Student Council Meeting 19/10/2015 Present: JT, RW, TD, CF, JW, Mrs Shaw, Mrs Nicholson 1. Review of last meetings actions Completed actions: 1. Student Council Constitution amended and updated as per last meeting 2. SC Badges on order 3. All current SC members are receiving 5 credits per week 4. Autumn 1 lunch is arranged to celebrate their successful set up of SC. 5. Ideas for reward trips have been viewed and acted upon – Go Karting last week, Powerboating coming up. 6. Movie night is ready to go. 7. Boxing club is running 8. X Box is ready for any student wishing to use it at break times 9. Lunch survey was completed and feedback is now collated. Outstanding actions: 1. SC Council Constitution to be signed by all members 2. Add a rewards ideas poll to the SC site on the VLE - GN 3. Badminton equipment to be considered. 4. Pass feedback from lunch survey to SLT. 2. Use of VLE GN advised that the VLE is, as students are aware, up and running and that staff will be adding work on the VLE so that students can use it as an interactive learning site. Student council members to speak with their peers to get feedback on how it could be used effectively and in a way that the students enjoy. JW suggested having a messaging section on there so students can communicate with each other in an e-safe way. ES suggested a news report section, similar to Newsround. This could be about big Pathways news but also current affairs. CF suggested the VLE could have a homework site where all homework could be set. Student council is to be launched to parents at Celebration of Learning. Council members agreed to presenting themselves to parents on Friday 23rd Oct. CF offered to introduce them. SC members to speak with peers to get feedback on sue of VLE Year 11 would like to decide and organise how their prom will run this year. JT and RW to speak to the other year 11s and gather some ideas. JT and RW to liaise with the other year 11s re prom. 3. Celebration of Learning 4. Focus of SC for next half term As it is Children in Need in November, students suggested that the SC organises a fundraising event. It was agreed that we should have a onesie / pyjama day. Students and staff will pay 50p to wear their onesie or PJs. We will also have a cake sale to GN to speak with S Harland about the possibility of a messaging section, and to check if there is a homework section which is running. ES to look further into the news reporting programmes CF and GN to write a short introductory speech for him to deliver at Celebration. GN to ask LA to support with the CiN cake sale. SC to meet during week 1 of Au 2 to write letter and design a poster for CiN fundraiser. raise additional money. A meeting will be called in the first week after half term for students to write a letter to parents to inform them of the event and to also design a poster to advertise the event. 5. AOB JW suggested using the basketball and football at break and lunch times as competitive sports. He suggested having a leader board or some sort of tournament. GN to pass this to SHu and GL to consider. Interim meeting to be held w/c 2nd November 2015