At Driffield School we have an active Executive Students’ Council whose role involves gathering ideas from the student body, to bring about positive outcomes for the school.
Throughout a typical year, the Executive Students’ Council work on various different projects linked with the life of the school, ranging from charity fund raisers to community clean ups.
One of the first jobs for the Executive Council this year was to hit the streets of Driffield to carry out a community litter pick.
The Executive Council’s presence was praised by both members of the public as well as teachers and other students from the school. The students were certainly visible in their luminous yellow attire!
Four members of the Executive Council: Josh Kingswell, Adam Dennis, Tom Baker and Sophie Watson, were lucky enough to be involved in the Big Deb8 in December. Secondary schools from across the East Riding had the opportunity to attend the Council chambers in Beverley and participate in a Youth Budget Conference, as well as debating some of the key issues facing young people across our region. After a hard fought battle it was a confident delivery from Josh Kingswell that eventually won his part of the debate for Driffield School.
This year the Executive Council organised and ran our first book exchange in the Learning Resource Centre, with students being given the chance to donate old books or swap books they have already read.
More than 150 books were donated and the event was a great success with money raised going back into the centre and new books chosen by the Executive Council.
So far this year our non-uniform days have raised £606 which was donated to Ward 77 of the Manchester Children’s Hospital in memory of Jamie Knott and £565 which is being donated to the Red Cross Syria Crisis Appeal.
Students at Driffield School have recently been taking part in a challenge to design a menu to link in with chosen themes of Yorkshire, America and Italy.
The Executive Council will judge these entries with the winning menus being served in the school canteens before the end of term.
The Executive Council hope to finish the school year on a high note, with members of the council hosting ‘I’m a teacher get me out of here’. Without giving too much away to the unsuspecting teachers, the even will be a charity fund raiser, which sees teachers going head to head on a variety of different food challenges.
For obvious reasons we are not able to involve live creatures, but we hope Mr Barnard’s infamous home grown chillies may make a guest appearance!