On Thursday, the School Council had much to discuss. Firstly, the concerns about the food court queuing system over break has been resolved as teachers are now observing the queue alongside S6's to try and reduce congestion and to help move the queue more smoothly. This is working effectively and no more complaints have been brought to the School Council. Also, the Communications Faculty are aware of concerns arising from the S6 priorty computers and are working to ensure the S6's will always have access to computers, other than the ones in the library, by creating "Study Rooms". 

One of our S3 representatives told the council that they had complaints of the radio played over lunchtime being too loud. The radio was part of a Self In Society project carried out by the S5's which has now been completed however the volume of the radio will be noted for future reference. Relating to the radio,it was mentioned by S4's that many students have asked if the radio could be played more often during lunchtimes, even if it were just a couple of times a week. Donald Turvill (our very own radio guru who presents on Castle FM!) has decided to look into this matter and speak with Mrs Ingham. Combined, S5 and S6 had a fair amount of matters to bring up. There have been concerns by seniors of comments made by other students to them, which in some cases have been inappropriate. The Head Girl has adressed this and Mr Illingworth is planning to hold an assembly about behaviour. Another issue is the lack of pricing on products in the food court. Many pupils would like to see prices displayed in the food court in the form of posters. It has been agreed that two council representatives will arrange to speak with the Food Court staff and see if this is possible. Also, students are curious as to why the school doesn't hold more mixed religious assemblies. We will discuss this with Mrs Ingham and see if this something we could work on. And finally, we had concerns that there are some S6 Prefects not doing their duties consistently. This will be brought up with Mr Illingworth at our next S6 leadership meeting. S6 play a vital role in the school and we have had very good feedback from teachers. We want to ensure this continues so we will address this as soon as possible.

Miss Duff spoke to us about the recent house competitions which have been going on. Each house now has its own slogan and the mascot teddy bears all have names. Well done to the people that took part! All will be revealed to the rest of the school soon.   

This Wednesday we will be working with Mr Blair and Mr Dempster to help develop the answers to S1's Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's). We think this would be a positive feature to the school as it will help future S1's when they come up to High School.

The Faculty Challenge which took place a few weeks ago has had mixed reviews. However, we are aware that Drama, Music and PE created particulary exciting challenges which students found fun. Guitar Hero seemed to be a hit!

We wish all the S4's Good Luck with their Prelims. Our next meeting will take place on Monday 3rd December Period 4.