St Patrick’s aims to provide opportunities to develop and cultivate leadership qualities within all students. We aim to instil in students a strong sense of social justice through the service of others.
In the Gospels, Jesus actively encourage children to take their rightful place in being ‘stewards’ of our world. He gives over the Kingdom to the children and promotes their right to have a say in their own future.
At St. Patrick’s, students in Stage 3 are encouraged to take on leadership roles in order to build leadership skills and act as role models of our PB4L values by being respectful, responsible and ready to learn. They begin this journey by engaging in spiritual formation, learning what it means
to be a “servant leader.”
Our school believes encouraging student leadership ensures we are developing our community leaders of the future.
Aims:
- To further explore what it means to walk in the footsteps of St Patrick, learning about servant leadership and leading in Jesus’ mission
- To encourage all students to become ‘stewards’ of our world by giving them opportunities to become involved in community and environmental issues
- To support the development of our PB4L culture in the school community, modelling what it looks like to be respectful, responsible and ready to learn
- To create a whole-school community where every member feels their contribution is valuableTo develop leadership practices that are representative of modern working environments
- To connect with students’ learning about the current model of Australian government
School Leaders
Students from Year 6 are all eligible to become school leaders in our school Parliament. After nominations from their peers, approval and voting, the successful students are presented with their leader badges at the badge ceremony in Term 1.
The Ministers perform a number of ceremonial roles on special occasions and are responsible for setting a good example of being responsible, respectful and safe at all times.
They have responsibility for the care of sports equipment, school gardens, maintaining house enthusiasm in sporting activities, representing the school at community functions (ANZAC March and Diocesan events such as the Project Compassion launch and Catholic Schools Week launch), assisting at Athletics and Swimming carnivals, helping with the flags, run clubs & meetings, lead PBL, greet visitiors and waste and recycling duty, welcoming visitors, running assemblies and setting up for Masses and Liturgies.
The ministers see a major part of their role to be problem solvers and forward thinkers. The ministers run the Mission Day activities throughout the year and other social justice initiatives as they present.
St Patrick’s Ministerial Team
- Prime Ministers
- Deputy Prime Ministers
- Faith Minister
- Wellbeing Minister
- STEAM Minister
- Stewardship Minister
- House Ministers:
Tyrell House- Red
Wentworth House- Blue
Neilson House- Yellow
Macquarie House- Green
Leadership Timeline:
Year 5 Leadership Day (Term 4 of Year 5)
Year 5 Leadership Forms & nominations
Parliament Candidates Selected
House Ministers Selected
Prime Ministers, Deputy Prime Ministers, Faith Ministers, Wellbeing Ministers, STEAM Ministers & Steward Ministers Selected. (Speeches & voting Year 2-5)
Rite of Passage Liturgy
Term 1 -Year 6: Badge Ceremony
Student Representative Council Members: Grades 2- 5
To continue our support and embracing leadership at our school each semester (two times a year) a SRC representative from classes Year 2 - Year 5 will be nominated & voted to attend SRC council meetings.
