Sarah Henderson (Corangamite, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I rise to express how pleased I was to visit Ocean Grove Primary School recently at the invitation of Principal Darryl Diment to present the school's leadership badges for 2014. Special congratulations must go to school captains Gabi Phillips and Charlie Hirst, who I am sure will do a great job, ably assisted by vice-captains Kaia Young and Ted Murphy. The school's leadership team also includes Lily Drake, Ned Hicks, Taia Young, Sam Witherden, Arkie Williams, Noah Lever, Emily Henry, Chris McMahon, Erica Crawford, Angus Buchanan-Turnour, Tamsyn Staehr, Scott Campbell, Penny Wytkamp, Harrison Clark, Lilly Copperwaite, Oliver Bowers, Indigo Crawley and Lucy Carpenter.

Recognising the fantastic work that schools do to foster leadership and good citizenship in their students is so important. That is why I am launching the Corangamite medal. In every participating school across my electorate, this program recognises one student in each primary and secondary school for outstanding citizenship. This is an important initiative, which I am hoping all schools in my electorate will embrace. As I said to the children of Ocean Grove Primary School, they are all leaders in their own way. As a government, we are working hard across every community to recognise the great work that schools do and to encourage our leaders of tomorrow.