At The Sydney Russell School, we aim to prepare students to take an active role in their communities once they leave school. As part of this, they are given opportunities to contribute to the life of the school and the wider community. One aspect of this is that students are selected to lead certain teams. While a member of staff has overall responsibility for the various enrichment activities, it is intended that students will take as much responsibility as possible. The current structure is as follows:
Student Committees
There are four committees with Mrs Russell in overall charge. Students volunteer to be members of the committees and take responsibility for initiating and organising events relevant to their committee.
Charity Committee
Throughout the year, students initiate, plan and run a wide range of events to raise money for charities chosen by the students. The first of these in 2016 was Jeans for Genes Day.
Environmental Committee
Students are involved in discussions to reduce the amount of litter around the school. They have begun a project to develop gardens in secluded parts of the school. There are various initiatives to do with recycling.
SNAG Committee
There is a School Nutrition Action Group. Students are involved in designing strategies to encourage others to eat healthily.
Comminity Committee
In the course of an academic year students plan and run a range of activities to involve the local community. A regular feature is a coffee morning for local residents to raise money for Macmillan.
House Captains
Miss Darwin is an overall charge of House Captains.
Mr Dushku is an overall charge of sports House Captains. There are ten Sports Captains, a boy and a girl leading sport in each House. They are responsible for ensuring that the students in their houses know about the sports challenges, field teams and encourage spectators at the various events.
