{"id":6317,"date":"2026-09-02T14:49:38","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T13:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/stjosephsprimary\/?p=6317"},"modified":"2026-09-02T14:49:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T13:49:40","slug":"%f0%9f%8c%9f-our-new-house-captains-and-vice-captains-%f0%9f%8c%9f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/stjosephsprimary\/?p=6317","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\udf1f Our New House Captains and Vice Captains! \ud83c\udf1f"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We are delighted to announce our <strong>House Captains and Vice Captains for this school year!<\/strong> \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our P7 pupils took the responsibility of applying for these important leadership roles very seriously. They prepared some <strong>amazing PowerPoint presentations<\/strong>, explaining why they would make good House Captains and sharing their ideas for how they could support their houses and our wider school community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nanci-Rose, Callum, Ava, Robin and Jessica<\/strong> all delivered wonderful speeches to their houses. Their presentations were thoughtful, heartfelt and showed just how much they care about St Joseph\u2019s and the pupils they hope to represent. <strong>Willow<\/strong> also did a great job preparing for the role but unfortunately missed the presentations on the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The voting was incredibly close in some houses!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udd35 <strong>St Andrew\u2019s<\/strong> \u2013 It was a very close vote, with <strong>Jessica<\/strong> just managing to secure the role of <strong>House Captain<\/strong>, and <strong>Nanci-Rose<\/strong> becoming <strong>Vice Captain<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udfe2 <strong>St Ninian\u2019s<\/strong> \u2013 <strong>Ava<\/strong> produced a very detailed and convincing presentation, and St Ninian\u2019s pupils voted for her to become their <strong>House Captain<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udfe1 <strong>St Columbus<\/strong> \u2013 We even ended up with a <strong>tie between Robin and Callum!<\/strong> With nothing separating them in the vote, a name had to be drawn, resulting in <strong>Robin<\/strong> becoming <strong>House Captain<\/strong> and <strong>Callum<\/strong> becoming <strong>Vice Captain<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are incredibly fortunate to have such a <strong>wonderful group of P7 pupils<\/strong> this year. The quality of their presentations showed maturity, confidence and a genuine desire to make a positive contribution to our school. Regardless of the final results, every pupil who put themselves forward should be very proud. \ud83c\udf1f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our new Captains and Vice Captains will have an important role throughout the year, representing their houses, listening to the views of other pupils, encouraging participation, being positive role models and carrying out the responsibilities detailed in their leadership certificates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We know <strong>Jessica, Nanci-Rose, Ava, Robin, Callum and Willow<\/strong> will be wonderful leaders and will represent their houses and St Joseph\u2019s with pride. \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Congratulations to our new House Captains and Vice Captains \u2013 and a huge well done to all of our P7s!<\/strong> \ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udf1f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf0d UNCRC Links<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Article 12<\/strong> \u2013 The right to have your views heard and taken seriously.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Article 15<\/strong> \u2013 The right to meet with others and join groups.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf31 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Goal 4 \u2013 Quality Education<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Goal 16 \u2013 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udc9a SHANARRI Indicators<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Achieving<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Respected<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Responsible<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Included<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udca1 Meta-skills<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Communicating<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Leading<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Collaborating<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Initiative<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Integrity<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf1f The Four Capacities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Confident Individuals<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Responsible Citizens<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Effective Contributors<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Successful Learners<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u271d\ufe0f Strands of Faith<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>In the Image of God<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Reign of God<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"6318\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/stjosephsprimary\/uploads\/sites\/8813\/2026\/09\/02144924\/House-and-Vice-Captains-2026_2027-576x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/stjosephsprimary\/uploads\/sites\/8813\/2026\/09\/02144924\/House-and-Vice-Captains-2026_2027-576x1024.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/stjosephsprimary\/uploads\/sites\/8813\/2026\/09\/02144924\/House-and-Vice-Captains-2026_2027-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/stjosephsprimary\/uploads\/sites\/8813\/2026\/09\/02144924\/House-and-Vice-Captains-2026_2027.jpeg 709w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are delighted to announce our House Captains and Vice Captains for this school year! \u2764\ufe0f Our P7 pupils took the responsibility of applying for these important leadership roles very seriously. They prepared some amazing PowerPoint presentations, explaining why they would make good House Captains and sharing their ideas for how they could support their houses and our wider school community. Nanci-Rose, Callum, Ava, Robin and Jessica all delivered wonderful<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/stjosephsprimary\/?p=6317\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20916,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/stjosephsprimary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/stjosephsprimary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/stjosephsprimary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/stjosephsprimary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/20916"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/stjosephsprimary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6317"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/stjosephsprimary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6319,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/stjosephsprimary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6317\/revisions\/6319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/stjosephsprimary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/stjosephsprimary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/stjosephsprimary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}