Role Models of Leadership

28.6.10

On the 28.6.10 the Eagle police chopper (helicopter) circled the little school of Upper Harbour.
The chopper's gale force
winds forced the grass to fly into our eyes. When the crew men stepped out of the dark blue chopper, the roaring and slicing blades started to slow down. There were three people in the chopper. One of them was a policeman, one was a pilot and the last one was a navigator.

The policeman was called Mr Rakena. He was here to show us what being a true leader is all about and to show us how we can be leaders ourselves.

He said a leader was somebody that helps somebody else.


We had some questions to ask him these are some of them:

If all the emergency services were at a particular scene (Ambulance,Police and Fire fighters) who would be in charge?

Is your career an important job?

If you were a teacher how would you teach this sort of thing to our students?

What would you expect from us at this stage of our life if we were going to become leaders?

If there were two emergencies at a time which one would you attend to first?

How many people do you think are leaders in this school?

Those were just a few of the questions we asked.


Next we went and looked at the police chopper. It was shining in the sun and slowly shaking with the breeze. We watched it lift off our field and soar away into the clouds.

We were excited to have this chopper visit us. Many of us hope we can be pilots one day and take on leadership roles in our community.

Reported by Jouveer.