Our Year 10 Class Captains spent the morning of Tuesday 26 March participating in a leadership seminar with guest speaker Shane Hatton. Shane is guru in this field, having worked with many large companies and organisations in the past. The seminar provided our captains with a valuable opportunity to further develop their leadership skills.
Here are some reflections from the students:
"The Class Captains were provided with an amazing opportunity to develop our leadership skills. Shane taught us the way to deliver a compelling and influential speech to inform the audience and also convince them. The most valuable lesson that I received was what we need to be as leaders and to not just think about ourselves but about our audience and we need to connect with them. This will help me as a Class Captain and a Peer Support Leader to speak confidently and with ease in front of a group of people. I really enjoyed this day as it wasn't just learning — we played games and also applied our learning to situations and learnt how to use all the things we were taught."
— Brianna Moore (Year 10 Red)
"Shane came and spoke to the Year 10 Class Captains about how to lead and what it takes for people in a room to listen to you. He also helped us understand why we get nervous and how we can control of these feelings before a big event or speech. Shane told us that he even speaks and gives lectures to the big CEOs of companies so that they can understand the vital parts of persuading, speaking and understanding the audience that they want to get their message across to. This was a great experience for all of us and I think we were very lucky."
— Sam Green (Year 10 Red)
