Student+Council+Discussions

Meeting Thursday 16th May 2011
Present: 4C, 4N, 4M - Kerin. Nobody from 4S 5CAN, 5CAB, 5GA, 5GR. Nobody from 5D.

Suggestions for charities to be supported: WWF - 5 votes Cancer Research - 2 votes The Girl Effect - 1 vote The Brooke - 1 vote Water Aid - 0 votes Operation Smile - 1 votes

Therefore we will ask Mr Walker if we can support WWF as a school charity next year. Thanks to all the reps who have served on student council for the second half of the year.

Meeting Thursday 26th May 2011
Present: 5CaB - Ellie (Kirsten @ Track and Field) 5Ga - Monica and Charlotte 5CaN - Marie and Eva 5D - No representatives (Joe saw me after the meeting) 5Gr - Zak and Matt

4C - No representatives 4S - No representatives (Tia @ Track and Field) 4M - Karin and Esben 4N - No representatives

Ellie: Ellie sent an email to Mr Walker regarding possible changes to the charities for next year. Mr Walker has said that we can suggest charities and feeback to Mr Stride, Ms Roby and Ms Garthe.
 * Feedback**:
 * Charities**


 * Action**: Students are to ask their classes and gather suggestions for what charities they would like ISZL to support. These are to be posted on the wiki discussions before the next meeting.

No new business : )

Update on Fund Raising
Thanks for all the support during fund raising week. The following amounts have now been sent to the charities we support:

**Tierheim Zürich 732.65 CHF**

**Kids Kidney Care 732.65 CHF**

**NAG 732.65 CHF**

Meeting 5th May
Feedback on charities: Ellie has an email is ready to send to Mr Walker with suggestions for new charities. These are a Russian orphanage, the WWF and Haiti. Action: send email about possibilities of student council input into the changes and then have further discussions to finalise suggestions. Feedback on eating lunch outside: Sophia is still going to contact Mr Stride about this issue - suggestions: email to set up an appointment time.

This is a catch up session as we did not have a meeting in the last week of school. There will be a meeting next week.

__New Business__ Problems with cutting in the lunch line. Fancy Dress Dance - to raise money for charity - to be discussed at the next student council meeting. A dramatic performance from primary school was suggested. Suggestion for a club to continue with action against poverty started in the PYP Exhibition. This club could raise money and hold events to raise awareness.

**Meeting 1st April** Present: 5CaB - Ellie (Kirsten is sick) 5Ga - Monica and Charlotte 5CaN - Marie and Eva 5D - Luke and Joe 5Gr - Zak and Matt

4C - Rajan and Sophia 4S - Tom and Tia 4M - Esben and Karin 4N - Oliver and Mckealy


 * Feedback** on what action should be done in the second half of the year:
 * Fundraising - is there the option of choosing different charities to support next year? Can student council have input into the choice of charities **Action**: Ellie & Kirsten to check with Mr Walker.
 * Playground - use of space issues
 * After school clubs
 * Environmental suggestions such as planting trees and gardening to grow vegetables.
 * Ideas for spirit day
 * Packed lunches - could they be eaten outside on fine days? Is there someone on duty in that area. **Action**: Sophia and Rajan to check with Mr Stride.

Could fundraising and spirit day be linked?



First Meeting of New Student Council - 18th March 2011
5Ga Monica and Charlotte 5CaB Ellie and Kirsten 5CaN - Marie and Eva 5D - Joe and Luke 4M - Esben and Karin 4S - Tom and Tianna 4C - Rajan and Sophia
 * Present**:

Coretta is here on behalf of 5Gr as the 2 reps were unable to attend 4N - no reps today

__**Essential Agreements**__
 * **Come to all meetings punctually**
 * **Be well prepared for discussions**
 * **Inform your class of our discussions during the class meetings**
 * **Bring the ideas from your class back to the meeting**
 * **Listen to other people's ideas and give everybody a turn to speak**
 * **Work well together as a group**
 * **Work with your teacher to hold the class meetings and to inform them of our discussions**

__**Action**__ Please add onto the discussion after your class meeting.
 * Check you can log into the wiki**
 * What you would like to work on in this session of student council?**

Present:
5Gr (only Coretta), 5D (both reps), 5CaN (Michaela only), 5CaB (Jemima only, Jack sick) - nobody from 5Ga 4S, 4N, 4C - nobody from 4M

Fundraising was a great success: Chf approx 2,110 raised total (from Penny Wars and the ISZL Factor). In Grade 5 5D raised the most money from Penny Wars. In Grade 4 4M rasied the most money from Penny Wars.

How do we want to share the money between the charities? Share equally - overwhelming vote.

