STUDENT COUNCIL
STUDENT COUNCIL 2021/2022
Ms Tighe has kindly volunteered to take over the running of the Student Council from Mrs Cleary this year. Elections have been held and our new council has been formed. Congratulations to them all! We wish them well. One of the roles of the Student Council is the promotion of Gaeilge throughout the school. They have decided to hold a fortnightly competition for Gaeilgeoirí na Coicíse. Each class will be given a phrase of the week (Ms Browne has volunteered to provide this) which they will try to use as much as possible. All staff have tokens which they will award to children who are trying their best to use Gaeilge. At the end of the fortnight, the tokens will be counted and the winners will be announced by the Student Council via the school intercom.
Our first winners!
STUDENT COUNCIL 2020/2021
Terrific Thursday!
Because Monday was a bank holiday, the Student Council organised Terrific Thursday in place of Marvellous Monday. They ran a fantastic fun-filled Bingo game. Check out the beautiful Bingo boards they created for each class. The items were called out by the Student Council over the intercom. There were a few false alarms which caused great merriment, but in the end 3rd and 4th class were the winners of some candy and one item off homework - well done everyone!
Wow - the Student Council were amazed at all the wonderful entries they received for the bird feeder competition. There were six overall winners but everyone who entered received a certificate - well done everyone. The Student Council will fill the feeders with bird seed and nuts and place them around the garden.
The Student Council are running a competition for the best bird feeder. The closing date has been extended to 8th June. Keep your entries coming in!
SUGGESTION BOX
The Student Council want to hear all your ideas so keep them coming in to their suggestion box outside the staff room.
Weekly Meetings
The Student Council hold their meetings outside on Wednesdays. Mrs Cleary supervises, but the Chairperson runs the meeting and the secretary of the council takes the notes. They are really making a positive difference to our school with their great ideas. One suggestion has really gone down well with the other students - to rotate the yards each week so that all classes get to use the football yard. What a great idea!
The Student Council felt that it was sad that 6th class could not longer do "buddy reading" with the Junior and Senior Infants so they decided to organise a "Zoom Buddy Reading Session" with the younger class. Some of the 5th class Student Council and Rhiannon from 6th got the ball rolling with the first story which went down a treat!
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Happy winners and members of the Student Council
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The Student Council have been very busy in the last term of school. They organised a very successful Colouring competition and the winners received a lovely certificate, pencil, rubber and some delicious jellies. Well done everyone. The Student Council had a tough job judging all the entries!
MARVELLOUS MONDAYS!
The Student Council came up with a brilliant "Wellbeing" initiative they called Marvellous Mondays. Every Monday, at 1pm, there is 15minutes of fun activities for the whole school. The Student Council announce each week what the activity will be. The first week was a fantastic obstacle course which was managed brilliant by the Student Council. Then we had an art week. I wonder what they will come up next week?
Introducing the members of the 2020/2021 Student Council
Chairperson: Lewis Curtin
Deputy Chairperson: Afia Craig
Secretary: Heidi Donnegan
Treasurer: Karl Morgan
P.R.O: Amelie Langford Smith
Kyle Murray
Sarah Colgan
Luke Warren
Congratulations to you all! We are sure you will be great ambassadors for our school and that you will represent the children's views from your class so that you can help make a difference. Don't forget that one of your roles is to promote the use of Gaeilge!
Chairperson: Lewis Curtin
Deputy Chairperson: Afia Craig
Secretary: Heidi Donnegan
Treasurer: Karl Morgan
P.R.O: Amelie Langford Smith
Kyle Murray
Sarah Colgan
Luke Warren
Congratulations to you all! We are sure you will be great ambassadors for our school and that you will represent the children's views from your class so that you can help make a difference. Don't forget that one of your roles is to promote the use of Gaeilge!
Introducing our new Student Council for the 2019/2020 school year. Congratulations to all the children who were elected.
OPEN DAY WELCOME AMBASSADORS
The Student Council and volunteers, were wonderful ambassadors for our school during our recent Open day in October 2018. All our visitors were very complimentary of the great tour and commentary provided by the children. Well done one and all!
STUDENT COUNCIL COMMITTEE 2018-2019
Mr. Egan has agreed to take over the organisation of the Student Council from Mrs Cleary. Here are the members of our 2018/2019 committee. We wish them well in the year ahead.
PROMOTORS OF IRISH DURING SEACHTAIN NA GAEILGE
The Student Council kept us on our toes during our extended Seachtain na Gaeilge and provided us with useful phrases. Two members set up a great Conversation Coaxer table.
WELCOME AMBASSADORS & GRANDPARENTS' DAY HOSTS
The Student Council participated in their first major event of the year when they hosted our Grandparents' Day on 2nd February 2018. Each and every one of them was fantastic. They welcomed our visitors and showed them around the school. They led the entire ceremony in the hall with confidence and we were so proud of them.
STUDENT COUNCIL 2017/2018
Our new Student Council received their badge of office and signed up their commitment certificates in early December. They are eager to start work and are looking forward to representing the views of their classmates. They have committed to working hard, to promoting the use of Gaeilge in our school and to being welcome ambassadors. They will be involved in representing the views of the children of Edmondstown when we review our Homework and Healthy Eating Policies later this year. During Catholic Schools Week, they will host a Grandparents' Day. We are looking forward to hearing all their great ideas.
