Bracken Ridge State School

[General Information | School Captains | House Captains | Student Council]

General Information

Bracken Ridge State School has 520 students in attendance, currently enrolled in Prep - 7. These 520 students come from over 350 families from Bracken Ridge and the surrounding areas.

Children at Bracken Ridge State School enjoy a variety of extra-curricular activities. These include Instrumental Music, our award winning Senior Choir and Inter and Intra School sport. In addition to these, the school actively encourages our students to participate in the Maths, Science, Writing, Computer and English competitions run by the University of New South Wales, and the Tournament of Minds. Students from Bracken Ridge State School have won the overall competition at the Royal National Show (EKKA) with numerous students winning individual prizes in a number of different categories including Craft, Mapwork, Handwriting, Science/Social Studies Projects etc, over a number of years.

As the students enter the upper school, Years 6 and 7, they are given the opportunity to become a School Leader. The School Leader initiative rewards students who have demonstrated their committment to our Five C'c.

Courtesy
Co-Operation
Care
Compassion
Committment

Students, to achieve School Leader status, have to demonstrate a number of attributes to their teachers, including support staff. These criteria include:

Adherence to the Uniform Code
Involvement in Extra-Curricular activities
Treating others with Courtesy

Our catch phrase is, "If you can manage your own behaviour appropriately, then you are a potential School Leader." The students are given a number of opportunities to achieve their School Leader status over Years 6 and 7. However only students who have received their School Leader's Badge by the end of Year 6, are eligible to become Captains in Year 7.

School Captains

Potential candidates for School Captain positions are nominated at the beginning of their final year at Bracken Ridge State School. Once nominated, candidates have to address the Year 6 and 7 students, teachers and administration, and their parents. In the address, students indicate what they feel will make them a great School Captain. The Year 6 and 7 students in conjunction with the Teaching Staff then make the difficult decision and vote for their preferred candidates.

School Captains - 2009
Girl Captain	Tia McD
Boy Captain	Max F
Girl Vice-Captain	Elaine E
Boy Vice-Captain	Braydn C

Music Captains - 2009

Boy Captain	Will C-K
Girl Captain	Eleanor M

The community of Bracken Ridge State School congratulates the School Captains for the year 2006, and look forward to seeing the contribution these students will make to the school community.

House Captains

The House Captains represent their respective Houses during Intra-School competitions. The Sports Houses are named after the three main islands of the east coast off South-East Queensland; Moreton (red), Fraser (blue) and Stradbroke (green). There are plenty of opportunities for the students to exercise their 'motivational' skills during the year with Intra-sport competitions in:

Ball Games

Cross Country

Pentathlon

Swimming

House Captains have to be School Leaders in order to be nominated and subsequently elected. House Captains are elected by the Teaching Staff. Once again the community of Bracken Ridge State School congratulates these students on their achievements.

House Captains & Vice Captains - 2009
Fraser	Breanna D
	Jesse G
Vice Captains	Yvette B
	Travis T
Moreton	Riley F
	Liam H
Vice Captains	Jessica B
	Ben S
Stradbroke	Rachelle W
	Jonty B
Vice Captains	Nichola Y
	Tegan C

Student Council

The Student Council's main aim is to give children in Year 7 an opportunity to exercise and develop leadership skills. It also aims to teach children the necessary skills to conduct and manage a meeting.

The Student Council also provides an avenue for students to undertake fundraising activities in order to contribute some funds for a designated charity or a school project they wish to undertake.

The School Council draws its membership from the Year 7 classes, with students from each class nominated to the Student Council. To become a member of the Student Council, children must be a School Leader.

Student Council - 2009
*President*	Cara P
Vice President	Kiara Q
*Secretary*	Kristen A
*Treasurer*	Courtney S
Student Council	Angie S
	Shaneikah C
	Sienna-Rose W
	Christopher N
	Tiarna H
	Josh C