26 Jun 2013
The Student Representative Council is the student representative and advocacy body of GRC-H.B.C. It is a student driven initiative whose role is to represent all students and help students develop their vision and capacity for making a difference. The SRC members organise ways to encourage student participation in school life by working together to hold regular events and fundraisers to raise student awareness of poverty, illness and misfortune in the community and the world.
The key role of the SRC at GRC-H.B.C. is to build a relationship between students and the school, to provide a platform for student's voices and opinions to be heard and to enhance leadership, communication and team work skills.
Members of the SRC attend SRC District meetings which take place every term, they are united with members from other local schools and encourage students to overview their achievements and ideas for the future. Selected members also attend the National Young Leaders Day held at Darling Harbour Convention Centre which has various celebrity speakers who share their inspirational stories about the implications of having determination and persistence. Members elected for the NSW State SRC Conference (hosted by TAP), an honourable opportunity for enthusiastic SRC members attend the conference which comprises of workshops, team building exercises, presentations, keynote speakers and a BIG IDEA session. The Impact Leadership Conference which presents student leadership events and programs across Australia to provide SRC students with an interactive and practical approach towards developing their leadership skills. These opportunities help students develop their leadership and team work abilities and help build the future leaders in our society.
Other activities undertaken by the SRC members include World Vision- 40 Hour Famine which encourages students and teachers to sacrifice something of importance for 40 hours; every year the SRC sponsors a child from Ethiopia; Jeans 4 Genes day which raises money for the Children's Medical Institute and Cancer Research; Shave for a Cure which raises awareness and funds for the Leukemia Foundation; Mothers day raffles which shows appreciation for the support of students mothers; Daffodil day which raises funds for Cancer Council and cancer research and Multicultural day which encourages students and teachers to embrace all ethnic diversities in the school.