Primary School Leadership Programs | Years 5–6

WHY PRIMARY LEADERSHIP

Leadership Starts in Primary School

At Youth Leadership Academy Australia (YLAA), we believe primary school is where leadership begins, not years from now, but today. That’s why our programs are purposefully designed to help Year 5 and Year 6 students discover their potential, build confidence, and develop essential leadership skills for school and life. Whether it’s leading a team project or supporting a peer, young leaders thrive when given the tools to succeed.

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Custom-Fit Leadership Workshops for Primary Schools

No cookie-cutter sessions here. We tailor every program to align with your school's leadership framework, student cohort, and community goals.

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Created by Young Leaders, for Young Leaders

YLAA is proudly youth-led. Our facilitators understand today’s students and what motivates them, because we’ve walked the same path.

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Evidence-Based Learning That Sticks

Grounded in positive psychology and pedagogy, our programs focus on resilience, communication, collaboration and emotional intelligence, key skills backed by research and lived experience.

Primary Student Leaders Workshop

Years 5 and 6

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Up to 50 Students

A one-day primary school student leadership workshop that helps student leadership teams build trust, clarify their role, and lead a student-led initiative that creates real change in their school.

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Discovery of Resilience & Leadership (Primary Whole Year Level)

Years 5 and 6

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Up to 100 Students

This workshop provides primary school students with the opportunity to explore and discover their role as leaders in society, through an experiential, learner-centred approach.

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WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

Three steps from enquiry to impact.

Enquire

Tell us about your school, cohort, and goals. We respond within 24 hours.

Co-design

We tailor every workshop to your school’s leadership framework, students, and outcomes.

Deliver

Our facilitators arrive ready. Students leave with skills, confidence, and a plan they can use.

THE YLAA APPROACH

The 4 Es Framework.

Experience

‍We start with hands-on, interactive challenges that help students explore leadership through action.

Empower

Students reflect on what they’ve learned and begin to connect their personal strengths to real-world leadership.

Equip

‍We provide practical tools and strategies students can use immediately in their school and leadership teams.

Educate

Each concept is linked back to research and real-life applications, ensuring every student understands the ‘why’ behind their learning.

FREQUENTLY ASKED

Common questions, answered.

Can you tailor to our school’s leadership framework?

Yes. Every program is co-designed with your school. We map workshops to your leadership values, House system, captaincy structure, or wellbeing framework, whatever already lives in your school.

What year levels and cohort sizes do you work with?

Primary programs are designed for Year 5 and Year 6. We run whole-cohort workshops (up to 100 students) and focused sessions for school leadership teams and SRCs.

How long is a session?

Most primary incursions run as a half-day or full-day workshop. We tailor the duration to your cohort and what your school needs.

Who delivers the program?

Our facilitators are young leaders themselves, trained and vetted, with a minimum of four years’ experience. For-youth, by-youth is the YLAA difference.

What does a program cost?

Programs are tailored to your school. Cohort size, duration, outcomes, and location all factor in. Enquire and we’ll send a custom quote within 24 hours.

How far in advance should we book?

Terms 3 and 4, 2026 are filling now and 2027 dates are opening. To lock in your preferred date, get in touch as early as you can.

Our Goal

We find that our youngest students are an ever-inspiring cohort who bring a sense of energy and inspiration that can dissolve over time as young people enter the stress and pressure of adulthood. We aim to nurture the inner child within every student and let them know that their voice matters, and that the impact that they can make on the world by being exactly who they are, is profound.

Nurturing young minds into becoming powerful leaders.

Leadership Starts in Primary School

Custom-Fit Leadership Workshops for Primary Schools

Created by Young Leaders, for Young Leaders

Evidence-Based Learning That Sticks

Primary Student Leaders Workshop

Years 5 and 6

|

Up to 50 Students

A one-day primary school student leadership workshop that helps student leadership teams build trust, clarify their role, and lead a student-led initiative that creates real change in their school.

Discovery of Resilience & Leadership (Primary Whole Year Level)

Years 5 and 6

|

Up to 100 Students

This workshop provides primary school students with the opportunity to explore and discover their role as leaders in society, through an experiential, learner-centred approach.

Three steps from enquiry to impact.

Enquire

Co-design

Deliver

The 4 Es Framework.

Experience

Empower

Equip

Educate

Youth Leadership Academy Australia has supported over 65,000 young people and is trusted by 1,500 schools across Australia.

Bring YLAA to your school.

Common questions, answered.

Can you tailor to our school’s leadership framework?

What year levels and cohort sizes do you work with?

How long is a session?

Who delivers the program?

What does a program cost?

How far in advance should we book?

Our Goal

Nurturing young minds into becoming powerful leaders.

Leadership Starts in Primary School

Custom-Fit Leadership Workshops for Primary Schools

Created by Young Leaders, for Young Leaders

Evidence-Based Learning That Sticks

Primary Student Leaders Workshop

Years 5 and 6

|

Up to 50 Students

A one-day primary school student leadership workshop that helps student leadership teams build trust, clarify their role, and lead a student-led initiative that creates real change in their school.

Discovery of Resilience & Leadership (Primary Whole Year Level)

Years 5 and 6

|

Up to 100 Students

This workshop provides primary school students with the opportunity to explore and discover their role as leaders in society, through an experiential, learner-centred approach.

Three steps from enquiry to impact.

Enquire

Co-design

Deliver

The 4 Es Framework.

Experience

Empower

Equip

Educate

Youth Leadership Academy Australia has supported over 65,000 young people and is trusted by 1,500 schools across Australia.

Bring YLAA to your school.

Common questions, answered.

Can you tailor to our school’s leadership framework?

What year levels and cohort sizes do you work with?

How long is a session?

Who delivers the program?

What does a program cost?

How far in advance should we book?

Our Goal

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