The Year 11s have completed their Peer Support training and are raring to go!
The training sessions were two full days last year and two after-school sessions this year. This covered various leadership skills and included writing a pepeha, a Maori personal introduction.
The group is divided into teams and each team is allocated a buddy Year 7 homeroom. Every Friday we will visit our buddy junior class and execute planned activities, each of which have a theme. This programme is designed to help the Year 7s feel welcome at Sancta Maria. We will be like an older brother or sister to the younger peers at our school.
Our first session began last week and had the theme “Everyone is unique and important”. We introduced ourselves and did activities with our buddy homeroom like ‘find someone who has….’
The peer support leaders are:
Team 1 (Buddy homeroom 7BRN)
Avram Taguinod
Benjamin Botting
Cady Lim
Carmel Francis
Kasanita Fonohema
Lana Shaba
Team 2 (Buddy homeroom 7CLE)
Aita Ah Wa
Bryan Perez-Child
Cyprus Causer
Sophie Cranwell
Percecilia La Madrid
Unica Asistio-Tanyag
Team 3 (Buddy homeroom 7DNN)
Allan Ah Kau
Catherine Motion
Dannel Rajesh
Emily Raukura
Mary-Kate Goward
Samiyah Ambreen
Team 4 (Buddy homeroom 7GNS)
Albin Paulson
Allison Serdenia
Ethan Karl
Jemma McGregor
Leilani Davies
Maree Enricoso
Team 5 (Buddy homeroom 7LIS)
Amelia Davis
Angelina Joji
Georgia Cuer
Max Taylor
Maya Elyass
Santiago Duque
The year ahead will be so exciting and we can’t wait to grow our relationships with our buddy class, concluding with the sing-off at the end of the year!
A big thank you to Mrs Kevern for the training and direction she gives.
