SRC Report

The SRC has been off to a great start this year and we are already working hard to advocate for positive change and encourage wellbeing and school spirit in Fort Street. Our current SRC members were inducted last November and we will soon be joined by new Year 7 SRC members who will be elected towards the end of Term 1.

Earlier this term, the SRC held the Year 7 Sports Day, which is where SRC Leaders collaborate with Peer Support Leaders to run a day for Year 7s where they can meet new people and have fun. We ran sports such as soccer and basketball, and played games like Bang and Mafia. The day was a great success and all the students enjoyed themselves and got to know more of their year group, as well as some friendly Year 10s and 11s.

For the first five weeks of term, the SRC was working hard on our annual Rose Drive, selling roses for students and teachers to buy and send to friends. We sold a grand total of 1,200 roses, which were all distributed on the 1st of March by SRC members who were dressed accordingly to the Valentine’s theme. Accompanying the roses were affectionate letters to the recipients. This year’s Rose Drive was a great success and it certainly brightened up the school day and boosted school spirit.

Recently, the SRC has also been working with the P&C Committee who are generously funding some new developments in the school. To decide what these developments will be, the SRC has conducted a survey for the school to provide their input. We have received almost 700 responses and will be using these opinions to benefit our school shortly. Ideas include, improving the tennis courts, turning a classroom into a lecture room and installing more water stations around the school.

Additionally, SRC has been collaborating with the school’s canteen to explore the possibility of having student representatives volunteer there. This would be valuable to the SRC as it would help us to gain insight into what changes can be made. It would also be beneficial to the canteen staff to have volunteers to assist them regularly. It would then ultimately benefit the whole school as the SRC’s involvement and perspective will allow for improvements in the canteen to be made.

The executive SRC members have recently been busy preparing for the year by attending multiple Prefect Afternoon Teas, where they have collaborated with other leaders from schools such as Sydney Boys, North Sydney Girls and Homebush Boys. Events such as these provide members with insight into leadership at similar schools and from this many ideas can be brought and implemented into Fort Street’s SRC. The connections between students that are made on these summits are also valuable as the students can continue to collaborate throughout the year.

As Easter is approaching, the SRC’s annual Easter Egg Hunt is also coming up. Once a year, Easter eggs are up for grabs for the students (and teachers!) to win. Tokens are scattered all around the school which you can then cash in for chocolate at recess and lunch. This year, we are also hoping to expand the Easter events by making more games for the school to participate in. Details about the events will be given closer to the time, but be ready to hunt for tokens!

The SRC is always interested in input from the student body they represent. All students are welcome to attend the SRC Monday meetings or they can speak to the representatives from their year at any time. Additionally, every month the SRC holds Feedback Friday at year meetings which is an opportunity for students to give input to the SRC.