House Council Minutes

Instead of a Muster today we held a House Council. The boys split into year groups and their comments and my responses are below:

3 Form

·        Can we have headboards on our beds? (SDCH: A very reasonable request, I will ask for this to be done)

·        The light in the big dorm is broken (SDCH: I’ve emailed for this to be fixed)

·        Can we put food from the tuck shop on the school bill? (SDCH: See what your parents say…)

·        Can we play football as a school sport? (SDCH: This is a decision for the Headmaster and Director of Sport – a good item for School Council.)

4 Form

·        Why don’t we have fruit anymore? (SDCH: We don’t have enough money in the Hesperus budget! Fruit will be back in September. You can still get fruit from the Mess Hall at breakfast, lunch and supper.)

·        We have a waffle machine but no batter (SDCH: Batter is provided on Friday nights but feel free to bring in your own batter if you’d like to use the waffle maker at lunchtime and evenings)

·        Can we have colour ink for the printer? (SDCH: Too expensive – see comment on fruit)

·        Why is Seth hair so bad? (SDCH: Very good question. Seth’s hair is an abomination)

·        Is the school planning to renovate the Study Block? (SDCH: Not sure – something to take to the school council. Like Hesperus the study block is a practical, not beautiful, building)

 5 Form

·        The galley tidying rota is annoying (SDCH: Wash up after yourselves then)

·        More toasties (SDCH: I suspect it would be too expensive – good item for the food committee though)

·        Can we replace the carpet downstairs? (SDCH: I will certainly request this for the summer)

·        Hesperus Flag (SDCH: Probably not)

·        Hesperus shorts (SDCH: We are getting new shirts so shorts will have to wait)

Lower 6

·        The showers on the middle floor are too hot (SDCH: I’ve emailed Lewis – they were too cold last time so hopefully we’ll find some middle ground)

·        We need a new carpet downstairs (SDCH: see above)

·        Can we end the house nights on a Friday – we’d rather go out (SDCH: I’ll speak to the other Housemasters about this_)

Upper 6

·        Hesperus needs a gravity chamber, slushy machine, soft ball pool and should be sound proofed (SDCH: Great ideas – when are you leaving?)

Ideas for Sunday trips

·        Thorpe Park

·        Reading (but catch train in rather than minibus)

·        Punting in Oxford

·        Paintballing

·        Airsoft

·        Go ape

SDCH