1. BUXTON VOICES B UXTON SCHOOL ’ S STUDENT COUNCIL

2. Buxton Voices – Secondary – Friday 11 th September 2015 Agenda Apologies/Attendance (Lawrence/Andra) New Building – Brain Storm Spaces (Sacha) House System Update (Tyler) Rainbow Club (Precilla) Table Tennis – THCF (Ehasanul) Random Acts of Kindness (Alex/Amber) Elite Prefects (Lawrence/Andra) Next Meeting

3. New Building – Brain Storming Spaces (Sacha, Deputy Head Boy) Plans for our new school building have been approved. This means that the hard play area and all weather pitch will be out of bounds from October half term. We invite students to put forward ideas for alternative spaces or activities we could use/do at break and lunchtimes. Please let your Buxton Voices rep know your ideas and they will let me know.

4. This is what Buxton Voices thought of……

5. Extra Science in labs Cookery Clubs YouTube Clubs Dodge ball tournaments Use library break and lunch Film Clubs Vlogging Clubs (ICT) Open Art rooms for craft clubs Drama Club Open all ICT rooms Game Show Clubs Fitness Clubs Board game Clubs

6. New Building – Brain Storming Spaces (Sacha, Deputy Head Boy) Please let us know if you have any more ideas…

7. House System Update (Tyler, Deputy Head Boy) There is still a little bit of work to do on the House System and we are nearly ready to announce the final structure. The Junior Leadership team have proposed House names that seem to have been well received by staff.

8. Proposed House Names & Colours (Tyler, Deputy Head Boy) Ghandi (1869 - 1948) leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Employing nonviolent civil disobedience, led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. Alan Turing (1912 –1954) - British pioneering computer scientist, mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher, mathematical biologist, and marathon and ultra distance runner. William Shakespeare (1564- 1616) English poet and playwright. Marie Curie (1867 – 1934) Chemist and Physicist. A Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize (Twice). Rosa Parks (1913-2005) Civil Rights activist. Virginia Woolf (1882 – 1941) English writer and one of the foremost modernists of the twentieth century.

9. Our new Rainbow Club supporting LGBT students, families and their friends will be on Thursdays after school in THASC. It starts 24 th September. Rainbow Club (Prescilla, Deputy Head Girl) Music, Film, VCafé, Pool, guidance, support info….

10. Table Tennis Club (Ehasanul, Deputy Head Boy) Table Tennis coaching with Tottenham Hotspur is on every Monday after school in the gym. You will receive expert technical coaching as well as a chance to play for Tottenham Hotspur.

11. Other Feedback….. Random Acts of Kindness – Buxton Voices voted to keep this project going – although it’s really hard to get students to nominate. Amber (8.4 and Alex 10.3 are going to try to increase the visibility of this project) Elite Prefects – Lawrence is going to propose new tie design. Until then this project is on hold.

12. Our next meeting is Friday 25 th September in the Secondary Main hall at 3.30pm Joint Meeting