JUNIOR SCHOOL LEADERS REPORT

2022 in the Junior school has been a year that we will all remember. As a year 6 student, it is our last year of primary school.

As the Junior leaders we have been to special events and met important people and represented our College. We attended the Mayor’s morning tea, and a mass for Catholic Education week at St Patrick’s Cathedral. At this event, we gathered with schools from the Toowoomba Diocese and had a morning tea. This was a chance for us to interact with other schools.

Part of our role has been to present at the Junior assemblies each week and support College masses. These challenges have improved our confidence and personalities. We are both very grateful to support our college community through actions of determination, perseverance, and friendship.

Some memories from this year include our year 6 camp to Brisbane and Tangalooma, our year 6 dance lessons even though they were extremely awkward and meeting local and federal politicians. Our year 6 camp is something we will never forget! Sand tobogganing, night activities, seeing the whole of Brisbane city, and feeding dolphins. These activities have helped our cohort build friendship and determination.

Our year 6 dance lessons have definitely improved our maturity in lots of different ways! At first everyone wouldn’t even go near each other until we realised, we were getting marked on it! These lessons have showed us lots of maturity even though they were extremely awkward!

In our Hass unit we were studying the responsibilities of our parliament. Meeting local and federal politicians was a great memory for our cohort. They talked about what responsibilities they have and how they take care of those responsibilities. It was an honour to meet them in person and ask them questions about our Hass unit.

Having years of lockdowns and covid outbreaks, have had an impact on Mary MacKillop Catholic College. So, when this year started off with zoom calls for assembly’s, it was not very practical for us as leaders. But when we had our first real assembly, we were all so nervous and didn’t know what to expect. But it went very smoothly and now we do it every week of the year! At college masses staff had to wear masks and put hand sanitiser on. But now we have college masses with no dramas at all. With a squirt of hand sanitizer, it all works out fine!

We would like to thank staff and students that have supported us through the year. Mrs Rillie and Mrs O’Rourke for helping us be the best Junior Leaders we can be and organising events and celebrations for the college.

To our year six teachers, for teaching us in our last year in primary school and making it enjoyable for the year 6 cohort. To Mrs Preston, who organised all our year 6 leader meetings. These meetings have helped us as leaders make a difference in our college environment.

We would like to say a special thank you to our year 6 cohort for being supportive and volunteering for our year 6 school fundraisers.

We will remember the joy and laughs we all shared throughout our entire lives.