The purpose of the Play Leaders program is to encourage
students to become more physically active and for older students to gain
leadership skills through peer-led fun active games at recess. The program also creates leadership
opportunities for students in grades 4 to 8 as they learn about:
· Conflict resolution,
· Communication,
· Respect,
·
Fairness,
·
Safety,
·
Good
sportsmanship and
· Leadership.
Play leaders are trained at our school by our Child and
Youth Worker, Mrs. Knopman and our teaching staff, Mme Stewart and Mr. Flash.
We held our first sessions this week at first recess. The students in grades 1 to 3 who
participated in the program were active, engaged, and were great
listeners. Our play leaders were showing
strong leadership skills such as applying
fair rules to the games, making sure all students were involved and ensuring
the students were having fun.
