ATTENDANCE.
Pentti Kouri- Rina, Jose
Morgannwg- Paul, Laura
Powys- Rhys (who was, in fact, at Student Council last week- my mistake), Jawad
Gwynedd- Nabeel, Keigo
Whitaker- Marlene, Lala
Tice- Solveig, Jan
Sunley- Diego, JP
Others
AGENDA.
- Student organised obligatory events conflicting with service
- Nick Lush- less vocal voice being heard
- Introduce Diego
- Second year t-shirt
- News in the breakfast room
- Long term problems/ ‘Thematic Issues’ action plan
DISCUSSION.
Bill received an email which said that a few times this year student-organised activities had been arranged at a time which conflicted with compulsory IB or service commitments. Bill was asked to remind the student body that this cannot happen. Consequently, compulsory events co-ordinated by the school must take priority over compulsory events co-ordinated by students.
Bill had a meeting with Nick Lush to discuss the focus for Student Council this term. Nick Lush identified his main aim as making the soft and less vocal voice of the student body heard. Some Student Council representatives said that people in their house had approached them on this matter. Aware that this is an age-old problem, he wants to make sure that each student has equal opportunities to voice their views. He has found that often statistics do not match up with popular opinion and wants to address this particularly in terms of voting on rules such as alcohol consumption etc. Various ways to go about this were discussed such as voting more regularly, raising topics in Staff-Student Council and being clearer when an issue is brought forward whether it is an individual or general view. We also discussed the possibility of a form of anonymous forum for expressing views should students wish to use this.
The Student Council would like to welcome Diego as the new Student Council representative for Sunley house.
The second year t-shirts are being worked on.
It was discussed that people had expressed confusion about the use of the television in the Breakfast Room. There was a consensus that people are finding it difficult keeping updated on current affairs. The television in the Breakfast Room is working and provides news channels and it is therefore encouraged that it is used for this purpose.
In terms of thematic issues, it was felt that the role of Student Council was under-emphasised: it will be more in coordination than integral in the active process. We discussed having sessions for these efforts on a different night since the audience for Student Council and these initiatives does not necessarily cross. We will then be more focused at tackling the tasks in hand. Teachers will also be encouraged to be active in this process as their views will be integral to resolving these issues.
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