TY History and Heritage
Student Leadership
At Woodbrook College, student participation is at the core of our student leadership programme. Student voice and activism is encouraged through the ample student leadership opportunities we offer. Students are encouraged to practice a range of leadership skills in a supportive, learning, and social environment.
Student leaders in Woodbrook College are responsible, organised, hardworking and caring representatives of, and advocating for, the student body. They actively demonstrate and encourage involvement in creating a positive whole school community.
Head Students
Head Students are responsible for leading the elected school Prefects, hosting school events, representing the school at public events, chairing the student council, organizing the mentoring programme, and assisting staff members. Head Students in Woodbrook College play a crucial role in ensuring that the RICH ethos of the school carries across to all areas of school life.
Head Students | |
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Head Boy | Cole Bateson |
Head Girl | Abigail Byrne |
Deputy Head Boy | David Nervez |
Deputy Head Girl | Niamh Tapley |
Prefects
The Prefect system in Woodbrook College is made up of nine senior prefects. Prefects play a vital part in the running of Woodbrook College, assisting and supporting both staff and pupils. The role of a Prefect falls into three main categories:
- Helping/assisting staff
- Supporting younger pupils
- Organising events
Qualifications and experience
- Academic record should be above average
- Behavioural record must be exemplary, including attendance record
Personal skills and aptitudes
- Leadership skills
- The ability to work well in a team
- Organisational skills
- Good communication skills
- Maturity
- Responsible
- Reliable
- Punctual, polite and honest
- Ability to talk confidently and appropriately to staff, students, and parents
- Pride in Woodbrook College
- Live the R.I.C.H culture
Senior Prefects | ||
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Cole Bateson | Ella Redmond | Eva Fox |
Abigail Byrne | Saskia Cepillo | Harigovind Vinodkumar |
David Nervez | Robert Munro | Conor Martin |
Niamh Tapley | Reece Gray | Alexander Kliszcz |
Ruby Roche | Michelle Dolores | Abin Joby |
Adam O’Toole | Chad Phillips | Molly Owens |
Student Council
The Student Council in Woodbrook College is a democratic and effective representative body within our school community. It provides a collective voice for our students and represents them as stakeholders in their education. There is one representative per class, assigned roles and shared responsibilities. All Student Council Representatives are fully trained with ISSU (Irish Second level Students Union).
Class Representatives
Class | Representatives |
1st year Avoca | C.J Obanya |
1st year Dodder | Jasmin Lily Coogan Moorhouse |
1st year Glencree | Alexia Ungureanu |
1st year Liffey | Niamh Smith |
1st year Vartry | Eoghan Clifford |
2nd year Avoca | Joe Tapley |
2nd year Dodder | Molly Weafer |
2nd year Glencree | Isabel O’Connor |
2nd year Liffey | Ellie Rose O’Brien |
2nd year Vartry | Noah Fogarty |
3rd year Avoca | Cain Mulligan |
3rd year Dodder | Khrystyna Nasrallah |
3rd year Glencree | Luke Kelly |
3rd year Vartry | Arina Lungu |
TY1 | Max Roche |
TY2 | Jason Tamayo |
TY3 | Kayleigh Aranas |
5th year Avoca | Malachi Blunden |
5th year Dodder | Emma Louise Kenny |
5th year Vartry | Aisling Tapley |
6th year Avoca | Lexi Cummins |
6th year Dodder | Samuel Oni |
6th year Vartry | Ruby Roche |
6th year Slaney | Eva Fox |
Responsibilities
- Attending all meetings of the student council
- Voting on any issues that may arise in meetings of the student council
- Making proposals on behalf of the students they represent to the student council
- Actively representing the interests of their peers
- Reporting to the students which they represent on any updates or events from the student council.
Student- Leadership Accredited Programmes
Woodbrook College offers students an array of student leadership programmes which encourage and empower our young students. These programmes develop skills which can be transferred to both school and community life.
Green School programme | Ms. Doyle |
Global Goals programme | Ms. Hand |
Creative Schools | Ms. Shiely |
An Gaisce | Ms. Kilfeather |
Young Social Innovators | Mr. Coady |
Foroige Leadership Programme | Ms. O Neill |
Model United Nations | Mr. O Donnell |
Gaelbhratach (Irish Flag) | Mr. Dwyer |
DCU Early University Entrance Programme | Ms. Hand |
Heritage Trips 2019
Transition Year should see learning take a slightly more exotic route as the learning that the students engage in is allowed to become more experiential and give them plenty of opportunities to learn knowledge and skills outside of traditional classroom settings.
Our Heritage Trips programme is a perfect example of this as every hill, valley, dale, island, museum and exhibition in the Dublin/Wicklow area is visited in a drive to connect each student to the development of the country they call home.
These photos capture some of the learning that’s happened this year.