St Ita's Student Council

The Student Council has regular meetings to discuss school events and school improvements. We share ideas, make plans, and set tasks to help us achieve these goals. St Ita’s Student Council members have an invaluable role in representing the voice and opinions of all children within our school.  

St Ita’s Student Council consists of one representative from each class from Primary 5 to Primary 7.  Each member was elected by their classmates following a short presentation explaining why they feel they should be elected.

St Ita's Digital Leaders

St Ita’s Digital Leaders are responsible for acting as the represented student body for all aspects of Digital media. They assist the ICT Co-Ordinators in trialling new software, equipment and apps to use throughout the school.

They act as trained leaders in helping their teacher’s and fellow students with digital skills tasks and technical support. They meet regularly with Mr Murphy to report any issues with tasks, equipment or to work on their monthly focus for the Digital Leaders team. Throughout the year the Digital Leaders team have the opportunity to visit the Apple Store to develop their skills for our School Development Plan Digital Skills targets and receive regular training from Mr Murphy.

At the start of each year P4 to P7 pupils elect a boy or girl from their class to represent them on the Digital Leaders team.

St Ita's Eco Committee

St. Ita’s Eco-Committee consists of class representatives from P4-P7 who have been chosen by their peers. The Eco-Committee meet monthly with Miss Harney to discuss key issues within the school and how we can improve upon these. 

Each week the committee carry out important tasks such as emptying the recycling bins, monitoring food waste and  completing energy surveys.

We pride ourselves in keeping our school environment clean and litter free.

In March 2019, our Eco-Committee received the prestigious Ambassador School Award. The award recognises excellence in the Eco-School’s programme and is a tremendous achievement for our school.

St Ita's Mini Wellbeing Champions

Each class from P1-7 has a ‘Mini Wellbeing Champion’. These have been chosen by the Class Teachers to promote and encourage positive wellbeing at St Ita’s.

These children are in charge of leading and reminding their teachers about the daily mindfulness in each class, called the ‘Mindful Minute’. They also meet regularly with Miss Houston to organise our monthly ‘Feel Good Fridays’ for the whole school. These are based around wellbeing themes such as fitness, mindfulness, art, music and drama. The ‘Mini Wellbeing Champions’ help to organise key days such as World Mental Day, World Kindness Day, International Day of Happiness, Anti-Bullying Week, Children’s Mental Week and many more! They champion pupil voice on the topic of wellbeing from each of their classes and feedback ideas to make a difference to the school.

St Ita’s continue to take part in the ‘Being Well, Doing Well’ initiative, ran by the Education Authority. This spans 5 years and is a whole school approach to emotional health and wellbeing. This is part of The Children & Young People’s Emotional Health & Wellbeing in Education Framework.