On Friday 5 March, all the Student Leaders took part in a Development Day. This is a day dedicated to help the Student Leaders learn new and further develop leadership skills, strengthen the team, and get to know each other!

The students were required to meet at the Caroline Springs Station and took a train to the Southern Cross Station before we caught a connecting train to Melbourne Central. For some of us this had been the first time since the lockdown last year that we had been in the city, so it was very exciting!

Once got off the train we walked to the State Library and received a private tour of the reading room (which was incredible, it was very hard for some of us to stay quiet). Once we returned to our conference space, we completed some team-building activities to develop our skills as a team. After we had finished with the activities and discussed some of the goals we wanted to work on for the year, we had lunch outside in front of the State Library. 

In the afternoon we proceeded to our session at Hardrock Climbing. The instructor showed us how to rock climb safely and then we all went into groups and did some rock climbing! Not everyone had to rock climb, but everyone was encouraged, and it was great to see how many people had a go, despite their fears. This activity supported the work we had previously completed at the State Library, as we strengthened our bond as a team.

After that was concluded we walked back to Melbourne Central and had around 30 minutes of free time to walk around and get food and drinks. We then took a train back to Caroline Springs and were dismissed.

This day was designed for us to get to know each other, develop some skills and have fun and we did just that. Thank you to Ms Kiera McNally and Ms Georgia Seymour for taking us out and getting to know our team.

Christina Stanford, Katherine Sulewski & Ivanka Portelli

Various Students Completing an Activity

Augustha Morris, Zalaika Farrugia, Rahma Alkateb and Ella Hall