School Council

Minutes of School Council Meetings

John Taylor High School
Full School Meeting Council Minutes
Meeting Date: 06/05/2005

Present
B Sykes (12:6 Chairperson), P Bennett (10WA1 Secretary), T Jones (7J1), A Pain (7J2), J Monk (7WA1), S Walker (7WA1), N Pratt (7WA2), J Wass (7WE1), S Waite (7WE1), J Flavell (7WE2), G Randall (7WE2), H Kitchen (8G1), A Miles (8G1), N Payne (8G2), A Worthington (8G2), A Murphy (8J1), J Muldrew (8J1), G Spencer (8J2), E Natchett (8WA1), D Bain (8WA2), B Ashcroft (8WE1), Maitland Simpson-Smith (8WE2), J Greenhalgh (10GA1), A Bell (10GA2), B Kinnard (10J2), A Chambers (11J2), D Turnbull (11WA1), S Blackwell (12:1), M Atkinson (12:1), S Pickford (12:5), L Preston (12:5), A Watts (12:7), Mrs Joiner (Staff Link Teacher), Mr Averis (Senior Manager)

(I apologise if I have spelt names wrong. Please see me and I will correct them. Also please write in BLOCK CAPITALS as it makes it easier to read.)

Apologies
Mr Osborne-Town

Matters Arising:
School council election posts of responsibility go to:
J Greenhalgh (Senior Treasurer)
P Bennett (Senior Secretary)
A Bell (Assistant Treasurer)
T Holland (Junior Treasurer)
S Waite (Junior Secretary)
S Walker (Assistant Secretary)

Congratulations to the people who won.

Website
- Feedback from the website committee meeting.
- A brief introduction was given about what is going onto the school council part of the website.
- Name slips are being re-issued to forms to collect the form reps names.
- Access will be through a 'rose' icon down the side of the homepage.
- When all items are collected then construction and launch will begin.

Sports Day Fundraising Events
We were looking at volunteers and ideas
A balloon race was agreed by all, despite concerns about 'green' issues. Mrs Joiner is to contact Friends of The Earth to research bio-degradable balloons.
Stalls and events would be discussed with the P.E department and the Head and school council voted that we should take five ideas forward. 3 events are to be chosen.
We are trying to stick to a sports theme to keep the events tied in with sports day. The events to be put forward are as follows:

Wet the teacher - 28 votes
Penalty shootout (netball and football) -all
Balloon Darts - 8 votes
Lawn Darts- 6 votes
Tin can alley - 13 votes

A vote was also taken on stalls and the results are as follows:
Sweets stalls- FOR 12 AGAINST 4
Drinks/water stalls- FOR all AGAINST 0

Publicity will also be carried out nearer the time.
This will be done through assemblies and registers.
Volunteers for assemblies:-
Year 7 - Thomas, S Waite
Year 8- G Spencer and Co
Year 9- P Bennett
Year 10- P Bennett
Year 11 will not be here for the event
Year 12 B Sykes/Mr Joiner
Year 13 will not be here for the event

School Mock Elections
Approximately 650 people voted
72 of the votes were not counted as they were spoiled
The prize is a trip to London to meet the MP's with the year 12's
J Handsaker (also known as the monster raving looney party) won the mock election with over 200 votes.
Congratulations to all of the other candidates that ran in the election and thank you to the helpers.

AOB
e-learning (computers and laptops)
County meals service

Date Of Next Meeting
June 10th , Period 6 (There will be no meeting on May 27th due to exams etc).

Please remind form tutors to return the slips asking for your school council reps. Please return them to:
B Sykes via the 12:6 register or
P Bennett via the 10 WA 1 registe