What a pleasure it was to attend the annual Primary School Leadership Awards ceremony at Elim Church today. This event is for Primary School children from Porirua and Tawa and is jointly run by The Rotary Clubs of Porirua, Plimmerton and Tawa as well as Porirua City Council.  We celebrated the leadership shown by Toby Benson-Tofts and Allise Taurima.

Toby is someone who always leads by example as well as encouraging those around him to make the best choices. He knows what is expected of a leader in our school and always lives up to this. Toby thinks about what is best for others and makes decisions that benefit those around him. He often puts the needs of others before his own needs. Toby will work hard to make sure those who often don't succeed as easily as he does, or get as many chances to do things as he does, are prioritised above himself. He has given up break times and gone out of his way to work with a young student who really struggled with the transition into school. Toby completes jobs asked of him to required standards and with a minimum of fuss. He is a delight to work with and shows true integrity with all that he does.

Allise is a go to person in our school for any jobs that need doing. No job is too hard for her. She comes to school early every day to help set up for school lunches, cover Road Patrol for others as well as her own shift, and anything else teachers need doing before school. She has worked as an extra person on duty this year in our Junior Playground helping out younger students to join in games, solve social problems and comforting them when they are upset.  Allise works tirelessly with our youngest students, and is often sought after by them when they have a problem. She can be relied on to make sensible choices and do her best in any situation.

Thank you both for all you do for our school.