St Patrick’s School seeks to provide a range of opportunities for children to develop leadership skills. 

It’s our goal to give them the best preparation for college and to see them complete primary school on a high note.

Over the years, we’ve found 11 and 12-year-olds achieve amazing things with focus and direction. They welcome the opportunity to lead. They have an enormous appetite for guiding and supporting children younger than themselves – and they’re at a stage in life where they really want to give back. Student leadership is also seen as a vital key in the development of choice and student voice. Our students’ extra-curricular activities add to the strength and sense of community that is fostered here. 

So, we’ve developed a whole-school programme for senior students, featuring a range of initiatives, including:

• leadership (planning and hosting events such as liturgies, sports days, and assemblies)
• buddying (with younger students)
• peer mentoring (one another)
• service (doing things for others in the community).

LEADERSHIP ROLES

• Special Character Leaders – must be baptised and hold a ministry in the Church
• House Leaders
• Kapa Haka Leaders
• Sport Leaders
• Peer Mediators
• Guardian Angels
• Bus Wardens
• Librarians
• Office Duty
• Young Vinnies team