On Friday, 17 February, the Prefect Board attended the GRIP Leadership Conference at the Tailrace along with other high schools from northern Tasmania. Throughout the day, our host, Andy discussed multiple points around how to lead for the school, rather than leading for ourselves. He also introduced the valuable lessons we were to learn that day, such as ‘How to Make Your School a Great Place for Everybody’ and ‘The People a Leader Can Impact Most’. Andy also established a game called ‘Loud Noises’ which we played consistently throughout the day. Eli, Logan and Ned represented Riverside High proudly, with Logan and Eli even winning their respective games!

After morning tea, the cohort then split into two groups. Taken by Nadé and Levi, the main room housed ‘How to Get Everyone on Board with Your Idea’, while the secondary room held ‘How to Get Everyone Participating in Events’. Both discussions provided interesting conversations between schools and students, before we broke for lunch.

The final third of our day recapped our learning before we played in a final game of ‘Loud Noises’ and participated in a Q&A which supplied even more amazing discussions.

On behalf of Riverside’s Prefect Board, we would like to thank Ms Saunders, Ms Bolton and RHS Staff who made our attendance to the GRIP Leadership Conference possible.

We would also like to thank Andy, Nadé and Levi, as well as the entire GRIP company for giving us such an incredibly informative and enjoyable day. As a board, we are feeling prepared with inspired ideas and are ready to tackle everything coming our way in 2023.

Sophie W and Erin D
(Community and Fundraising Prefects)