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Students’ Council, 2009/2010
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1st
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Eithne
Nolan |
Hayley Miller |
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2nd
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Chloe
Carroll |
Vacancy |
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3rd
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Lisa
Sommers |
Megan Smith |
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4th
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Louise
Mahon |
Cliona Ryan |
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5th
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Jane
O' Faherty |
Ellie Doyle |
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6th
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Rachel
Creane |
Julie-Anne Murphy |
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Head
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Sarah Wade |
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Deputy
Head Girl |
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Katie Flynn |
Student’s Council Meeting – 11 September 2009
This was
the first of this year’s student’s council meetings. An
introduction was made about what students council is all
about and the jobs of chairperson, secretary, treasurer and
public relations officer were assigned. It was decided that
the council should meet at 13.40 every second Friday, and
the peaceful surroundings of the prayer room were the
preferred venue.
Last
year, the topic of healthy eating came up in the student’s
council but no action was taken to do anything about the
lack of healthy food available in the school. This year, we
have decided to make a big effort with healthy eating and
research is in progress at the moment to get fresh fruit
available for sale in the school at lunch time. Katie, Ellie
and Hayley are visiting supermarkets this week to find out
about getting healthy snacks. Hopefully by the next meeting
on the 25th of September we will have good news
on this topic.
Julie-Anne brought up the topic of study on behalf of her
class mates who are concerned about the new, shorter study
of two hours and 40 minutes. Study was shortened as a result
of both budget cuts and requests from parents to reduce the
cost of study. To reduce the cost, teachers have to get paid
less to supervise and 20 minutes has to be taken off the
time. Teachers feel that the new study will work very well,
as students will be home earlier and so, will have time to
do more study at home and take part in sports that take
place in the evenings.
There is
a suggestions box in the foyer, outside the meeting room
door. Students can place any suggestions that they may have
in this box and they will be collected and considered at
student’s council meetings. If you are placing a suggestion,
please put your name on the sheet with your suggestion. The
next meeting is on Friday the 25th of September,
so if you have any suggestions or problems either tell the
representatives from you year or use the suggestions box.
Thank you.
Students
Council Meeting – 9 October 2009
This was
the second of this year's Students Council meetings, as last
weeks meeting had to be rescheduled due to other events
taking place at lunch.
Julie-Anne opened the meeting by recapping on some of the
last meeting's topics. The officers of the council have been
offered some training from the parent’s council on how to
perform their duties and we will be taking this offer. There
has also been an invitation from the school development
council for two members of the student’s council to attend
each meeting, and Katie and Sarah have volunteered to go to
the first of these meetings.
The topic
of the availability of fresh fruit for sale in school has
made some good progress. Katie, Hayley and Ellie each
visited different shops or supermarkets (Karoo, Super Valu
and Tesco) to find out if they would be interested in
supplying the school with fruit. The results were positive
and this week the three girls, along with Megan, are going
to find the best quote for apples, oranges and bananas. We
hope to be able to start selling these fruits at break time
each day as soon as possible.
Ellie
brought up the topic of the heating in school. She asked if
it would be possible for students to wear their school coats
in class when the weather is cold. Mr O’ Shea said that the
heating has been turned on in the mornings and will be
turned on at other times of the day depending on the
weather, so wearing coats in class should not be necessary.
If anyone feels the need for more heating, please notify a
member of the student’s council and they will tell either Mr
O’ Shea or Martin.
Lisa
asked whether it would be possible to wear Canterbury’s with
the school tracksuit, as many girls already have them and
there is no point in putting extra expense on parents to buy
another tracksuit if these can be worn. Lisa and Sarah plan
to meet with Ms. O’ Keeffe to discuss this topic further and
report back to the student’s council at the next meeting.
The issue
of supervised study will be kept under ongoing review by Mr.
O' Shea and Ms. Oliver in light of representations from
students.
The
student’s council would like to thank anyone who placed
suggestions in the suggestions box last week, and we would
encourage people to continue doing so. Please put your name
on the page with your suggestions so that we can contact you
about your suggestion.
The next meeting
will take place on Friday,16 October at 13.40 in the prayer
room.
Students’ Council Meeting-16 October 2009
This was the
third of this years students' council meetings.
