyone else lucky enough to come to this wonderful school. I am really excited for the rest of this year, and look forward to making the most of this amazing opportunity Oscar and I have been given.
The 2019 Prefect team is working across three portfolios: School Community, Broader Community and Inclusivity/Diversity.
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