Student Council

I chaired the student council meeting on Friday. I chaired the meeting because Nadine the chairperson was not in. We took down ideas in the class and brought them back to the meeting. 3^rd class went first and all the way up to us in 6^th.. 3^rd came up with new footballs, hula hoops and goal posts for yard time. 4^th class came up with, 4 square balls for football, cones for football, individual ropes, another long rope and fix the basketball nets. 5^th class came up with a pump for every yard bag, hula hoops, single skipping ropes, goal posts, new 4 square balls and a leather football. 6^th class wanted new footballs, new 4 square balls, hula hoops, a soft ball for dodge ball, long skipping rope and individual ropes and an interactive white board for the classroom.

 3^rd class comments were paint the toilets, yogurts for lunches, get a new tracksuit, new uniforms, more P.E equipment

 4^th class story writing competions, more P.E, more yard time.

5th class fix basketball nets

6th class paper bin, no uniform day for fundraising , bike racks and a whiteboard in the classroom.

Towards the end of September we had a vote for the student council. Our teacher gave us out a square of paper and we put the person’s name we wished to vote for on it. They first had to be  nominated and seconded by someone. I got the most votes and that’s how  I am the student councillor in my class. There are also two other student councillors for 6th  class.There are 3 student councillors in each grade for instance 3rd class 4th class 5th class and 6th class. I have been chosen by all of the student councillors to be the chairperson of the council.  I will do all in my power to help the school out and make it better for everyone. We are all delighted to have been chosen to run our classes in the way we need to.

These are the rules for the key to discipline….

1: Be on time and be prepared.

2: Be in the right place at the right the right time.

3: Keep unhelpful hands, feet and comments to yourself.

4: Let you and your work be neat and compete.

5: Show respect and care for other people and their property.

                                                    Reward system.

Each pupil has a stamp book with 9 pages, each page has spaces for 20 stamps. Pupils can earn 2 stamps per day. If you complete pages 3 and 6 you will spin the wheel. When you complete your full stamp book [all nine pages] you go to Mr O Leary’s office and you pick a prize and a book Mr O Leary will also give you  your Principal’s certificate.

On spin the wheel you can earn the following prizes………….

Golden ticket= golden time.

Green ticket= stationery pass.

Blue ticket= cookery  pass

Red ticket = spot prize.

Black ticket= spinners choice.[ anything except golden time ].

Pink ticket= activity pass.

The student council had a meeting to discuss the prizes and the student council came up with the idea of instead of computer pass we would have a cookery pass.  Mr O Leary and the teachers thought it was a great idea.

Sanctions

If a child is misbehaving, or not following the rules s/he will receive a sanction as follows:

1: oral warning

2: written warning.

3: work sheet in school. [ while class is doing something fun].

4: worksheet at home [ to be done at home and signed ].

5: note home [ parents to come into school ]

6: name on suspension list [for 1 month ]

7: letter home

8: suspension suspended 3, 5 or 10 days.

If you want to get elected to be on the Student Council you should:

·         Write a speech saying why you want to be on the Student Council. I want to be on the student council because I know I will make this school a better place for students, teachers and parents. I will try my best to get new equipment for the yard like footballs, basketballs and skipping ropes.

·         If you are shy and don’t want to read your speech out ask someone to do it for you. That way people will still get to hear what you wrote.

·         Put posters up around your school asking people to vote for you. Ask your friends to canvass people in your class to give you their vote. You could give out badges saying who to vote for and that they will make a great councillor. Give out free stuff like pencils or pens, muffins, key rings or balloons with your name on them.

·         REMEMBER!   Don’t just vote for someone because they’re your friend. Vote for them because you think they would make a great councillor.

Before we came up with the “No Uniform Day”, we discussed and brainstormed many ideas: cake sale, penalty shoot out, yard sale etc. The reason why we settled on the “No Uniform Day” was because  it was the quickest and easiest way to raise money for charity without too much hassle. You could wear your own clothes on the day. Football tracksuits such as Man U and Liverpool were very popular with the boys. The girls wore skirts and leggings and other nice fashion. We all had great fun. You had to bring in 2 euro to donate to charity. The charities we picked were FM Trolls and Sacred Heart GAA Club. We made on the dot 455 euro. It was so much fun.