There was little progress made in relation to the fruit
project as contacting the managers of the stores was a
problem. Hayley did receive a quotation, however it was for
too much fruit and so a smaller order is going to be quoted.
Jane has volunteered to visit Lidl this week. There was talk
of buying a fridge with the Students’ Council funds to store
the fruit in, and this will be followed up next week.
Jane asked on behalf of her friends, whether it would be
possible for girls who wear school trousers to wear ordinary
socks, as they are not visible anyway. Sarah talked to Ms.
O’ Keefe during the week about the possibility of wearing
Canterbury trousers as part of the tracksuit. Mrs. O’ Keefe
made the valid point that if she says yes to this then she
will have to say yes to other tracksuits as well. A meeting
has been arranged next week for both Sarah and Jane with Ms.
O’ Keefe.
Louise asked whether it is really necessary for the
stairs outside the LCVP room to be a ‘one way’ stairs.
Louise will talk to Mr. Gannon about this during the week.
There has been an invitation from Comhairle na nÓg for
four members of the Students’ Council to attend a
development meeting on 28 November. At this meeting, young
people will get the opportunity to voice their concerns for
both the development of their county and country. Katie,
Rachel, Clíona and Louise were all interested.
Three suggestions were left in the suggestions box this
week, however none of them contained the name of the sender,
and so could not be considered. The Students’ Council urge
students to please put a name and class on their suggestions
so that progress can be made and suggestions taken
seriously.
The next meeting will take place on Friday, 23 October in
the prayer room. If you have any problems or concerns,
please notify a member of the Students’ Council.
Students’ Council Meeting - 23 October 2009
Today was
our last meeting of this half term.
The
meeting opened with a photo shoot of the council and this
picture will be displayed in the Students’ Council section
of the website.
On the
topic of fresh fruit, it was decided to try out a few
suppliers before making a definite decision. The services of
some of the staff was also volunteered to help with the
transportation of the fruit. Fresh fruit will be on sale at
break from Monday,9 November.
Sarah and
Lisa had a meeting with Ms. O’Keefe during the week to
discuss the issues of being allowed wear Canterbury trousers
as part of the tracksuit and for girls who wear trousers to
be allowed wear normal socks. Mrs. O’Keefe made the fair
point that a lot of time and effort has gone into getting a
proper school tracksuit and that if small changes like these
are made, then over time the tracksuit will become less and
less uniform.
Sarah and
Katie reported back from the School Development and planning
meeting they attended during the week. The said that the
topic of inclusion for students with learning difficulties
will be discussed until Christmas. This means making sure
that students with learning difficulties will be respected,
included and well catered for. After Christmas, Green
Schools and Student Empowerment will come up. The next
meeting is on Friday,6 November.
The
Council are trying to get headed paper made for them. This
paper should be different from the usual school paper, with
more colours and be more youthful. Louise is going to get in
contact with an impressions company to see if they have any
ideas.
The next
meeting of the Council was set for Wednesday,4 November at
13:40 in the Prayer Room.
Students’ Council Meeting - 4 November 2009
Today was
the first meeting of the new half-term.
Julie-Anne opened the meeting and signed the minutes of our
last meeting.
This was
the last meeting before the selling of fresh fruit begins so
the finishing touches had to be made. Everyone agreed that
we should start by buying very small amounts of fruit and if
it proves popular then more can be bought the next week.
Sarah and Julie-Anne agreed to buy 10 apples, bananas and
oranges for next week. The fruit will be sold in the foyer
every break at cost price, as this not intended to be a
profit making project. A rota was decided on so that the
same girls won’t have to sell the fruit all the time. This
project will be advertised by posters, the screens,
announcements on the intercom and by word of mouth.
Louise
reported back to the meeting that she had emailed Lee in
‘Impression Print’ in relation to the headed paper for the
council. She said that she had not got any reply yet, but
hopes to have more information for the next meeting.
Over the
summer, two new screens were put inn the school; one in the
foyer and one outside the concert hall. Mr. O’ Shea said
that the students Council have permission to use these
screens and they should come in very useful in our fresh
fruit project. Jane is going to be trained so that she will
be able to put things on the screens for the council.
Katie
said that it is too late to apply to go to the Comhairle na
nÓg meeting but Ellie suggested that she contact them as in
Ellie’s old school they made a late entry last year. Katie
said she will try this.
