Student leadership
School leaders
The school’s Student leadership program is aimed at providing extensive opportunities for all stage 3 students to develop skills of cooperation and teamwork to enhance personal confidence, promote high self-esteem and develop a sense of pride in oneself and the school. In Year 6, 8 School Leaders are elected by their peers and perform duties such as:
· conducting assemblies
· organising Student Representative Council (SRC) meetings
· welcoming and thanking visitors
· assisting staff performing school duties e.g. supervision of canteen lines and lost property
· assisting staff and executive with special days and ceremonies.
House Captains
House Captains are elected by the Sporting Houses in the school. There are two House Captains and two House Vice Captains per house and they perform duties on special sporting days and carnivals. House Captains also organise sporting equipment, lunchtime activities and games.
Band Captains
All current Y5 band and strings members can stand for the Band Captain role
Band Captains cannot hold another leadership role.
Children can self nominate and everyone is welcome to do so.
Speeches and elections will take place early in T1 (day and time to be confirmed).
Concert Band and Year 5 and 6 Strings students vote for the Band Captains.
Band Captains will be announced and badges presented at the first K-6 assembly of T1.
The Band Captain reports to Band Manager and Director of Bands. The role includes MC'ing at Band camp / Battle of the Bands / Gala Concert Night, announcing and presenting musician of the month at K-6 assemblies throughout the year, running the votes for the school disco theme, helping to organise cake stalls for band fundraisers and representing the bands at band related incursions and excursions.
Monitors
Students in Year 6 are given the opportunity to fill a variety of alternate and inclusive leadership roles with the school. These roles includes Library Monitors, Sound Monitors and Sustainability Monitors. As a Monitor students are given the opportunity to develop the skills, values and attitudes needed for effective student leadership, to learn new skills, to work with others and to contribute to their school in a meaningful way.
Peer mediation
Our school-based Year 5, ‘Peer Mediation’ program focusing on the skills, values and attitudes needed for effective student leadership. This program helps supports our kindergarten students in conflict situations to hear each other’s story and find a mutually beneficial way forward by offering a listening ear, then providing support through conversation (face to face) to solve the problem. Students attend a workshop where they will participate in activities that focus on problem solving, conflict resolution, active listening and communication. The program seeks to mix different key leadership messages which then allows our students to put their ideas into actions so they can become impactful leaders.
They learn to be role models for other students to follow by:
Identifying the qualities of a good leader and recognise their own strengths
Understand the effect their leadership can have on their school and peers
Seek to foster positive friendships and look out for each other
Develop a capacity to overcome difficulties and be resilient
Learn how to work together as a team and cooperate with others
Have fun
Student Representative Council (SRC)
At BNPS we like to foster responsibility in our students. We have our Student Representative Council (SRC) where elected students from each class guide decisions on improving an area of school and helping with fundraising for charities to help others less fortunate than ourselves. The reps liaise with their class and promote decisions and directions the council make.
