The Student Council is a central part of the school community and it allows students and staff to have better communication. We are present in every aspect of school life from sporting events to charity events. Our main objectives are: to provide the pupils with a range of activities to participate in throughout the school year, help staff with better communication, smooth running of daily activities and raising awareness about the current issues we deal with at school. This school year we have a larger student council because we added the new positions of Treasurer and Head of IB, being an IB school. We also have two Year group representatives from Year 7 to Year 12. To help organise events and aid with the discipline of the students we chose Prefects from Year 12 who play an important part in the efficient running of the school. Furthermore, we decided to set up an inter-house competition this year so each House will now compete not only in sporting events but also in charity events and music events. We decided on three main charities to help this year, each assigned to a house, which are the EBT, the ANT and the OrphanAid Africa. We are looking forward to a great variety of events from new to recurring ones and a lot of participation from everyone!
The Student Council is organised as to include two representatives from each year group in the Upper School and the Sixth Form Council. There is an official meeting once every two weeks in which all issues and proposals are discussed. The agenda and minutes for each meeting are puplished on the student's board, upon which all notices concerning students are displayed.
This year's Sixth Form Council has been appointed as follows:
| Giulia Zecchini | Head Student | |
| Alessia Mortara | Deputy Head Student | |
| Alyssa MacGregor Hastie | Deputy Head Student | |
| Matteo Prestinoni | Head of Sport | |
| Laura Borsari | Co-Head of Charity | |
| Costanza Ragazzi | Co-Head of Charity | |
| Laetitia Colombo | Co-Head of Charity | |
| Tommaso Bordignon | Co-Head of Entertainment | |
| Sophie Wells | Co-Head of Entertainment | |
| Head of House: Austen | ||
| Victor Weber | Co-Head of House: Drake | |
| Federico Furlan | Co-Head of House: Drake | |
| Niccolò Gandini | Co-Head of House: Austen | |
| Edoardo Ghizzoni | Co-Head of House: Darwin | |
| Gaia Prizzon | Co-Head of House: Darwin | |
| Nupur Lomash | Head of International Relations | |
| Kamilya Dosbayeva | Treasurer |
HOUSES – Darwin, Austen and Drake
The House system was derived from the strong legacy of British Education at Sir James. In accordance with the tradition of schools in the UK, the Sir James Henderson has 3 Houses: Darwin, Austen and Drake, carrying names of renowned individuals and symbols of British culture, more specifically, of science, literature and politics. Houses group together senior school students from every year into three teams. The teams compete in school life events such as Sports Days and Swimming Galas, the Eisteddfod Competition (inter-curricular annual competition) and in terms of merit awards achieved by each student for academic excellence. This year, the student council has also introduced a Charity Scheme. Each House has been assigned a charity to which they will be committed until the end of the year. Fund raising events will be divided into Houses and totals will be recorded. The House which has raised the greatest amount of money for their charity by the end of the year will win a cup. Darwin is currently sponsoring the ANT Association, Austen is sponsoring OrphanAid Africa, and Drake is sponsoring the Esther Benjamin Trust. The Houses are each headed by two members of the student council. Their role is to be points of reference for the students, co-ordinate team events and to encourage participation. This year, we are trying to strengthen competitiveness within the school to promote a healthy working environment, allowing the students to achieve their maximum potential. For this reason, the council is looking to put greater emphasis on the role of Houses. We are hoping to motivate the children to become more involved and enthusiastic, and to take pride in their team efforts. House spirit has also been achieved by making each class of every year group correspond to a House. For example, the ‘A’ (7A, 8A etc) classes of each year group are Darwin, ‘B’ classes are all Austen, ‘C’ is Drake. This also allows the Heads of House to work more easily with the students themselves. We are currently challenging the students to design logos for their houses, keeping in mind what was said in House assembly about the symbols which represent their teams. Drake is traditionally distinguished by the Dragon. Being in Houses is a great opportunity for students from different year groups to interact and share some very fun experiences together. We hope the students will make the best of this opportunity.