What a few busy weeks that our School Ambassadors have had.
To give you a better understanding of what leadership skills they are learning and displaying, below are some of the roles that they have all been involved in over the least few weeks.
Ambassadors have been busy running our whole school assemblies and doing an amazing job at this. This involves planning the event, speaking and hosting, and leading the younger students into the hall and all the time role modelling our Tainui Expectations.
Our Ambassadors attended a National Young Leaders Day in Hamilton where the theme was ’STRONGER TOGETHER’
They learnt about what makes a great leader. The speakers talked about how to overcome or work through fears, how to be resilient and to put yourself out there to be the best version of yourself.
Some quotes our Ambassadors came away with were
‘Build a dream and the dream will build you.’ ‘You have your own light to shine.’ ’Small words can inspire big actions.’ ‘Know your dream, know your team.’
It was an amazing day in which the students came away with some inspiring next steps to start to lead… NOW!
Next was the disco, where the Ambassadors had been planning for a while. A lot of hui and a lot of korero around the organisation and the parts each one had to play in order for it to be successful. And what a success it was for them as it was enjoyed by all who attended!
Last Friday we had a meeting with Mayor Jenny Shattock. The Ambassadors got to sit in the Council Chambers and they all looked very important! They asked Mayor some questions and were surprised to find out that she mountain bikes for fun and knits bonnets for babies in the New born unit in Waikato Hospital!
Some other questions (answers have been shortened).
Q: Who is Tokoroa?
A: We are a resilient town which will always be here. A big town with a big heart.
Q: Could we the youth have a bigger voice in the community?
A: Absolutely – a possible student council (this used to exist). You are our future!
Q: If we (Tainui students) could promote Tokoroa to the world via media / film would you be a part of it?
A: Yes! Let’s blow our trumpet to the world! Our community is diverse and caring – let’s share this!
After our hui with the Mayor, our Ambassadors have some exciting ideas ahead in which we will share with you the community soon. We have also been asked to attend the Citizenship Ceremony on a Friday! Exciting!
Thank you Mayor Jenny for taking the time to talk to our Ambassadors and for the kai and goodie bags. They really enjoyed it and were buzzing afterwards!
In two weeks our Ambassadors have the Matariki evening to host so they are busy planning again.
All of these opportunities allow our students to grow into confident, capable communicators of our school and community. They are making important connections to allow them to be citizens of our community and school.
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