Written by: Melissa Shaw, Michele Rowland & Year 5 & 6 House Captains
Welcoming our Year 5/6 House captains at Century Park Campus! As part of the YCIS House initiative, our leaders will encourage and support their teams to win the House Cup but when asked about their roles, these students have lots of plans they would like to introduce in the hopes of securing more points for their team!
We are pleased to introduce to you our fantastic House Captains:
Blue: Chau Ue (Cherry)
Green: Jessica Hehir
Red: Cayden Nip
Yellow: Samuel Watson
When asked why they wanted to be a House Captain, Jessica Hehir stated that she has been a part of Green House since she was 4 Years old. “I want to make Green House proud of themselves by working together as a team.”
Cayden Nip, Captain of the Red House realised he was good at helping others and communicating. He believes this is a really important part of being a house captain.
The House Captains have some very supportive and competitive teachers behind their team. Mr Cooke, a member of Red House has been heard to regularly say, “Red house is the best, it runs in my veins.”
So far, the students have earnt points through earning Helping Hands Awards, taking part in competitions such as designing posters for Book Week, football tournaments, special events such as Founder’s Day and more recently, the Paper Plate challenge for Chinese New Year.
The House Captains recognise that if everyone in their house takes part in these events they each earn a point that will soon add up and really help their team. But more importantly, they have fun being part of a team.
“Something I enjoyed about the football tournament was that everyone participated, and no one really cared about winning. It was just to have fun!” Said Samuel Watson.
Let’s see how we are doing so far…
Points:
So what next? After a really enjoyable football tournament, the students are excited to have more sport events. But this is not the only thing they want to do. Our creative leaders recognise that House competitions can also be about arts, Math quizzes, and general teamwork. Cherry, Blue House leader informed the students that the House Captains are currently planning a team building event to take place one afternoon, with different tasks that they believe the Year 5 and 6’s will enjoy and help get those precious points.