Loreto Crest Loreto Secondary School   
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Students' Council, 2011/2012

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  1st year  Neasa Brennan Eva Hearne
  2nd year Michelle Fox Leanne Corrigan
  3rd year Beth Sheridan Alice Sheridan
  4th year Orla Nimmo Maeve Lambert 
  5th year  Nicole O’ Connor Louise O’ Connor
  6th year Dervla Nimmo Siobhan O’ Regan
  Head Girl   Riona O’ Connell
  Deputy Head Girl    Andrea Rath
     

Update

All members of the Students’ Council will take part in a planning meeting on Thursday, 23 February from 2.11 to 3.33 p.m.

The meeting will be attended also by Mr. O’ Shea (Principal) and by the soon-to-be-appointed teacher with special responsibility for the school’s Students’ Council.

Report of meeting 10

Date of meeting: Monday, 28 November.

The minutes of the last meeting were adopted.

Students wishing to cycle to school

There was no interest for the cycling to school so no more action will be taken on this project.

Toilets in St. Pats

Andrea asked Jim about the toilets in St. Pats. He is working on it but needs a metal beam and will get back to us on it.

General Matters

    » Students were enquiring about the Science lab stools explaining that they were
       uncomfortable, however these are the chairs that are recommended by the department.

    » Andrea came up with the idea to announce a different word on the intercom each day. We
       will speak about this more at our next meeting.

    » In response to our previous week’s request on getting mirrors in the Teach Mhuire changing
       rooms, we were happy to see them put up during the week.

The next meeting was arranged for Monday, 5 December.

Report of meeting 9

Date of meeting: Monday, 21 November

Attendance: Neasa Brennan, Eva Hearne, Michelle Fox, Dervla Nimmo Siobhan O’ Regan,
Louise O’ Connor, Riona O’ Connell and Andrea Rath.

The minutes of the last meeting were adopted.

Random Act of kindness week

Random Act of Kindness week was a great success and was enjoyed by students, teachers and members of staff.

Correspondence

We decided to fill out the application form (which the ISSU sent us), at the next meeting.

General matters

Michelle is going to speak to Jim about the door of the toilet in Pats 3 and will report back at the next meeting

We asked school management about getting mirrors in the changing rooms.

We decided to hold a meeting for Students who wished to cycle to school. Siobhan will make an announcement about this and we will speak more about this at the next meeting

The next meeting was arranged for Monday, 28 November.

Report on Random Act of Kindness Week

Random Act of Kindness week took part in Loreto Secondary School from 14/11/11 to 18/11/11.

Activities carried out!!

Free lollipops and chocolate each morning:
Each morning 2 students from the committee handed out lollipops/chocolate etc. which were purchased from the cash and carry to students to show them random acts of kindness in action. This proved to be a huge success putting a smile on many people’s faces.

Passing on bookmarks:
11 bookmarks were made and passed on throughout the school each with a different number from 1-11. If you received a bookmark, it meant you must carry out a random act of kindness before handing it on to another student/teacher/member of staff. Throughout the week there was a number of spot prizes, for example, a bookmark was picked and announced over the intercom, whoever had that bookmark would receive a prize.

Yellow star in foyer:
A yellow star was made by members of the committee which was put up in the foyer. If somebody seen a student/teacher/member of staff carrying out a kind action they would write it on the star. This was made to show peoples kindness being recognised. On the star there were many examples of people’s kindness in action. This worked really well and was filled with kind actions people carried out.

Posters to raise awareness:
A number of posters were made to raise awareness about random act of kindness week and were put up around the school.

Announcements on the intercom:
There were a number of announcements during the week with updates on random act of kindness week.

Music on the intercom:
Each day a different song was played at lunchtime on the intercom. Many people in the school enjoyed this and sang along.

All in all, the week went really well and marked the culmination of a lot of thought and work by the Students’ Council.

Mr. O’ Shea paid generous tribute to the Council and hoped that this initiative would become an annual event.

Report of meeting 8

Date of meeting: Monday, 7 November.

