SPJ/SPS Leadership Conference

Last Friday, representatives from the SPJ and SPS prefect teams came together for the first joint leadership conference. After hearing some thoughts from Mrs Huang, Mr Snowball, SPJ’s Head Boy and SPS’s Captain of School, the 30 participants got to work. In groups they discussed everyday and grander moral dilemmas, the role of the school’s focal character traits (kindness, humility, respect, integrity and resilience) and how they might want to lead by example in these situations. They also worked together to write scenarios that their peers might discuss in future lessons and then created action plans for the two prefect teams based around how they could help further develop the character traits within the school community.

Pupil Comments:

• “We came up with slogans, like ‘I’m kind therefore I am’ and ideas like setting personal targets each term to encourage resilience. As well as having gained a deeper understanding of our values and how we can show them, we all left the room motivated to make a difference to the school community for the better.” (SPJ Pupil)
• “I thought that the leadership conference was a very important opportunity to make a positive change to the student community. It’s necessary that the Pauline experience is shaped with and for the students.” (SPS Pupil)