Andrews House Captains book 2019

House Activities Day Leading up to activities day, make sure everything is organised. If Ms Lee hasn’t explicitly said, offer to finalise everyone and their activities. Making sure Ms Lee is aware that you’re willing to help is critical to having a successful year. Depending on what activity you’re doing it may be difficult to support the other members of the House on the day. However, after you’ve finished try and ask anyone you see how they did. If you see them before the activity, wish them luck. As captains, direct encouragement and interest in the members of the House, particularly the younger students, go a really long way. Service Learning – House Charity The House charity is an amazing foundation providing counselling to those involved in the recovery and treatment of cancer patients. One of our biggest regrets as house captains is not doing more for the charity. Putting on fundraisers, such as cake stalls, not only raises money for an amazing cause, but provides an opportunity for PCs to come together and Andrews students to collaborate. Age group managers and other captains The biggest thing about working with the other captains and the age group managers is making sure they understand the expectation but also not bossing them around. In the stress of carnival days its easy to sound a bit too demanding when asking a manager or captain to help, such as chasing after someone who needs to be racing. In general, you, as house captains have a better understanding of how everything is run. Most managers/captains are more than happy to help; they just may not know what needs to be done. So, amidst all the chaos try not to forget that.

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