Part of the Transition Year 08/09 Updates
Lucca Leadership
On the 20th October the TY1 class from Hazelwood College headed to Curraghchase to participate in Lucca Leadership. We went there unsure of what to expect. All of us went with an open mind and a willingness to participate. On arrival we were welcomed by Rob the CEO of Lucca leadership and our group leader Paul Moriarty, Paul organised the trip and offered the service of Lucca leadership in Limerick. Firstly he briefly outlined the values of Lucca then we signed the rules agreeing to respect them. We then went outside and did some team tasks, one which could be described as jumping off bins – we know this sounds dangerous but trust us, we were safe as houses and it was fun!! We then went inside and discussed our leadership skills and everyone gave there opinion. We watched influential videos to inspire our leadership skills. We returned back to Curraghchase on the 21st to continue on with our course, we furthered our knowledge on how to be a good leader and the qualities needed. We also participated in more very ‘dangerous’ but never the less good fun outdoor activities. Towards the end we discussed putting our leadership skills into practise. We all agreed that Lucca leadership was really enjoyable and extremely beneficial. We would recommend it to everyone. We shall finish this with one key thing we took away from this course “Health and happiness is everyone’s birthright not just the “many” or the “few”.
BY Michelle Lane, Emma Purcell, Aisling O’Brien