MINUTES
Year Council: S1/2
Date: 16/09/15
Chaired by: Alana Spence
Minutes taken by: Finn Torbet
Present:
1A1
Sean Calder
1A2
Luke Blair
1B1
Calvin Wallace
1B2
Joe Grieve
1P1
Oscar Gosling
1P2
Douglas Macartney
1S1
Rory Imrie
1S2
Eli Gonah
2A1
Georgia Day
2A2
Julia Siewiera
2B1
Adil Sohail
2B2
Adam McKee
2P1
Lauren Gunn
2P2
Harriet Sweatman
2S1
Zak McCullough
2S2
Abdulrazeg Senussi
Mrs MacDermot
Mr Chambers
Apologies:
None
Location: Boardroom
Points raised – Discussion – action to be taken:
Badges - Alana - Badges. Handed out and explained
Points Raised in form classes - Sean c - more lunch tables/places to eat/3 reinforced.
Benches will be brought back. Mr chambers to follow up on given timeframe
Eli - removal of form time in following year. Mr Chambers reported that Senior management
decided to not take on new form model so it will remain the same
Harriet - broken chairs throughout school. Information system suggested with pupils
conveying location of classes with broken chairs. Mr Chambers to organise an inventory
to be organised to find broken chairs
Harriet - corridor rush. Remind students of left hand lane. Teachers are most efficient traffic
lights for managing corridor rush – Mr Chambers to ask SLT about sending an email to
ask staff where possible to be outside classrooms at change of blocks
Sean C - recreational activities during lunch. Very popular – asked about doing it more days.
Joe - confusion of lunch options/reinforced - can there be a list of the different options for
lunch times – students complained that they have to join a queue before they know what is
available to them – Mr Chambers will look into a sign going up in the grubby
Oscar - vending machines inoperable wit young scot card/more top up points. Money
management is pupils responsibilities and management will follow up on more money
deposit points
Sean C - office not taking notes. Office does not take notes and students should bring change
with them to school.
Sean C - sports club. Options shall be explored within management
Lauren - looking for better equipment. Pupil will follow this up with Mr Raeburn
Julia - vending machine crush. Options will be explored including management over watch of
this - Overcrowding at lunch - queues/unorganised mess. Could they have a staggered lunch?
Management will follow up at next meeting
Harriet - skipping lunch queues/ more over watch for lunchtimes. More senior reps to patrol.
Lunch fast line for lunch club members
Meeting about queensferry crossing - Ms McD - pupils to go to crossing safety
meeting. Pupils that will represent will be:
Joe S1
Lauren S2
Crichton Cup - Ms McD - Crichton cup/ very little students understand the system.
Reinforce message of system through bulletin and assembly. Poster to be created under
supervision of Ms McD. Reps are to collect Crichton cup on diary for their forms. A sheet
could be held in the form for reps (e.g. Any and all inventory items for reps). To be
discussed at School Parliament and a group created looking into promoting the
Crichton Cup.
School Parliament Ms McD - school parliament. Deadline given as 2 Friday's away(25th Sept), half a side of A4
to be handed in to Ms McD to be assessed as a candidate
Joe- house points to be presented on billboards. Graph to be formed with school parliament.
Nation cpts to follow up on their roles of collecting and maintaining Crichton cup. Reps to
collect form class. Ms McD to follow up Crichton cup structure with Mr Simpson
AOB - Alana - 19 November for next meeting (block 3)
Chambers - wants pupils and reps to follow up any thoughts with him outwith of meetings