What still needs to be worked on for the next student council:
 * lunchroom - people who are on home lunch are sometimes taking a hot lunch, cutting in the lunch line, food wastage
 * Adopt an animal - suggestion an eagle - since we cannot have class pets

We would like to thank the reps for the work they have done, including help during the fund raising.

Miss Garthe is going to take over student council for the next session.

** Planning for Fund Raising Week **
**Penny Wars** Every class will have a jar and will be collecting loose change all week. __One student council rep from each class is responsible for bringing in a jar.__ The jar needs to be brought on Monday. __All reps need to tell their classes today that Penny Wars starts on Monday__.

**Movie and Popcorn Night** This has been approved for next Friday after school 3.30 - 5.30 pm. We only have 25 tickets per grade level as there is only room for 100 students. If you want a ticket it is first come, first served. there will be another movie/popcorn night later in the year. Teachers will have an envelope. As you collect money for the sale of the tickets it will be put into the envelope. __Do not give out tickets until you get the money__. Tickets are Chf 7- You get a drink and a bag of popcorn (and you get to watch the movie). If students don't bring their ticket to Movie Night, then they don't get in. Student Student Council reps will be helping on the night, serving drinks, giving out popcorn, showing people where to sit and collecting tickets - student council members are there free so don't have to buy a ticket. A letter will be sent out to parents so that parents of the reps know that they will be helping and that they need to pick them up at 6.00pm as student council need to clear up afterwards too. __Options for the movie__: we can get the movie from iTunes or we can use a DVD. __Brainstorm of movies__ - they need to be suitable for Grades 2 - 5: Alvin and the Chipmunks 2 (Lenny and Emma have DVD) Despicable Me Tangled Dr Doolittle (Emily has DVD) Flipper (Annemarie has DVD) Yogi Bear

= = **The Z Factor** Mrs Siggs did not want this to be competitive or that students could be voted off. A letter is being sent out to parents about the Zug Factor. It will take place by Grade level at lunchtimes in the Kellar. There will be a stage and a panel of judges. It will happen at lunchtime 12.30 - 1.00 pm from March 1st to 4th. __Students participating and watching will need to bring a home lunch on that day__. Tickets cost Chf 2 for viewing and for performing. There will be tickets but these are not limited in number. That means that and grade can come and watch on any day but please remember to bring a packed lunch to eat before going to the Kellar.

Grade 5 will be performing on Tuesday Grade 2 will be on Wednesday Grade 3 will be on Thursday Grade 4 will be on Friday. There will be a student panel of judges for each day. Everyone who participates will get a certificate of participation. Performances will be a maximum of 2 minutes with 1 minute for the judges to comment.

One student rep will be the judge, the other one will be taking tickets, organising seating etc. Reps need to sort out among themselves who will do which job.

__Judges:__ <span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Tuesday - 2J, 3K, 4M, 5Ga <span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Wednesday - 2Dr, 3W, 4S, 5CaB and 5CaN <span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Thursday - 2N, 3W, 4C, 5Gr <span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Friday - 2Do, 3N, 4N, 5D

<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">5th Grade student council reps are welcome to come and help on any day.

<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Questions: If you want to perform with a piano it won't be possible to get it into the Kellar, but we can provide a keyboard.

=Presentation from Kids Kidney Care=



We heard that the aim of the charity is to enable children with kidney illnesses to become independent adults.

We discovered what the kidneys do - such as cleaning your blood and getting rid of all the poisons in your body. They tell the body to make red blood cells, regulate your blood pressure and make vitamin D to strengthen bones.



We found out about dialysis and how often children with kidney illness need to go to hospital (3 times a week) and how long they need dialysis for (4 hours each hospital visit). We discovered a lot of problems that affect these children such as having to eat a special diet, not being able to play sport and missing a lot of school.

These children find it very difficult to go on holiday - one of the things this charity does is to run a special camp for children where they can have dialysis at the camp. They also help fund the travel of these children to the 3 kidney centres in Switzerland and money is also needed for family support.

= = =Fund Raising Schedule= 10th - 11th February - Student Council will present to Grade Levels about all 3 charities - Small committees to each grade. Ms Garthe will accompany G5 students Ms Maggie will accompany G4 students Ms Navarro will accompany G3 students Mr Stride will accompany G2 students

Nominations for new student council have to be in by ........ 28th February - 4th March Elections for Student Council and Fund Raising Events

=Meeting 2nd February= __**Suggestions for fund raising:**__ movie night/popcorn party loose change jar - penny wars isZl Factor talent show

Suggestion: pizza party for the classes who raised the most money (does this defeat the object of raising money if we then spend on the "reward"?) Another suggestion (possibly for next student council): spell-athon - reps can bring this idea back to their classes for discussion

Lia (Grade 2) Jasper (Grade 3) Jason (Grade 4) Lucy (Grade 5)
 * __Action__** A small committee will meet to look into the logistics of planning a talent show:


 * __Presentation about NAG__** will be shown to each grade level rather than the whole of primary school.

