Schools which attended the summit and joined the Grade 7 pupils of Redhill included Dainfern College, Grayston Preparatory School, Lulama Primary School and Kyalami Preparatory School.
The leadership summit has become an annual event in the Redhill calendar. Redhill’s principal, Ray van Gass, addressed the group of pupils and said, “Leadership is about you standing up and making a difference. The experience is to meet other pupils from other schools, exchange ideas and finding out what inspires the other person.”
The arrangement of the summit included group discussions, leadership games and various activities designed to empower the pupils to identify their own particular leadership strengths. The aim of the summit was to teach the pupils how to be effective, ethical and respectable leaders.
Liza Ashton, a Redhill Preparatory School parent and motivational speaker presented a talk on the importance of leadership collaboration.
She said, “It is almost impossible to solve the world’s problems without collaboration. Leadership is about being invisible and creating conditions for others to be successful.”
Ashton told the pupils that leadership was about quality thinking and making ethical decisions.
Redhill Grade 8 pupils Derryn Jackman, Daniella Roodt and Nastassja Tyron also addressed the Grade 7 pupils about their Grade 7 Leave a Legacy programme which involves the donation of Qhubeka Buffalo Bicycles to underprivileged children in the Babanango Valley area.
The pupils also listened to other speakers such as Miss Earth, Ella Bella, Tshiamo Ndlovu, Catherine Constantinides and Lead SA hero of the month, Emmanuel Bonoko. They presented information on their leadership styles and their contributions to the communities they serve.
Watch a video of Derryn Jackman, Daniella Roodt and Nastassja Tyron, Redhill School Grade 8 pupils, speak about their Grade 7 Leave a Legacy programme.
