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Welcome to the House System & Captains Pupil Group

House Captains 🏆

Welcome to our House Captains page!

After lots of fantastic auditions and some very difficult decisions, we are delighted to announce our P7 House Captains and Vice Captains for this school year! 🎉

Our House Captains are:

🔴 Burns – Anna Duncan & Lyle Cumming
🟡 Bruce – Emelia Sandilands & Logan Cannon
🔵 Wallace – Ivy Rathnayake & Finlay Rankin
🟢 Livingstone – Claryssa McIntosh & Ellie Reid

We are incredibly proud of all of our pupils who took part in the auditions and demonstrated confidence, enthusiasm and a willingness to take on this important responsibility.

We are looking forward to the year ahead and seeing our House Captains lead, support and encourage their fellow pupils while helping to promote our house system throughout the school.

Good luck to our new House Captains – we can’t wait to see what you achieve! 🌟

2026 – 27 Pupil Voice Meetings 

August 2026 – Pupil Voice Meeting Minutes

 

 

 

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House System Minutes Template 31.8.22

 

Pupil Group Meeting 6

23.2.22

Points from previous meeting:

To finish posters that will be displayed round the school. These posters will encourage the pupils in the school to be kind in school and in the playground.

Ideas for the p7 funday, prizes, games etc.
Main discussion points from today:

  • Ideas for giving house points for acts of kindness( monthly kindness challenges, etc.)
  • Brainstorming ideas for weekly secret house point missions (weekly kindness challenge).
  • Some ideas include random acts of kindness, helping others, not shouting out and cleaning up after yourself.
Focus Article:

Including the Article number and the description

Article 8
Action Points: 

  • Wrote down ideas for weekly challenges in groups.
  • Challenges will change each week. Teachers and House System group will know the secret challenges.
  • If we see people completing the challenge, we tell their teacher they have been awarded house points.

Minute Taker: Niamh Allan

Pupil Group Meeting 5

This week, we held a virtual meeting to discuss the activities on offer during the P7 Fun Day. We are so excited!!

Pupil Group Meeting 4

Please click the link below to view the minutes from our meeting on the 24th November.

24.11.21 Meeting

Pupil Group Meeting 3

Please click the link below to view the minutes from our meeting on the 20th October.

Pupil Group Meeting 2

Please click the link below to view the minutes from our meeting on the 22nd September.

House Systems 22.9.21

Pupil Group Meeting 1

Main discussion points from today:

·      Introduce our group members (House Captains will be elected next week).

·      Introduce UNCRC Focus Article.

·      RRSA Pupil Group volunteers.

·      Discuss our current House System – monthly prize for the winning House, points awarded at Together Time and points counted at the end of each month.

·      What works well in our current House System? Are there any changes to be made?
Focus Article:

Article 12

I have the right to be listened to and taken seriously
Action Points:

·       RRSA volunteers – Finlay, Carly, Lily Rose, Isla, Darcey, Leah

·       Darcey – House Captains to continue giving House Points by visiting classrooms and giving out sticky notes to those who are listening well.

·       Movie Afternoon – choice of films.

·       Pyjama Day, Arts & Crafts, Dress Down Day, Science Afternoon.

·       For our next meeting, we will ask our peers which monthly prizes they would like at the end of each month.

Minute Taker: G Cunningham

 

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HGIOS Minutes February 2026

The How Good is Our School Pupil Group have been looking forward to engaging in the Young Leaders of Learning Programme and going to other schools for a peer visit. We have been exploring the theme of Health and Wellbeing and how we can continue developing this within our school. Take a look at our minutes for this month.

minutes Feb 2026

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Rights Respecting Schools Pupil Voice Group

The Rights Respecting Schools Pupil Voice Group is excited for the year ahead! Bursting with ideas, they are determined to uphold and build on our school’s Gold Rights Respecting status. Our enthusiastic members are committed to promoting children’s rights as outlined in the UNCRC and making a positive impact within our school community.

