For the second year running the Beaconhouse School System hosted "Little Leaders", an event focusing on the role parents can play in their child’s social and intellectual growth. On the last Sunday in January eighteen Beaconhouse schools across the country opened their doors to parents of children aged 3 to 8 for a full day of free interactive workshops and activities.

The programme of fully interactive workshops was based on the latest research in education and child development and included hands-on activities and question-and-answer sessions. The topics included `How to Raise a Leader; ‘Parenting for Today: Raising Tomorrow’s Leaders’; ‘How to Raise a Reader’; ‘How your Child can love Maths’; ‘How your Child can learn through Play’, and ‘How to use Technology with your Child’.  Each was designed to provide simple strategies to instil a sense of leadership and responsibility in the young, as well as helping them to develop core skills in a world that has become increasingly competitive.  

In particular, the event highlighted ways in which to promote a lifelong appreciation and love for books. Parents were also guided on tips and techniques to practise with their young ones to make them appreciate the fun and magic of mathematics and technology and how they could be applied in virtually every sphere of life.

While parents were busy in the workshops, the children were kept fully occupied in a range of activities included storytelling, sports, art and craft, pottery, puppetry, jumping castle and games.