The next
meeting was set for Wednesday, 11November, at 13:40 in the
Prayer Room.
Students’
Council
Meeting - 11 November 2009
Today was the second of this half term's meetings.
To begin with, the Students’ Council have been invited to
write an article for the school magazine the TY’s are
producing, describing the work that they do in the school.
Louise agreed to write this article.
Julie-Anne and Sarah had the bad news that they had been
unable to sell fresh fruit this week as they did not have
any change to give potential customers so it would have been
very difficult. We hope to be up and selling for next Monday
and Super Valu will be asked to deliver the fruit on a
weekly basis. Hayley also printed up posters to advertise
the project.
This week, there was a lot of suggestions in our
suggestions box, and this was very good news. Some of the
suggestions included; allowing the students to read the
books that were in the old library, putting heating on all
day in some of the class rooms, planting new trees to
replace the ones that were knocked down and putting solar
panels in the school. Jane suggested that we post these on
the Students’ Council notice board, and stick the responses
beside them. Hayley has agreed to write these responses. We
are delighted at the response to our announcements about the
suggestions box and we hope that this level of enthusiasm
will continue. We would also like to begin making use of the
Students’ Council notice board.
On the topic of headed paper, Louise reported that
‘Impression Print’ had not replied to either of her emails,
and that she would ring them before the next meeting to find
out if they are interested in helping out. It still needs to
be decided what to write on the paper, so suggestions will
be made at the next meeting.
Ellie suggested that the portable library come to the
school, as the books in Tír na nÓg are not accessible to
students. Ellie said that in her old school, a library bus
came that was willing to lend books to students.
Ellie and Clíona will both be attending the Comhairle na
nÓg meeting tomorrow, so they will be able to fill us in on
the events at the next meeting.
The next meeting was set for Wednesday,18 November at
13:40 in the Prayer Room.
Students Council Meeting - 18 November 2009
Today was
our third meeting of this half term.
Julie-Anne opened the meeting and signed the minutes of last
weeks meeting.
Mr.
O’Shea gave responses to the suggestions that were received
at the last meeting. Trees will be planted to replace the
ones that were knocked down. This will take place in March
2010 to coincide with National Tree Week. It is not foreseen
that solar panels will be installed in the short term
future, as the future on the building is still uncertain. He
said that the screens in the foyer and outside the concert
hall are widely viewed by students, becoming very popular
amongst the teachers to display news on, and came at a very
moderate cost.
Many
students notice problems around the school, to do with the
building. Problems such as missing toilet seats, door
handles and bins should all be reported to either Mr O’ Shea
or Martin. If any extra heating is required, this should
also be reported. A new water conservation plan is planned
for the summer of 2010, as schools are going to be metered
for water usage. This means that push taps will be installed
in the bathrooms instead of turning taps, less water will be
in the toilets for flushing, and a thermostat will be placed
in the sinks so that the water temperature can be monitored.
Rachel
asked on behalf of her peers, why students that skip TY and
go straight into fifth year are not eligible to become
Meitheal Leaders. This is because the National Meitheal
Alliance states that students must have completed four years
in secondary school before becoming a Meitheal Leader.
Clíona
and Ellie both attended the Comhairle na nÓg meeting during
the week. They reported that the topics of racism, street
violence and leisure area’s for teenagers were discussed.
They also said that they brought up the point that we are
still waiting for our new school.
The
selling fresh fruit has still not commenced, but we do hope
to begin in the near future. Under health and safety
grounds, anybody who does not have a valid license cannot
prepare food to sell. This means that we can not chop up any
fruit. Julie-Anne said that she will talk to Glenda from
Taste Restaurant to see if they would be interested in
preparing fruit like pineapple and melon.
Louise is
trying to organise getting headed paper for the Students’
Council and during the week she hopes to contact Impression
Print and give them the details that we want displayed on
the paper.
If you
have any concerns, please notify a member of the Students’
Council, or place a signed suggestion in the suggestions box
in the foyer. The next meeting will take place on
Wednesday, 25 November at 13:40 in the Prayer Room.
Students Council Meeting - 25 November 2009
Today was
our fourth meeting of this half term.
Julie-Anne opened the meeting and
signed the minutes of last week's meeting.
