On Friday, 16^th May, Prefects had the opportunity to attend the Tasmanian Youth Forum run by The Youth Network of Tasmania – YNOT. The day was centred around what we need to be changed as young people and sharing that with officials from our local government and DECYP.

The Prefects arrived at Tailrace in the morning, heading inside and taking a seat to listen to the opening, welcome to country, and timetable. Then, we were split up to form our groups, sitting with new people where we got to work defining what being listened to looks like and what our opinions were on certain topics such as our say in our school environments and our connection to organisations. We discussed what good and bad things we saw around those topics and how we could change it.

After morning tea, we focused in on one specific issue and the ways that issue could best be fixed. We wrote a presentation to communicate these points and rehearsed it up until lunch. After lunch we watched each group’s presentations and presented our own. This gave us the opportunity to hear other problems and solutions.

In the end it was an extremely fun and educational day that we all thoroughly enjoyed. It was an amazing opportunity, and we’d like to thank YNOT for the day.