Y7 & 8 National Young Leaders Conference 2016
On Tuesday 31st May 2016, we
headed of to the Horncastle Arena to attend the 2016 National Young Leaders Day. Once we got there we gathered everybody together. We got our seats and we
were all given a NYLD note book, pen and 'Passport to Success' book with lots of
inspirational quotes.
They told us there were over 2000 intermediate students
there, some had come all the way from Timaru.
The music stopped, the lights dimmed, there was
a massive count down, 3,2,1 - our exciting day began.
The hosts ran on stage, Esmy and Christian. They
were great, playing games with us between the speakers.
We listened to inspirational speakers,
such as Zane Scarborough (youth communicator), Billy Graham (boxer, motivator
and fitness adviser), James Beck, (youth educator for the Parenting Place),
Jonny Wilson (Goodtime Music Academy), Maina Alefosio (Spoken Word artist),
Emily Muli (singer, songwriter and World Vision ambassador), Brylee Mills
(professional dancer and amputee), Tihou Weepu(All Black), and last but not
least Avalanche City who performed his two number 1 hits!
We were inspired to be effective leaders. All
the speakers talked about overcoming obstacles to become leaders. They all left
us with motivational quotes such as:"You don't get to chose what happens to you
but you can chose you attitude." and"The best leaders are the ones who do great
things and do it with great characters."
The 20 West Melton Leaders who attended were all
buzzing at the end of the day.
By Alessandra and Bella - Head Students
