On 23 March, Year 9 students had a special visit from former Socceroos Captain, Paul Wade.
Paul spoke to the students on important life skills, including resilience, leadership and motivation. Here is what some of our students had to say:
"i got motivation out of it that if you have a challenge that you can always beat it and be resilient. i want him to come back next year."
"He taught me to not give up and that something good can come out of everything."
"I learnt many things during this talk, the key components of this talk was about the ability to handle stress and pressure, as well as how stress is good for you and how it motivates you. I also understood that you can do absolutely anything you put your mind to."
"That stress is a normal thing and always persist through anything to achieve what you want. The last time I did something for the first time was last week when managing my time with assessments."
"Two things i learnt from the Paul wade visit, is to always look at things on the positive side, and to never doubt yourself, that things will happen if you have a positive mindset about it. Also that, your attitude is a vital factor to making it on sports teams."
"That if you learn something today, be able to teach it tomorrow. - Always have a growth mindset and never give up when you fail at something, as well as not blaming it on others. Think of how you can do better to improve on this situation?"
"I learnt about the four boxes: contentment, denial, confusion and renewal. I learnt how you must go through all 4 boxes to reach a goal, and take things one step at a time."
Students in our Years 5 and 6 Football Talented Athletes Program also got to meet with Paul. They had the opportunity to ask him questions and enjoyed looking at the jerseys he has collected throughout his career.