Hayley and Eithne told us that many
of the first years requested that jellies and microwave
popcorn be put in the vending machines. Though there is a
large selection of chocolate bars in the vending machines,
there are no jellies. Popcorn is thought of as a healthy
snack and most people prefer microwave popcorn that the
prepacked variety. We will ask Mr O’ Shea about this at our
next meeting.
During the week, Julie-Anne got in
contact with Glenda from taste restaurant in relation to the
fresh fruit project. Glenda said that she would be happy to
prepare fresh fruit for us, but she will have to talk to Mr.
O’ Shea before she begins. We hope that this will take place
during the week.
The junior cert students are
concerned by the fact that they have to wear their uniforms
for the Junior Cert exams. They feel that this adds stress
to an already stressful situation and that they would
concentrate better in their own clothes. We will ask Mr O’
Shea about this at our next meeting.
Sarah reported all the missing
toilet seats ad door handles to Mr. O’ Shea during the week
so that they can be fixed. If you notice any other
maintenance issues with the building, please don’t hesitate
to notify Sarah, Martin or Mr. O’ Shea.
The Students’ Council have received
an invitation from the Parents’ Council to have a lunch with
them in the run up to Christmas. Sarah is going to contact a
member of the Parents’ Council during the week so that we
can set a date for their generous invitation.
Louise reported that she was
talking to Lee from ‘Impression Print’ during the week. She
told him the details that we want printed on the headed
paper. Ellie drew up a crest and slogan, and Louise is going
to email it to Lee during the week.
The next Students’ Council meeting
will take place on Friday the 9th of December at
13:40 in
the Prayer Room.
Students Council Meeting - 9 December 2009
Today was our last meeting before Christmas.
Julie-Anne opened the meeting by signing the minutes of
our last meeting.
At our last meeting, it was suggested that jellies and
microwave popcorn be on sale in the vending machines. This
matter is going to be discussed with Ms. Oliver as she is
the teacher in charge of the vending machines.
Junior Cert students asked whether it would be possible
to wear their own clothes during their exams as this would
make them more comfortable. Mr O’ Shea said that a few years
ago they had tried this and it didn’t work. The main reasons
for this were that students were wearing clothes
inappropriate for state examinations. Many students also
found that their was a lot of pressure on them to choose an
outfit socially acceptable amongst their peers.
During the week, the Students’ Council received a letter
from the Loreto Education Centre about the projects we plan
to carry out during the year. All the Loreto Student
Councils in Ireland have been asked to do this so that we
can all share ideas. Louise faxed them and told them about
the Fresh Fruit project.
In relation to the fresh fruit project, many people are
wondering why it is still not underway. A lot of effort is
still going in to it and we do hope to be up and running in
the near future. Glenda in Taste is happy to prepare and
deliver the fruit and students are going to sell it. A few
things still have to be finalised before we begin selling
however.
Louise emailed Impression Print the drawing of the crest
we want on our headed paper. She rang Lee as well and is
expecting an email from him in the coming week.
The Students’ council are delighted to accept the
invitation form the Parents’ Council to have lunch with them
on Tuesday,15 December. At this, they will get a chance to
have discussions about what projects we are planning, etc.
The next meeting was scheduled for Wednesday,13 January.
We would like to wish everyone a very happy and healthy
Christmas and New Year.
Students’ Council Meeting - 13 January 2010
This was our first meeting of the New Year. Julie-Anne
opened the meeting and signed the minutes of our last
meeting.
The ISSU (Irish Second-Level Students’ Union) sent the
Students’ Council a brochure giving details about a discount
card that students’ can avail of. The ISSU is a non-profit
organisation that does their best to promote the rights of
secondary school students in Ireland. They try to ensure
that the voice of students is heard on every part of the
country. The brochure gives a list of shops that the
discount card can be used in and also an application form to
apply for the card. More information is available at
www.studentcard.ie or from any member of the Students’
Council.
Louise received a sample of the headed paper that we are
trying to organise over the Christmas break. The paper is
colourful and youthful. During the week Louise will email
Impression Print and give them some details that will
individualise the paper so that it is specific to Loreto
Wexford.
The fresh fruit project is still not complete. Julie-Anne
is awaiting a reply from Taste restaurant to see if they
wish to go ahead with preparing the fruit for us.
Before the Christmas holidays, the Students’ Council had
the privilege of having lunch with the Parents’ Council.
