Canteen

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The canteen is a problem that we have had with this school for many years, whether it be the queues are too long or the food isn't nice or the prices are to high. we have do a lot to try and sort out these problems, but we didn't have a lot of power as it was an outside company that was doing it and we didn't get a choice in the price or quality of the schools food.

But all that is about to change!

From september 2011 werneth school will be taking over the canteen. whilst nothing will look different because the staff will be the same and seating will also, the food will be a lot better. also we are hoping that the prices will also be a lot cheaper, as werneth school has promised to get no profit from this what so ever.

So, what does the school council have to do with this? well, we are the bridge between the staff and the students. we ask the students what they would like to happen, but we also ask the staff what they would like to see too, as it isn't just the students that eat in the dinner hall. we then work with the head and a few other members of staff in trying to decide what, of the things people what, we can do and what we might have to look at longer down the line.

Not everything about the canteen will change at once and it might take a few years to get it to be the best canteen in the country, but we will get there. we have the passion and the drive and we are now on the road to success!

Links with Residents Groups

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The School Council has set up links with the local residents groups.

We have been working closely with the older residents from the Berrycroft Estate and invite them into school to support them with IT skills.  We started by getting them to play on a Wii!

School Uniform

Students are working with the Headteacher and designing a summer dress that could be used in the summer term.

Teen Health Clinic

The Werneth ‘Teen Clinic’ has been a long term project.  We conducted a survey some years ago and feedback suggested that students wanted an Outreach Centre from Central Youth at Werneth.  They want to get confidential help and support on a range of health related issues, including Sexual Health.

We set up the Teen Clinic with support of staff, Governors and the Local Education Authority.  It is now open.

Tuesdays:        Nurse – Liz Donegan
Thursdays:      Central Youth
Friday :           Nurse – Liz Donegan

‘Drop Ins’ on these days at breaks and lunchtimes.

We have tried to publicise this service.  If we don’t use it, we will lose it.

Collaborations

We are planning to hold video conferences with Stockport Grammar School and a school in America.

Anti-Bullying Roadshow

We still visit local Primary Schools during Anti-Bullying Week to stop the Year 6’s from worrying about coming to Senior Schools.

We present a PowerPoint sharing all the schemes we have put into place to combat bullying at Werneth, and also take a play and a boys dance group.

Peer Educators

We decided that one of the things that made the school look scruffy was the amount of litter that was everywhere, so we did something about it.

We all went around at breaks and lunchtimes and took notes on where it was everyone was hanging out. Then we went to the rest of the School Council with this information and researched how much it was to get a bin put in each area and what bins would look best. In the end, we went with the school colours and ten extra bin put on the outside of thew schools. this has been successful as there is now a lot 00less litter that is dropped.

The Butterfly Garden

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It was decided that we were going to do up some of the places that the students went to hag out at beaks and lunches. we found that the biggest place where people went was near the main office and they were just crowded in a little corner of the corridor, near the door, so we thought that if we did up the outside plot of land, when it wasn't raining they could go their instead. so we did it up.

Staff and students both can in one saturday to help with the weeding and replanting also some pictures of butterflies were stuck on the glass of the window next to the seating area. (we bought the benches for them to sit on).

C3 Room

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This was another thing we did for the students that went out side at lunch. C3 stands for common room three. we did this because common room 1 was shut down and we were no longer allowed in their as they now do dance and dance lunch activities in their.

So we designed it with the help of form reps, who got their ideas from their forms. it was designed by students for students and is a building, not connected to the school, where students can go at break and lunches to sit, chat, eat and relax.

China

We have a connection with a school in china that was very badly damaged by an earthquake.
We talk to student over there and we have also, in the past, raised money to help with the expense of making the school safe again. We had several none uniform days and other activities that helped us to raise the money.

Lockers

These have been very successful!  Staff did not want them, but students did.  We had to draw-up a business plan to persuade the Headteacher to buy them.  Any student can have one, we charge £10 for the year.

Quads

Students have needed more places to spend lunchtimes and dinners.  We were lucky and managed to get £28,000 funding to develop the Quad near D2 and Pupil Services.  It has opened this summer and was used by hundreds of students.

It has been the same with the opening of C3 and the Butterfly Garden.

Racism

We have tried hard to combat any forms of discrimination and prejudice, following on from our successful anti-bullying campaign.

Students volunteer to be photographed with an anti-racist slogan.  The Boxing Team was the first to volunteer and also the Year 11 Football Team.

It has been very successful.

Vertical Forms

Vertical forms at Werneth have been a big success and are very popular with students.

Radio

Water Fountain

School Bulletin

Teaching and Learning

Anti-Social Behaviour

We worked with the YOT and ASBAT teams to make a DVD and lesson plans to combat Anti-Social Behaviour.

This DVD (see products) won awards from Stockport Homes and the Werneth Councils Star Awards.

Bottles

We designed and had our own water bottles manufactured.  We sell them for £1.00, which is at a loss, to promote healthy lifestyles (hydration) and to reduce the waste of plastic bottles.