IMAGINATION (formerly known as Young Leaders Day)

When we arrived we had a surprise visit from the state Premier, Jay Weatherill. He gave us an introduction to the day and spoke a bit about being a leader. Then we got into the set speakers for the day.

Our first speaker was Sam Skinner, she is the director of Young Leader’s Day. She spoke about our core values as a leader, we did an activity were we had to choose 5 core values and narrow them down to one. She told us that being a leader will not be easy and that we will know if we made the right decision.

Kimberley Marshall was supposed to be our second speaker but she recently had a child. But we still did her activity we had to choose a problem think about it and find a solution. For example a problem is homelessness and a thought is how can we help and our solution could be bringing them food.

We then had a speech by Kick In My Boots, an organisation run by two boys who went last year to Young Leader’s Day. They donated footy boots to the indigenous people in outback Australia.

Then we had our morning tea break. There were lots of thing to do like the silent disco, lawn bowls, getting your photo with the ‘Bad Guys’ and the empathy toy.

After the break the next speaker was Matt Cosgrove, he is an author/illustrator and he talked about ‘I got to P’:

1. Be persistent                 

2. People are important

3. Find your passion and practice

4. Perception is everything

5. The power of imagination

Kelly Vincent spoke to us next she was the youngest Australian politician and the first person in a wheelchair in parliament. She was nervous but she said you only get nervous if you care. She said that the saying treat people the way you want to be treated is stupid, she thinks that you should ask them how they want to be treated and treat them that way

After the lunch our final speaker was Brent Reilly a famous retired crow’s player. He told us about is football career and the challenges he faced after his injury. He said the main two things you need to succeed are a growth mind set and you need to stay positive.

Over all we had a great day with many highlights. Here are a few:

• Curtis -My highlight was arm wrestling Matt Cosgrove
• William - I enjoyed the silent disco
• Jaras - I liked Kelly Vincent’s inspiring speech
• Brodie - I liked seeing Jay Weatherill
• Brandon - my highlight was asking Kelly Vincent a question
• Max - I liked meeting Matt Cosgrove and getting one of his sketches
• Laura and Isabella - we liked getting our picture with Matt Cosgrove
• Kailee - I liked Matt Cosgrove and Kelly Vincent

Click the link below to see the Prezi our leaders presented to the Senior Unit. It also provides more detailed information of what each speaker on the day covered:

http://prezi.com/ljdhoorr9tmb/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy