The Student Council

 

 

We represent you and act as a link between the students, staff, and governors.  We also organise social and charity events and have a say in the organisation of new College facilities. We are your main point of contact with the College authorities. Last year, amongst other things, we organised a Summer ‘Fun Day’.  

 

 

We hold a monthly meeting, which is attended by representatives of all of the tutor groups. This provides a forum for the discussion of student issues. We are then able to communicate students’ views and concerns to staff and governors. Sometimes members of staff, governors and senior management attend the meetings and respond to the student body in person, and sometimes the Student Council Committee themselves feed back the response gained. The tutor group representatives are then responsible for passing this information back to their tutor groups. We also hold regular meetings to organise social events and liaise with the Charities and Fashion Show committees. The eight committee members are elected at the end of the Lower Sixth by the whole year group, and serve for the rest of that year until May of the Upper Sixth.  A member of staff acts as adviser and treasurer and oversees the whole process. 

 

How can you get involved?

 

The first step is to stand for Tutor Group Representative in September.  You will need to be well motivated and have good communication skills. You must also be willing to attend the Student Council meeting once a month. Later on, in the Lower Sixth, elections will take place for the new Student Council Committee. Candidates have to write a manifesto, which is publicly displayed, and the whole year group vote for the eight most suitable candidates.   Remember though, this job does take a lot of time and commitment – but it’s really worth it!

 

We are a dynamic group of pro-active individuals with a social conscience. We try to develop links with the local community and also support national and international charities. 

 

 

The Charities Committee meets on a regular basis, decides which charities to support and organises at least one fundraising event per term – usually with a strong ‘fun’ element. In the past, we have organised a range of events including a spooky themed Halloween stall in aid of the Disasters Emergency Committee, a Christmas Market in support of Alder Hey Children’s Hospital Imagine Appeal. We also organised a college wide ‘shoebox appeal’ and collected 56 present-filled Christmas shoeboxes for children in Romania, distributed by Barnton Christian Ministries. We also took part in Children In Need and baked hundreds of cakes for the ‘World’s Biggest Coffee Morning’ in support of the MacMillan nurses. On Valentine’s Day we sold roses and compiled a ‘Love Book’ full of students’ romantic messages in aid of the British Heart Foundation. The highlight of the year was ‘Uniform Day’ which saw staff and students dressed as smurfs, pirates and a vast array of colourful characters in aid of St Luke’s Hospice. 

 

We are an extremely busy and active committee and always welcome new members.