New leadership focus brings success!
Rydal Penrhos Prep School pupils are enjoying their fundraising success as part of their new leadership focus.
Year 6 have voted on leadership positions as part of an ongoing initiative to enhance responsibility and pupil voice, something that has grown in significance since Rydal Penrhos announced the appointment of Lucy Davies as Prep School head.
Each pupil received their leadership badges from Mrs Davies last week, which included the Head Boy and Girl, their deputies, the new Prefect team, House Captains and Monitors.
Rydal Penrhos Prep School is thrilled to confirm Amelie Skinner as its new Head Girl and Noah Roberts is the new Head boy for the Prep School for the 2020/21 academic year. Both will play a substantial role across Prep School life in the coming months in addition to offering additional support and guidance to younger members of the Rydal Penrhos community.
A long tradition of pupil leadership has led to this reverence and the pupils are well aware of how things happen and that everything is done just like the ‘real world’ as one pupil put it today. Mrs Davies, said: “The pupils want to have pupil leaders, they want to have their say, they want to be part of the school and the decisions which shape it. “I know that every staff member was astounded by the ideas that the children have had.
“The pupils selected are so proud to represent their class and, in the case of Year 6, their school. They learn responsibility, sacrifice and as one pupil leader told me today, ‘We learn to listen to others, it’s not just my voice that counts’.”
Mrs Davies, said: “I’m not sure that the younger members fully understood, but they certainly know that the shiny badge on their jumper means something. Only two had forgotten to wear their badge and they both immediately blamed their mum! - A little more work to do on taking responsibility then!”
House captains recently played a vital role in events and fundraising activities like the ‘Hello Yellow Day.’ The object of the day was to raise awareness and raise funds for the Young Minds charity and hundreds of pounds were generously donated.
Pupils put on their finest yellow garments for the occasion, with teaching staff arranging wellbeing activities throughout the week to help children understand the importance of mental and physical health. However, it should be noted that not all of our pupils wanted to relinquish their uniform for the day; several of our pre-schoolers were tearful at the gates this morning!
Pupils ALWAYS get very excited on non-uniform days. As if to prove this point Lucy Davies overheard two seven-year-old girls talking as they passed her open door.
”I kid you not, the conversation went as follows:
Pupil 1: Do you think I seem a bit over-giddy?
Pupil 2: Not really… but the yellow doesn’t help does it!
It was all a bit Enid Blyton….oh well, that’s it for ‘over-giddy’ until Pudsy rides back into town on 13th November!”