This was a very enjoyable occasion as we got to share ideas
and talk about our work so far. All members of the Students’
Council would like to sincerely thank the Parents’ Council
for organising this for
us.
The next meeting will take place on Wednesday the 27th
of January at 13:40 in the prayer room.
Students’ Council Meeting – 27 January 2010
Today
was the last meeting before the February mid term break, as
the sixth and third years will have their mock exams.
Julie-Anne opened the meeting by signing the minutes of the
last meeting.
Louise said
that she had received a receipt from the Loreto Education
Centre acknowledging that they had received our list of
projects for the year. These shall be published in the
magazine they bring out every year along with the projects
of Loreto schools all over the country. This is a good way
of giving schools ideas of what they can do for their own
school.
The Irish
Second Level Students Union (ISSU) has issued the school
with one free discount card. This is going to be raffled
amongst members of first year in the coming week and the
lucky winner will receive the discount card.
As all the
members of the Students’ Council are so involved with the
goings on in our own school, we never get to step back and
see what the Students’ Councils in our neighbouring schools
do. It was suggested by Mr. O' Shea that we arrange a
meeting with the St Peter's College Students’ Council to
discuss this. Sarah said that she will contact Shane Gubbins,
the head boy of St. Peters, to arrange this.
In the run
up to Christmas, Glenda of Taste restaurant was too busy to
prepare fresh fruit for our school. Now that the Christmas
season is well over, she hopes to be able to prepare it for
us, Julie-Anne and Clíona are going to talk to her in the
coming week and finalise the details of this long awaited
project.
Everybody in
the Students’ Council is absolutely delighted at the success
of the Haiti Earthquake collection, in which we raised
€3360.30. We would sincerely like to thank everybody who
contributed so generously.
Our next
meeting will take place on Wednesday the 24th of
February at 13:40 in the Prayer Room.
Students’ Council Meeting –
26 February
Julie-Anne was unable to attend this
meeting, so Rachel chaired it and signed the
minutes.
Louise had good news about the headed
paper. She received a sample from Impression Print which
included the school crest, address and a slogan. It is both
colourful and youthful and we feel it is very suitable for
the Student’s Council of an all girl’s school.
As a suggestion for projects for the
rest of the year, Rachel suggested that we organise that
first years coming in in September be offered the option of
learning instruments other than the recorder. Instruments
such as the violin or flute could be learned and these would
prove useful in later life for college orchestras and adult
orchestras. Louise also suggested that a school orchestra be
set up. There is a lot of musical talent in the school and
an excellent orchestra could be formed with the wide variety
of musical instruments played by Loreto students.
The next meeting was arranged for
Wednesday,10 March, at 13:40 in the Prayer Room.
Students’ Council Meeting – 10
March
Julie-Anne opened the meeting and
signed the minutes of the last meeting.
As the year is pushing on, we are
trying to think of projects that we can undertake for the
rest of the year before exam time is upon us and the exam
years have to start serious study. For this reason, we have
arranged a meeting with the Students’ Council of St. Peters
College. We are going to pool ideas so that both schools
feel the benefit of having a Students’ Council. A
provisional date of Monday,15 March has been set.
We are seriously considering Louise’s
idea of setting up a school orchestra for anyone who plays
suitable instruments in the school. Louise is going to talk
to Mr. Kavanagh about this during the week, in the hope that
he will help us with the setting up, choosing music and
conducting, if the idea goes ahead.
We would like to do a fundraiser to
raise money for some of the extremely worthy charities that
are under such strain in our current economic climate. We
would like to do something fun that everyone will enjoy. A
sporting match between the teachers in Peter's and Loreto has
been suggested, and this is going to be discussed in our
upcoming meeting with St. Peter's.
Clíona
rang a company called Cullens during the week to try
and arrange the delivery of fresh fruit to the school. They
said that they don’t usually deal with school or small
companies, but that they will get back to us during the
week.
Many girls have been suggesting that
different clubs be set up after school for the recreation of
students. One of the most popular suggestions at the moment,
is a club dedicated to the TV show Glee. Clíona has
agreed to talk to Mr Kavanagh of the music department about
this.
The next meeting was set for
Wednesday, 24 March, at 13:40 in the Prayer Room.
