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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
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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
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The date for Random
Act of kindness week has been
finalised. It will take place, week
beginning 14th
November.
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Orla and Maeve will
make posters which will be put up
around the school to raise awareness
about Random act
of kindness week.
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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.
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Siobhan will make
announcements about Random Act of
kindness week to keep people up to
date.
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Andrea will get
prizes and lollipops which are
needed for the week.
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Dervla and Andrea
will hand out lollipops one of the
mornings.
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The yellow star will
be put up in the Foyer.
A number of more
ideas were also suggested:
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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.
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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:
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Making cookies and giving them out
to a different class each day.
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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.
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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.
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Each morning and
lunchtime hand out lollipops to
students in order to show them
kindness
in action.
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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.
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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.
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General
matters |
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Mr O’ Shea explained the
role of the Students’
Council in the school. |
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It was
suggested that we could
play different games to
help us to bond and get
to know
each other better. |
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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. |
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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. |
