Last month I attended the Leadership by the Cowpasture conference, which brings together student leaders from local high schools and support leaders from 14 primary schools. The conference seeks to develop student leaders through collaborative activities and exercises, with a focus on fostering skills in leadership, public speaking, and community mindedness. It was great to meet south-west Sydney's student leaders, and answer questions about values, role models and leadership. I was also joined by Marianne Siokos, Director Educational Leadership, who made remarks about the value of the conference. I'd like to give a special shoutout the student leaders from St John's Park High School for organising and hosting the event, as well as Principal Ms Moisidis, Ms Wasch and Ms Le for their support. I hope to see out student leaders achieve remarkable things with these skills in their own schools, and I look forward to seeing what comes out of next year's conference.