All the children loved the day and took part because the children said they felt less restricted and could show their peers their own style of fashion.

We are doing a survey on bike racks for our school because a suggestion came up in one of our student council meetings about kids  cycling to school. Pupils in the school said they needed bike racks. So our student council picked two pupils to do a survey on bike racks in the school.

We both came up with the questions when we were discussing it with each other and with Mr. O’Mahony and Ms. Dunne. We divided the classes between us, taking two classes each. We went to each class and asked the children who had bikes in working order and which of those people would cycle to school. We found out the numbers of how many people would want to cycle to school by a show of hands. We then added all the numbers from each of the classes and we got a total of 166.

Bikes in Working Order

Cycling to School

We used Microsoft Excel to look at the data we had collected. We entered all the numbers from each of the classes to the two questions. We got Excel to add up all the totals. Before we finished  we got Excel to draw up the bar charts.

This is a survey about bike racks. Our school is thinking about buying bike racks for the school so kids can cycle to school.

I think cycling to school is good because:

• Cycling is good exercise and helps to keep you fit and healthy.
• It is also better for the environment.
• You also don’t have to drive which is also bad for the environment.
• You can get to school faster.

Driving causes pollution and traffic. So that will mean if you have a bike you will get to school or home faster. When you are driving cars you have to buy petrol for the car but if you get a puncture or something breaks you can repair it cheaper than a car.

It is especially enjoyable for sunny days because if you go in the car it will be so hot and you will sweat. If you are cycling you are outside with a bit of a breeze that will keep you nice and cool. That’s why I think cycling to school is great!!!

I think cycling to school is not a good idea because:

·         Cyclists often have accidents

·         Busy roads can be dangerous

·         Your bike might get damaged or stolen

·         The hassle of trying to get the bike in and out of your shed

The bad things about cycling your bike to school is that you might crash into someone. If you crash into someone you could hurt them and yourself. If there is no room on the bike racks you might think of locking your bike to the fence and your bike could be robbed. There are a few  other bad things that could happen to your bike. Think of the trouble trying to get it out every morning and sometimes if you are late because your chain might fall off and you can’t fix it. Now if you would rather deal with that instead of walking which would be faster if you think about it.

Cycling on busy roads can be dangerous. There are not enough cycle lanes, near the school. Sometimes you might be in a rush and you just go straight ahead and you might get hit by a car or a truck. 

We have looked at both sides of the cycling debate – the benefits and the hazards. Since most of the pupils live near the school, they can walk to school in a short number of minutes so there is no real need to cycle to school.

A Student Council member gets elected from all the classes in the school. Firstly a student decides if they want to run for the student council. Then that student gets someone to nominate them. This means that they are in the running for the elections for the student council. Each nominee stands up in front of the class and tells everyone why they think that they should be elected on to the student council and what changes they will make if they get elected.  The class will have a vote to see who will become the class representative on the Student Council. The Student Council will have a meeting. The teacher of the Student Councillors (Ms Sealy) will tell you what to do. The Chairperson is elected from the Sixth class councillors. All the Student Councillors have a vote to see who will be the chairperson. When the meeting is over you go back to your class and ask your teacher for spare time with your class and get ideas from them. Each student councillor will get a badge when they attend the first meeting. There are two Student Councils elected each year.

A Student Council is a voice for the running of the school which means you need confidence and not be shy. Every representative on our Student Council gets a note book and pen when you attend your first meeting so you can keep your ideas in it. The chairperson asks each member of the student council if they have any ideas for this meeting. This becomes our agenda. You attend a meeting once or twice a month. Ms. Sealy writes up the minutes of the meeting. The principal (Mr O’Leary) keeps the minutes for each meeting.  The Student Council in our school was set up in 2004-2005.

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