Meeting
with St. Peter's College - 22 March
To come up with new
ideas for our Students’ Council, we decided to meet with the
Students’ Council in St Peter's College during lunch. At
this meeting, we discussed what projects both school have
undertaken in the passed terms and what projects are planned
for the coming term. As there is only a single term left, it
will not be feasible to undertake all the suggestions, but
we will carry them over to the Students’ Council of
2010/2011.
The following suggestions were made:
The transition
years in Peter's in conjunction with the Students' Council
have organised a radio show. They plan on interviewing Sarah
Wade from our school as well as Shane Gubbins for their
school to talk about their rolls in the school and the rolls
of the Students’ Councils.
Last year, both
schools held talent shows and these were both extremely
successful. A talent show between the two schools would be
an excellent fundraiser and fun to watch as both schools
have so many talented students. We will leave this project
until next year as the organisation of such an event would
take a long time and there is not enough time left in this
school year.
This year, St
Peter's Students’ Council set up a website that students can
comment on and express their views and ideas. This is more
modern than the suggestions box we have available
in the
foyer. We could also display links to good exam notes from
teachers and passed exam students to help anyone stressing
over exams. Posters could be placed around the school to
create awareness of the website.
We plan on doing a
suggestionaire amongst the different year groups to see what
long and short term projects they would like to see happen
in the school. We will consider these and try to undertake
as many as possible.
There are many
issues that concern young people these days, so we felt that
a battle of the sexes debate between the two schools would
be a humorous and effective way to raise awareness on these
issues. A designated amount of students from each school
would be allowed to travel to the other school and watch the
debate. There will probably be a few rounds to this debate
so that both schools will get a chance to host it.
These suggestions
will all be considered at our Students’ Council meeting this
week and progress will begin on a few of them.
Students’
Council Report – 24 March
As Julie-Anne was
unable to attend this meeting, Ellie stepped in as
chairperson and signed the minutes of the last meeting.
Today, positive
progress and ideas were flowing, following our recent
meeting with the Students’ Council in St. Peter's College.
In the report on that meeting, there were many different
suggestions listed, but as we are heading for our final
term, we have chosen three to focus on, and the rest can be
carried over to next year.
Clíona and Louise
are going to organise a Battle of the Sexes debate in
conjunction with Donall Breen from St Peter's College. The
girls are going to ask Mr. O' Shea for permission to go
ahead with the event, and then the real organising will
begin.
The Students’
Council is just a representative body of the students in our
school. There are only 12 people on the Students’ Council
and over 700 girls in the school. The more input and
suggestions we receive from the rest of the students, the
more productive we can be. In St Peters, they have designed
posters to create notoriety for the Students’ Council. We
plan on doing this and in particular, drawing attention to
the suggestions box. Clíona is going to design posters over
the Easter break.
Coming up to exam
times, many students begin to stress. Something as simple as
knowing how to write good notes can be a huge relief. Ellie
has agreed to ask Ms. Fallon to compile a list of good study
practice and we will then put a link on the Students’
Council section of the school website.
Our bad news story
of this week is that Cullens Fruit Company still hasn’t
replied to our request for delivering fresh fruit. We feel
that it is too late in the school year for this project to
take off, so we will leave it and possibly take it back up
next year.
During the week,
Louise spoke to Mr. Kavanagh about setting up a school
orchestra. He was very interested and said that it would be
best to wait until next year, but that the ground work could
be laid down in the coming term. Mr. Kavanagh is going to
try and get a quote for music and on receiving this, Louise
is going to try and get funding.
Rehearsals for the
Glee club have begun thanks to the efforts of Clíona Ryan.
Anybody in the senior cycle is invited to join provided they
are willing to sing. Clíona will make announcements over the
intercom to inform students when rehearsals will be held.
Our next meeting
was arranged for Wednesday, 28th of April at
13:40 in the prayer room.
Students’ Council Report - 27 April 2010
As Julie-Anne was
unable to attend the meeting, Ellie signed the minutes of
our last meeting.
Now that it is
coming up to the summer, some students suggested that we
consider getting picnic tables for outside. Mr O’ Shea and
the Students’ Council thought that this was an excellent
idea and one that we will go ahead with. Ellie is going to
visit Drinagh Garden Centre during the week to get a quote
for the tables. The School and Board of Management have
kindly make contributions towards the cost of the tables.
