Student Leadership Programs Years 5-8

Moving from primary to secondary school can be a challenging time for students. They move to a more complex learning environment with a different structure. At the same time they are affected by the significant changes of adolescence.

Primary and secondary schools often work to ease this transition by identifying and developing the skills, knowledge and understandings needed to succeed at high school.

At the Middle Years Conference 2005 - Resilience, Engagement, Success, the following presentation was made: Engaging Students in the Middle Years through Student Leadership (pdf 1.3MB).

The LIMS program provides a leadership link for students moving from primary to high school.

Many primary schools operate Student Representative Councils (SRCs).  An SRC is a group of students in a school elected by their fellow students to represent all students in the school and who organise ways for students to participate in school life. SRCs work democratically to represent the student body in school decision-making. Students work together, with help from a staff member, to improve school life and to contribute students' ideas.

Hear what some older students say about going to high school.