What Student Leadership can do to connect students

At the first NEVR Student Forum school captains and leaders contributed what they had done or planned to do to maintain student focus and motivation. Strategies included:

• Communicating clearly. School captains would ask students at assemblies what they wanted to know more about and ask their coordinators if they could find the information.

• Student newsletter

• Recording teacher profiles/ short clips of positive messages for students

• Organising motivational speakers/ lining up TED talks for discussion

• Inviting ex-students, what's uni like for them in remote?

• Breakfast club- just meet and eat!

• Virtual study groups

• Regular VCAA updates. What's changed, what is staying the same.

• Subject classes all to contribute a question to a kahoot to test knowledge for another class

• Competitions and fun activities to keep including:

  • • Digital Olympics

    • Dress up day/ crazy shirt or hat day

    • Debating group

    • School bands/ choirs

    • School musical performances including The Masked Singer

    • Masterchef

    • Student Vs Teacher days

    • Trivia night

    • Synchronised film viewing

    • Book club

    • Video game high score challenge

    • Lego masters

    • Photography competition

    • Rewarded with a canteen voucher