Attendance: Neasa Brennan, Eva Hearne, Leanne Corrigan, Michelle Fox, Beth Sheridan,
Alice Sheridan, Maeve Lambert, Orla Nimmo, Dervla Nimmo, Siobhan O’ Regan, Riona O’ Connell and Andrea Rath.

The minutes of the last meeting were adopted.

Random Act of kindness week

We made sure that we were fully organised for Random Acts of kindness week, going through each activity that was taking place and making sure someone had a job for each task to ensure it is carried out.

Correspondence

A letter was received from ISSU (Irish Second-Level Students’ Union) encouraging us to become a member of the ISSU. The Students’ Council will discuss more about this before making a final decision. Also enclosed were a number of iConnect student card application forms.

The next meeting was arranged for Monday,14 November.

Report of meeting 7

Date of meeting: Monday, 24th October.

Attendance: Neasa Brennan, Eva Hearne, Leanne Corrigan, Maeve Lambert, Nicole O’ Connor, Orla Nimmo, Dervla Nimmo and Siobhan O’ Regan, Riona O’ Connell and Andrea Rath.

The minutes of the last meeting were adopted.

Random Act of kindness week

» The date for Random Act of kindness week has been finalised. It will take place, week
 
   beginning 14th November.

» Orla and Maeve will make posters which will be put up around the school to raise awareness
 
   about Random act of kindness week.

» 2 bookmarks per year will be made. We decided to put a different number on each bookmark so
 
   we could identify them, and have prizes during the week if a student had a particular
 
   bookmark.

» Siobhan will make announcements about Random Act of kindness week to keep people up to
 
   date.

» Andrea will get prizes and lollipops which are needed for the week.

» Dervla and Andrea will hand out lollipops one of the mornings.

» The yellow star will be put up in the Foyer.

A number of more ideas were also suggested:

» Eva suggested getting a teddy which the Students Council would name and get students to
 
   try pick a name for it and have a prize if anyone picked the name.

» We also suggested to only put one song on the intercom each day as people may get fed up
 
   if it is played for a long period of time.

The next meeting was arranged for Monday, 7th November.

Report of meeting 6

Date of meeting: Monday,17 October.

Attendance: Neasa Brennan, Eva Hearne, Michelle Fox, Maeve Lambert, Nicole O’ Connor,
Dervla Nimmo, Siobhan O’ Regan,  Riona O’Connell and Andrea Rath.

Random Acts of kindness week
As French week is now taking place next week (Monday, 24 October), Random act of kindness week is being put on hold until after the mid-term.

A yellow star was made for Random acts of kindness week as we felt the heart didn’t suit the occasion well. A number of students from the Students’ Council met up in the art room to make the star.

The next meeting was arranged for Monday, 24 October.

Report of meeting 5

Date of meeting: Monday, 10 October

Attendance: Neasa Brennan, Eva Hearne, Orla Nimmo, Maeve Lambert, Nicole O’ Connor,
Louise O’ Connor, Dervla Nimmo and Siobhan O’ Regan.

The minutes of the last meeting were adopted following the proposal of Maeve and seconded by Dervla.

Random acts of kindness week
We changed the date for Random acts of kindness week until week beginning Monday 24 October.

The date of the competition was also changed to week beginning Monday 17 October.

Instead of doing the tree we decided to make a heart as we felt it was more original and suited the occasion better.

Preparation for the competition and Random acts of kindness week are going to begin this week.
Eva is going to ask Ms. Byrne for permission to use the art room at a lunch time so we can make the love heart.

We also came up with a good few other ideas which could take place during “Random Acts of kindness week,” such as:

    » Making cookies and giving them out to a different class each day.

    » Holding a cinema day for either the 1st years, in the concert Hall or the 6th years, in the
    
 Geography room at a lunch time during one of the days.

    » Letting every person in the school design a card for themselves and then everyone in their
    
 class writes a kind remark about them on their card.

    » Each morning and lunchtime hand out lollipops to students in order to show them kindness
   
  in action.

    » Painting smiley faces or something like this on students’ faces.

    » Get teachers to nominate one of  their classes who carried out the kindness action, and
    
 each class nominated would be put into a hat and the winner would receive a prize.