Ellie and Jane are also going to talk to Jim during the week
to see if we can make any arrangements to stop the tables
being vandalised
and stolen.
As a general
maintenance issue, some students suggested that some
classrooms receive air fresheners as there can be quite and
unpleasant smell in certain classrooms at times.
As we are trying to
lay the foundations for the school orchestra this year,
Louise is going to talk to Mr Kavanagh at the beginning of
next week and find out if he has a quote for music yet.
Following this she will see if funding is available.
Now that we are
into our final term, things are getting hectic with exams,
prize giving etc. Clíona is going to contact Donall Breen
from St Peter's to see what date suits both Students'
Councils to have the ‘Battle of the Sexes’ debate. The
provisional date is the week beginning the 10th
of May, but permission has to be received form the
principals of both schools first.
The next meeting
was arranged for Tuesday,4 May at 13:40 in the Prayer Room.
Students’ Council Report - 4 May 2010
Julie-Anne opened
the meeting and signed the minutes of our last meeting.
During the week,
Ellie rang Drinagh garden centre to find out the cost of
getting picnic tables. They said that last year,s price was
€165 but this would be going up this year. They said however
that if we were to buy a number of tables, they would give
us a discount. Ellie is going to visit two more suppliers
next week to find the best price. Jane and Ellie talked to
Jim about security of the tables on Thursday and he
suggested that they be chained to the ground to prevent
theft.
Sarah, as a member
of the school community who drives to school, said that
pulling out of the school car park was very difficult and
dangerous in the evenings. This is because many students
stand near the entrance blocking the driver’s view of
on-coming traffic. She suggested that a pedestrian crossing
be installed further down the footpath so students would
gather there instead. This is going to be brought to Mr.
O’Shea’s attention during the week. There is also the
problem of parents parking where they are not meant to which
causes big problems. This problem will be harder to sort as
there are already road markings that disallow parking put
people are ignoring them.
As we are trying to
sort out about getting a school orchestra for next year,
Louise went to see Mr. Kavanagh again to find out about
music. He said that he still hasn’t got a quote but will get
back to her in the beginning of next week. Following this,
Louise will talk to Mr. O’ Shea about getting funding for
the orchestra.
The next meeting will take place on
Tuesday the 11th of May at 13:40 in the Prayer
Room and we hope to have good news on the projects listed
above.
Students’ Council Report - 11 May 2010
As it is coming up
to exam time and grad mass, Julie-Anne was unable to attend
the meeting today, so Ellie signed the minutes in her
absence.
During the week,
Ellie visited a man near her who makes picnic tables. They
are made from solid wood and are too heavy to be stolen.
Ellie is going to get a drawing and the dimensions of the
tables for next week. He said he would sell us 14 tables for
€2,800. Mr. O’Shea said that it would not be possible to get
this many tables, as there is not enough space to store them
during the winter months.
Sarah pointed out
last week that we need a pedestrian crossing outside the
school for the safety of both drivers and students. Mr
O’Shea said that they were already planning this.
The school
has met with the town clerk, and this project should be
going ahead soon.
Students’ Council Report - 19 May 2010
Clíona signed the
minutes of today’s meeting as Julie-Anne was unable to
attend.
During the week,
Louise received a quote from Mr. Kavanagh for the school
orchestra which will be starting next year. To set up and
orchestra we will need music stands, sheet music and violin
strings to improve the quality of the sound. The minimum
amount needed would be €100 and this would all go towards
music stands. The maximum amount would be €400 and this
would go towards music stands, sheet music and violin
strings. During the coming week, Louise is going to talk to
Mr. O’ Shea about getting funding.
Ellie was unable to
attend the meeting today as she was absent so we do not have
any progress on the picnic tables project. In the last week
however, Ellie was going to get drawings of the tables and
following this we will need Mr. O’Shea’s approval before
going ahead and buying them. We also need to find a secure
way to keep the tables from getting vandalised and stolen
over the weekends. Finally we need to decide where is a good
place to store the tables over the winter months when they
will not be outside.
This week Louise
emailed Lee from Impression Print to get a quote for a ream
of the headed paper we organised earlier in the year. She
has not yet received a reply but hopes to get one soon.
All of us on the
Students’ Council would sincerely like to thank the school
for the plaques we received at prize giving mass yesterday
in recognition of our work during the year.
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