PARRS WOOD STUDENT LEADERS TRAINING DAY  

Comment by Sixth Form Leaders

Mr Kapur is keen for students to take on roles of responsibility in the school. Recently we had a leadership training day to teach leadership skills to volunteers from years 8, 9 and 10. Mr Kapur taught them about styles of leadership and leadership qualities.

Students who already have responsible roles in the school also talked about their work. These included talks from students who help run the library, PE leaders, year 7 leaders as well as some of us Sixth Form Leaders. As Sixth Form Leaders we talked about some of the projects we have organised and worked on this year, like setting up Duke of Edinburgh, entering and winning competitions, redesigning the school website, mentoring younger students and inviting guest speakers to school. We talked about our leadership skills, and also how doing these projects helped our personal development and confidence. It was great to have the opportunity to show younger students some of the extracurricular activities they can do in our sixth form.

By year 12 students Katie, Abby, Ruchi, Robert, Natalie, Rebecca, Ashvin, Meriem

Year 10 students
The strongest part of the day I thought was studying a whole range of leaders from Pacifists to Dictators. It was interesting and thought provoking to study different leadership styles, not all of them good. I think next time we should expand on this even more by stating which characteristics we thought we possessed and which were most valued. Studying people like Steve Biko and Ghandi who had difficult lives but never gave up, made me more determined to achieve my goals.

 

We had an extremely interesting talk from Dave Bushell, Manchester United’s under 15’s coach. Dave told us a good story about being determined and not giving up. His under 15’s team were playing a big match in Germany and were losing 4 gaols to 0 at the end of the first half. Instead of giving up, they decided to treat the second half like a new game and do their best. They drew the second half one all, which was a big improvement on the first half. The next year they went back and won the final in Germany. Determination and persistence eventually pay off. He also talked about personal responsibility. He told us not to be afraid to make decisions so long as you make the best one you can at the time. If turns out not to be very good, that’s ok so long as you learn from the experience. That’s how you get better.

 

Some of us have already started projects. We have done a sports coaching course, so that we can help younger students in our feeder schools like Beaver road, with their sports days. We are now being given the opportunity to decide on other ways we can help other students, and develop the school. I would like to have talked more about this on the day, but we will be deciding on this next term. It’s very exciting. I think many of my friends will want to get involved in this work.

By year 10 students Ellie, Ashfaaq, Robyn

 

Comment by T Kapur

The best way to help our young people develop into responsible adults of the future is to give them meaningful leadership opportunities now.
Executive Headteacher

Pictured on the left are the newly appointed Head Boy and Head Girl, Delonte and Elle, with their Deputies, Liam, Sammy, Evelyn and Mazarul. Congratulations to them on their election.

This is a great honour for the group who will be representing the pupil population along with a team of student leaders.