    » Holding a Halloween themed Treasure Hunt throughout the school, whereby the Students’
    
 Council would put vouchers around the school and if a student found a voucher they would
    
 win a prize.

Report of meeting 4

Date of meeting: Monday, 19 September

Under matters arising, we decided on different activities which could be carried out for “Random Acts of kindness week.”

Random acts of kindness week
A date was decided for Random acts of kindness week which was from the 17th of October until the 21st of October.

The Students Council decided to make a tree which would be put up in the foyer. On the tree there would be a number of leaves and if any student carried out a kind action their name would be written on a leaf which would be put on the tree.

We also decided to hold a competition during the week, where students would design and decorate a bookmark outlining some aspect to promote “Random Acts of kindness week.” At the end of the week the students’ council would pick five winners and give each winner a prize.

We are going to start preparing for Random acts of kindness week on Monday the 10th of October by making posters and putting them up around the school providing information to everyone about “Random Acts of kindness week” As well as making the tree which will be put up in the foyer.

The next meeting was arranged for Monday the 10th of October.

Report of meeting 3

Date of meeting: Monday, 26 September

Attendance: Neasa Brennan, Eva Hearne, Michelle Fox, Orla Nimmo, Maeve Lambert, Louise O’ Connor, Dervla Nimmo, Siobhan O’ Regan.

Apologies were received from Riona O’ Connell and Andrea Rath.

Minutes of the last meeting were adopted.

Under matters arising, different ideas were suggested for “Random Acts of Kindness week.”

Random Acts of Kindness Week

Siobhan suggested making bookmarks for “Random Acts of Kindness Week” whereby students would receive a bookmark from a student who carried out a kind or positive action. If you receive a bookmark you would have to do something kind/positive before passing it on to another person.

Dervla suggested putting a box on the foyer where students could be nominated for doing something kind in the school.

General Matters

We are still trying to organise an annual event for the school. Orla and Dervla are going to make surveys for each year to gather opinions about it.

The next meeting was arranged for Monday,3 October.

Report of meeting 2

Date of meeting: Monday, 19 September.

Attendance: Neasa Brennan, Leanne Corrigan, Orla Nimmo, Maeve Lambert, Nicole O’ Connor, Dervla Nimmo, Siobhan O’ Regan, Riona O’ Connell and Andrea Rath.

Under matters arising, different activities and events which could be undertaken throughout the year were suggested.

Possible Projects

Many different activities and projects were suggested:

Nicole suggested having a Breast Cancer awareness day whereby all students could wear something pink e.g, pink nail-varnish.

Orla suggested having a “Be positive week” which would involve a week where students showed random acts of kindness towards each other.

Siobhan thought it would be good to organise a clothes charity day where students could bring in any unwanted clothing from home.

We also decided it would be good to organise an annual event which students could enjoy each year. No exact event has been picked we are still thinking of ideas for it, and will discuss our ideas at the next meeting.

General Matters

Dervla suggested improving the number of suggestions in the suggestion box by asking all class teachers to make their class more aware about the suggestion box. Dervla also explained that if a student put 5 good suggestions in the box they would win a prize. We decided to look into this further.

The next meeting was arranged for Monday, 26 September.
 

Report of meeting 1

Date of meeting: Thursday, 15 September 2011

Attendance: Neasa Brennan, Eva Hearne, Michelle Fox, Leanne Corrigan, Beth Sheridan, Orla Nimmo, Maeve Lambert, Nicole O’ Connor, Louise O’ Connor, Dervla Nimmo, Siobhan O’ Regan, Riona O’ Connel and Andrea Rath.

General matters
    » Mr O’ Shea explained the role of the Students’ Council in the school.
    » It was suggested that we could play different games to help us to bond and get to know
each other better.
    » We discussed some ideas of projects we could undertake in the upcoming year, such as
making students more aware about the suggestion box outside the meeting room.
    » Jobs were assigned within the council.

Chairperson - Dervla

PRO - Siobhan

Secretary - Orla

The next meeting was arranged for Monday
, 19 September at 1.30 in Rap. 2.

 
 

 

 

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