Brookvale Public School
 
Prefects and Captains
 
By Andrew

At our school we have Captains and Prefects.  To be a Captain or Prefect you have to be good all year before you get to Year 6. We have to make a speech to be on the ballot paper. After the speeches students in Years 3 to 5 and teachers vote. The Captains are announced on Presentation Night. The next day the Principal announces the Prefects. The next year you get a badge. You know I'm Captain and so is Andri for the school.
 

 
All prefects receive a badge at the Prefects Induction Assembly.
It is a great honour.
 
School Prefects
 
By Kara
 
Being a School Prefect is really  fun.  You can only be one when you are in Year 6. You get to help all the kids in the school and especially Kindy.

For being a Prefect you get a badge and have to sign a pledge as a school leader.

Our  Prefects names in 1998 were Jasmine, Matangi, Kara, Talia, Phillip, Jaxon, Christian, Debbie. Our School Captains are Andri and Andrew.

We have lots of responsible jobs like running the weekly Assembly and each morning you have to line the classes up and keep them quiet while the teachers are talking.

You get to go to important ceremonies and represent the school.  When you get your badge on Assembly you also have to sign a book which all the other captains and prefects have also signed.

There are always extra jobs to do for the teachers and kids to help the school be a better place.
 

 
 Prefects sign a pledge at the ceremony as well.
 
By Jasmine
 
At the end of every year, Year 6 move onto High School and some new kids get to be a School Prefect or even a School Captain.

The kind of responsibilities you get being a Prefect are you have to take care of the Assembly and also we have to take care of the children, it's a lot of fun and sometimes it's hard work.  It is most important to set a good example for the younger kids.

I hear you asking how do they know you are a Prefect? Well it's not only because the way we act but also because we get presented a great golden and maroon coloured badge with the name Prefect or Captain at a special Assembly.
 

 
 The School Captains and Prefects for 1998.