You can keep up to date with all our meetings and discussions using the minutes links below.

Take a look our ABCDE of rights, that our Rights Ambassadors proudly wear on their lanyards – ABCDE of Rights

2025/2026 Session 

25.02.26 – Rights Respecting Pupil Voice Minutes

06.10.25 – Rights Respecting Pupil Voice Minutes

15.09.25 – Rights Respecting Pupil Voice Minutes

25.08.25 – Rights Respecting Pupil Voice Minutes

 

2024/2025 Session

09.09.24 – Rights Respecting Pupil Voice Group

23.09.24 – Rights Respecting Pupil Voice Group Minutes

28.10.24 – Rights Respecting Pupil Voice Group Minutes

03.02.25 – Rights Respecting Pupil Voice Group Minutes

28.04.25 – Rights Respecting Pupil Voice Group Minutes

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Health and Wellbing Pupil group 2025

Health and Well Group minutes 

25.3.25

Today’s meeting for the Health and Wellbeing Pupil Voice group. Below are the minutes from our meeting, keep your eyes open for updates as we make our wee school better for all.

Attendees: See Register

Points from previous meeting:

  • Friendship day May 9th date confirmed!

Main discussion points from today:

  1. Welcome to the Health Wellbeing group – Chat time
  2. Well done for all the hard work on making healthier decisions and daily miles!
  3. Children Feedback AAW week and Cultural celebration
  4. Friendship day date confirmed as 9th May well-done
  5. Create posters to promote friendship, kindness and equality started and to return to room 16. 
  6. Fitness and mental healthP6 to remind classes weekly to participate in daily mile. Thank you P6 volunteers!!!
  7. Out of school achievements are being celebrated # see the whole person

Focus Article:

Article 13 –Everyone has the human right to express themselves, and Article 13 of the UNCRC makes it clear that this includes children and young people. Part of this right of freedom of expression involves being able to find out information for yourself— so you’re able to share it in the way you want.

Action Points:

  • Fruity Friday House points to be given by group members
  • Daily mile reminder P6 responsible for weekly reminders.
  • May 9th Friendship day  – pm Email all staff! Share information with whole school at assembly.
  • Raising awareness of positive mental attitudes and supporting P7 transitions
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Health and Wellbeing Pupil Voice Group 28.1.25

Health and Well Group minutes 

28.1.25

Today’s meeting for the Health and Wellbeing Pupil Voice group. Below are the minutes from our meeting, keep your eyes open for updates as we make our wee school better for all.

Attendees: See Register

Points from previous meeting:

  • Fruity Friday to be introduced February!
  • Friendship day May 9th date confirmed!

Main discussion points from today:

  1. Welcome to the Health Wellbeing group – Chat time
  2. Children Feedback – New clubs starting see parent portal
  3. Friendship day date confirmed as 9th May well-done
  4. Create posters to promote friendship, kindness and equality started and to return to room 16 when completed.
  5. Fitness and mental health – Reminder poster for each class to participate in daily mile. P6 to remind classes weekly.
  6. Out of school achievements are being celebrated # see the whole person

Focus Article:

Article 13 –Everyone has the human right to express themselves, and Article 13 of the UNCRC makes it clear that this includes children and young people. Part of this right of freedom of expression involves being able to find out information for yourself— so you’re able to share it in the way you want.

Action Points:

  • Fruity Friday launch January 2025
  • Daily mile reminder P6 responsible for weekly reminders.
  • May 9th Friendship day  – pm Email all staff! Share information with whole school at assembly.
  • Happy hut – promote reading in the playground
  • Librarians volunteers
  • Flyers of local clubs on website and in school for children to access if able.
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HGIOS January Minutes

We had our first meeting of 2025 today and the pupil group were very keen to discuss the quality indicator statements and what that meant for them. It was great to get everyone’s ideas. We have lots of exciting things coming up this term so take a look at our minutes to see!

Jan minutes

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