Since taking over their new roles, our student council members have been brainstorming regularly to come up with different ways to improve and enhance the school life experience for all. Recently they invited Mr Beehan to one of their meetings to share some of their ideas with him. Mr Beehan was very impressed and enjoyed teasing out the different ideas with the students.
After much discussion, the first initiative they chose to implement was 'Desk Customisation'. Jack Lyons who came up with this particular idea wanted to give each child in St Colman's an opportunity to express their individuality. The idea is that anyone who wishes to take part can decorate their own desk with something that interests them. Everyone was asked to choose something that wouldn't distract their classmates or themselves, so, nothing electronic or noisy or too big. As we were heading into the mid-term break, today was the perfect day to start this initiative.
A wide variety of toys were brought in. We saw Lego, figurines, dolls, balls, a hurl or two, a lightsaber, rubix cubes, fidget toys, crystals and soft toys to name but a few. We had a couple who showed us their current knitting and crocheting work. Some chose to decorate their desks with paper chains, ribbons and their favourite football team crests. There was definitely an air of fun around the school today, so thanks must go to the student council for their wonderful initiative. We look forward to the next one!