**__Questions for visitor from Kids Kidney Care__** who will be visiting ISZL on Monday at 11.20 - 12.00:

**Grade 4:** How do kidney problem occur? How and when did the Kidney Care charity start? How old are the children in the unit?

**Grade 5:** Are children with kidney problems able to eat different sorts of foods? Can kidney failure kill? How many deaths happen each year from kidney failure? How long do the children stay in the Kidney Care unit? What medicine do they need? What is the most common kidney problem? How often is it possible to perform a kidney transplant?

Suggestion - students could use cameras to record what the visitor tells them. This can be shared with each class. = = =__Meeting 28th January__= Present: 5Gr, 5Ga, 5CaB, 4N, 4M

__Report from meeting with Frau Wick from NAG__: Frau Wick's daughter set up NAG in 1992 and she took in 5 street children - now they have over 300 attending school and 200 of those sleep at the home. Most children are orphans but some have parents. The children enjoy what they do there and they learn musical instruments. Frau Wick said the money is used to buy buses, and to build and extend the property so that more children can go - money from ISZL has been used for a whole new building. Some of the children who used to go there are now teaching there. The money is also spent on food such as rice and lentils. A couple of times a month if the children are lucky there is some chicken.

__Tierheim trip__ - is taking place today. __Kids Kidney Care__ - a member of this charity is coming in to speak to other reps from the student council about the work and what the funds are needed for.

__Safety__ - there is concern about safety on the playground before and after school when cars are dropping people off. Another problems is students getting out at the farm and then crossing the road. There is also concern about the lack of supervision on the part of the parents after school.

After the February break we will need to hold elections for the new student council. There will have to be a transition period because we are working on fund raising and organising the "isZl" factor.

Suggestions for after school activities included: games club, American football and rock climbing for primary, cricket and karate.
 * New business:**

= = =__Meeting 12th January__=

<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">This is an extra meeting for students in Grades 3 - 5 to discuss fund raising.

<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"> Present: 5CaB, 5CaN, 5Ga, 5Gr (one rep) and 5D (one rep), 4C (one rep), 4S, 4McC, 3W, 3N, 3K

<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"> Mr Stride has approved the "finding out" trips to the Tierheim and the Kidney Care charities. The reps in attendance today will be the ones going on the finding out trips. One rep from each class will go to the Tierheim and one rep will go to the Kidney Care. Reps need to decide and post on the wiki who is going to visit which charity. Grade 3 students just let Ms Navarro know. Two teachers will also take the trip - Ms Garthe and Mrs Roby. Mrs Roby is involved on the charities committee and Ms Garth will be taking over the student council meetings shortly.

<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"> Mr Stride has asked for the student council to do an assembly about the charities next week. Therefore it is important to post on the wiki which person is going to which charity as the trip will need to take next week. Questions also to be posted on the wiki or the blog so we know what we want to find out.

<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"> Mr Stride will take care of the transportation and the permission slips.

<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"> NAG - Ms Navarro has been in contact with the mother of the lady who runs NAG in Nepal. This lady will be able to come in and talk to the student council about what NAG is doing. = = =__Meeting 10th December__=


 * Present**: 5CaB, 5Gr, 4N

Charities

 * Feedback on charities discussion:** Suggestions for fundraising activities included a bake sale, movie nights, loose change jars, talent show. We discussed having a fund raising week with different activities every day and a loose change jar throughout the week to collect money. It would be difficult to do 2 things in a week after school - so activities could be done during school perhaps during assembly or a week of lunch time activities. We decided to run a talent show in the same way as the X-Factor - the ISZL-Factor - with voting. Last one could be at assembly. Fund raising could be people who are performing and people who are paying to watch the show. We would be aiming at doing this in January. Teachers could also take part and share their talents. We are not allowed to run a movie night for students to pay to see the movie, however we would be able to sell popcorn to raise money.


 * Feedback from Mrs Roby about Tierheim charity:** This charity is a local charity and was chosen after last year's Grade 5 exhibition when students studied and raised money for the Tierheim - animals around Switzerland could live there until they were well or until they grew up. They are not a part of the zoo, but they work together. They run an educational programme for students. They advise the zoo on the animal enclosures and animal breeding. The Tierheim only runs on donations, it is not government funded.


