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strengths, mindsets, mindfulness and making good decisions, and how this links to leadership. • Session 3 – based on mentoring support – was an opportunity to provide some tools for the boys to be leaders as well as mentors for younger boys in their Houses as they move through their final 18 months at College. It was also an opportunity for Housemasters to spend time with their groups looking at how that might work within each House. Fortunately, we were able to run the Year 7 “Be Inspired” afternoon in Term 4 as per normal. The

run by the Student Volunteer Army, Attitude, and Physical Education & Health teachers Matt Cortesi, Matt Thatcher and Ben Sheat, where they had the opportunity to mix across schools. Darrell Thatcher Director of Boarding and the Centre for Character & Leadership

afternoon saw 200 students from 17 full primary and intermediate schools around Canterbury come together to learn about leadership and hopefully be inspired. College Old Boy and social entrepreneur Sam Johnson was the main speaker. In an enthusiastic and interactive presentation, he talked about his journey, how he set up the Student Volunteer Army, and how everyone has different strengths to contribute to a project in terms of being a visionary, doer, planner, promoter or reviewer. He also emphasised the idea that collective success is more important than a single part. The students then broke into workshops

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