Young Leaders Day

NYLD 2012!

On Monday the 28th of May 2012, some of the year 7 and 8s had the opportunity to attend national young leaders day. The event was placed at the Michael Fowler centre. there were 5 speakers talking about being the bast we can be and sparking our potential as a leader. The first speaker was Nick Tuatasi. He spoke about Sparking your undiscovered ability. ‘SPARK’ stands for S-Shaken, P-Pushed, A-Anger, R-Risk and K-Kick start. 

The second speaker was Jamie Fitzgerald. He talked about how him and his friend won a rowing competition by not giving up and walking across Antarctica. That is why he is so inspiring. She said to believe in your self and others will to. He said never let performance get in the way of safety 

The nest person to speak was Cassandra Treadwell. she talked about the homeless people in Kenya and how people said that she couldn’t make a Charity with 4 kids but she did and is currently building a school in Kenya. She said to believe in your self and others will to.

Cam Calkoen was the nest speaker and he had a disability called cerebal palsey. he was talking about how he loves sport and has competed for our country in sports.

His favourite word was awesome and he said: ‘dream big and achieve more.’

The last speaker was called Dave Atkinson. He was my favourite person of the day. He said that you become the people you hang out with so choose good friends and stick up for what is right. You don’t need to try and be like your friends so choose wisely. 

Young leaders day was very inspirational and I had a fun day. It was defiantly worth going.