*** Student Council - 2023/2024 ***

Our Student Council for this academic year was elected through democratic vote at the end of September. The grouping have already undertaken meetings and discussion groups over the course of Term 1. They are looking forward to influencing and implementing many school initiatives throughout our 50th anniversary year.

Our Student Council represents the views of all our pupils. It gives children the opportunity to make their voices heard and feel part of the whole school community. Our new council was elected in mid September and information on their endeavours will appear here.

*** School Council 2022/23 ***

After a week of canvassing, electioneering and voting, we can now announce that the newly elected School Council for 2022/23 is as follows:

P1 - Jessica and Caolán
P2 - Penelope and Shea
P3 - Eilish and Seth
P4 - Darlene and Cahal
P5 - April and Paudie
P6 - Aoife and Charlie
P7 - Effie and Max

Congratulations to you all on your new appointments!

Our newly elected Pupil Council met today (12th October 18) and discussed…

• Term 1 Chair /Vice Chair

Orla Murdock and Dan Mc Alea

• Halloween Disco

The children would like music from Halloween movies e.g. Hocus Pocus. They would like to create their own decorations for the hall. P1's to make pumpkins, P2/3 to make skeletons and bones, P4/5 to make witches and wizards, P6/7 to create Monsters.

• Christmas Productions

  P1/2/3- Busy Busy Bethlehem, P4/5/6/7 Christmas Concert (dance, music, poetry and carols)  Whole School Bingo and Raffle after Christmas Concert!!!!!

• Playground

  Council members requested a new set of goal posts and extra storage containers for our new equipment.

• Afterschool Provision

  Possible ideas for Term 2 provision includes a STEM building/construction club. Some suggested dance but decided against it as we do dance during PE.

       Next meeting Friday 9th November 2018!

School Council Update 

The school council met on the 18th May 2018.  Items on the agenda included; 

- Sports Day Activites to include sprint races, egg and spoon races, obstacle courses, throwing activites and family fun games.

- Primary 7 celebrations for finishing school to include a mass, assembly and a keep sake item for all children.

- New fundraising ideas suggested for a movie night to use the new board in the assembly hall.

Well done to all involved! 

School Council Update 

The school council met on the 15th March 2018.  Items on the agenda included; 

- Term 3 after school to include cricket, dancing and coding.

- Introduction of a playpark timetable to ensure all classes have equal time using the new equipment.

- Easter celebrations to include an Easter Egg hunt and decorating eggs with chocolate.

- End of school trip to Funtasia in Drogheda to include activities such as swimming, soft play and bowling. 

Well done to all involved! 

School Council Update 5^th March 2017

The School Council met on Friday 2^nd March. Items on the Agenda included;

-New School Buddies to do important school jobs such as manage iPads, tidy library, tidy ICT suite,

Monitor Playground, Eco Monitors etc.

-Designing a new Football Strip for both girls and boys.

-Updates on Building Improvements front entrance, Playpark and Eco Garden. The Front Entrance takes time but we should have news on the Play Park and Eco Garden in the next few weeks.

-Upcoming Sporting Events (Soccer, Gaelic and Multi Sport).

-Education City Homework- everyone really enjoys it and finds it very beneficial. It will be ordered again for next year.

-Sports Day will take place on 9^th June- weather permitting.

-The theme of upcoming Art Workshops will be The Solar System, The Jungle and Houses and Homes.

Next Meeting will be on Friday 14th April

School Council Update 14th April 2017

The school council designed a lovely new football kit and jackets for wearing to school. They studied various designs and decided on the kit below (style 3 for the shorts) and plain red socks. The school Council thought that our pupils would love to buy the kit therefore order forms will be available early May.

School Council Update 2^nd May 2017

Afterschool Clubs

The School Council were impressed with new the range of Afterschool Clubs on offer. They highlighted that consideration should be given to future clubs in sewing and coding.

Events for Sports Day

The School Council agreed the programme of events for Sports Day should include:

• Sprint   
• Relay Race
• Egg and Spoon Race
• Sack Race
• Tug of War
• Bean Bag Throw
• Penalty Shoot

Adult Events

 -Tug of War   -Penalty Shoot    -Egg Toss

Staying Safe in School

The School Council believes everyone knows what to do if they feel worried or concerned. They do feel another Assembly would benefit the younger children. School Council looked at the Childline Assembly/ workshops and thought the activities looked fun and would help everyone stay safe.

School Council Update 29th Sept 2017

Our newly elected School Council met on Friday at lunch time. They were very enthusiastic and democratic- items on the Agenda included;

-Afterschool Clubs (Council made suggestions for the selection of Afterschool Clubs for Term 1.2.)

-Halloween Preparations (Council voted for a fancy dress disco in the Aquinas Hall.)

- Trip to W5 (Council provided feedback on which scientific investigation workshops they would like to attend.)

-Night at the Movies (Council voted for which films should be shown and the selection of treats available.)

-Council discussed range of Playground Games and equipment - it was decided to order additional skipping ropes.

Next meeting will take place on Monday 12th November at lunch time!