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Every year, Commissioner for Children and Young People, South Australia, Helen Connolly, organises the Student Voice Postcard initiative as a way of providing Primary School children with an opportunity to have their voices heard and their ideas and views considered. They ask every primary and combined school in South Australia to support their students to take part by completing a postcard and returning it to her.

Students do this by responding to four questions based on the following four
recurring themes:
• What is important to children in this age group…
• What aspirations do they have…
• What are they most worried about…and
• What would they change about their lives if they could?
Tenison Woods College Junior School has been participating for many years and received the Student Voice Champion Medal. The Commissioner's Student Voice Champion Medal recognizes schools in South Australia that have actively participated in the Commissioner for Children and Young People's Student Voice Postcards initiative. This initiative allows Primary School students to share their thoughts, aspirations, and ideas with the Commissioner, whose office then uses this input to inform policy and decision-making. Schools receiving the Champion School Award are acknowledged for their commitment to amplifying student voices.