 * Feedback from Ms Glover about the Kids Kidney charity**: It is to help kids with kidney problems and this was chosen as the Switzerland charity. Rosalee will post her notes on the wiki.


 * Action**: We still think we should visit these charities so we are well informed and can actively promote why we are raising money. We would like to do an assembly after our visit to promote the charities. Suggestion: half the student council reps could visit the Tierheim and the other half could visit the Kids Kidney charity.


 * Action**: get a date from Mr Stride for the fund raising week.

New Business

 * Request for a snowball area:** this would not be allowed because it can be dangerous.
 * Bullying**: this appears to be spreading gossip about people. We need to find out how big this problem is and suggestions for supporting students. We could speak with Mr Walker to find out the school policy on bullying and how he could help us. **Action**: Reps - write your class feedback on the Discussion page.

= = =__Meeting 26th November:__=

The following classes were in attendance: 5CaB, 5CaN, 5D, 5Gr, 4S, 4N, 4M and 4C (all except 5Ga)
It is the responsibility of the reps to ensure there are class meetings - if teachers forget please continue to remind them. All reps should also be posting on the wiki with the responses from their class.
 * Reminder**: Student council meeting go ahead even when it is wet break. All students should arrive before 12.10 in order to have all discussions completed in time for lunch. The last student council meeting was missed because students did not show up during the indoor lunch.


 * Reflection on Crazy Hair d**ay: Positive response from all reps. We had a discussion about how this almost did not happen as student reps did not turn up for the planning meeting to organise this.


 * Leading the Meetings:** The idea is that students will lead the meeting. An agenda will need to be posted on the wiki so that whoever is chairing the meeting can work through the items on the agenda.

Fund raising for this charity will start in January - straight after the break. It is necessary, therefore, that we start to organise it now (before the holidays).
 * Discussion about charities supported by the school:** students had heard about NAG, but not the other charities. Ms Navarro showed the pyramid of charities. There was a discussion about the Kids Kidney Care charity. Students did not know anything about this charity and we discussed the need to find out more. They had questions about what the charity did, why we needed to raise money to support it, how we could raise the money, where the money would be spent, what the money would be used for, where the charity is, who does it help, when are we going to do it.

The other charity that is supported is the Animal Care Centre - caring for sick animals or those that had been badly treated. Again there were questions and we need to find out the answers so we know how the money will be used. Money for this will be raised in March/April.

To find out more about these charities, Grades 2 and 3 student reps will interview Mrs Roby and Frau Glover. If necessary they will visit these charities. From this student council we would like some students to join with the Grades 2 and 3 reps and all go at the same time. Frau Glover - Emily and Lia Mrs Roby - Rosalee and Coretta (will join with Alex and Charlotte)

We are also asking for the reps to ask students in their classes who may know about these charities - find out what people already know and post this information on the wiki.

=__**Meeting 29th October:**__=

Classes in attendance: 5CaB, 5D, 5Gr, 4C, 4M. Some classes only sent one rep.
====We discussed the problem of attendance - students suggested there was some confusion as a result of the holiday, however coordinators had been sent a email with the dates before the holiday. Students discussed the fact that "forgetting" because of Halloween was a poor excuse for reps not attending and that when the reps stood for election it was their responsibility to attend the meetings. Some teachers had asked reps to leave the meeting early to get changed into their costumes for Halloween.====

In the absence of all reps, we had to make decisions without input from all the classes.
====__Playground behaviour__ was something mentioned by many of the reps in attendance, in particular the interaction between the boys and girls. There is some concern about the space available - for example it was suggested one pitch could be for G4 and G5 and the other one for G2 and G3 because of size/strength issues. Students who don't want to play football would like more equipment on the hard playground. Could there be other things to do apart from sport - are people playing football because there are not a lot of other choices? Could there be a ball-free zone? There are many more balls as people are bringing their own balls in - this has led to greater teasing/taking people's balls. The tunnel on the climbing frame is often used as a hangout place, which blocks people sliding down. Concern was expressed about students being very cold outside in winter if they are just standing still - could there be an indoor space for those who don't want to run around? Perhaps students don't really know how to play in this shared space.====

Action: Students can post ideas on the wiki with their Google Apps log-in.
__ Meeting 8th October to discuss what is the purpose of Student Council? __

**Makes changes or solve problems, find ideas, create plans and take action**

**Make school better place for all students and teachers**

Ideas suggested:

· Recycling, reusing

· Playground behaviour / safety in school

· Help everyone fit in, want to go to school and like school

· Help students build friendships

· Food wastage

· Fundraising – help organize, including emergency fundraising, collections

· Spirit events

· New after school activities