House
Townley's House System consist of the seven Greek goddesses, Aphrodite, Artemis, Athene, Demeter, Hera, Hestia and Persephone.
Each house is led by two Senior House Captains in Year 12. Year 12 form prefects also attend lower school registration sessions.
School issues are discussed frequently in the House Council.
Each house group elects its own House Captain, Vice House Captain, Games Captain, Vice Games Captain, Global Leader, Assembly Representative and Kindness Representative.
House group responsibilities
House Councillors
The House Council provide a supportive forum for expressing student voice. Councillors will represent their tutor group and raise awareness of issues which are discussed at House Council to work towards solutions. They will then feedback to their tutor group and pioneer positive change in school life to support the school's vision: "From here it's possible". There is normally one student per form, however this might be flexible.
Senior House Captains
Role of the House Captain
1. Championing your House
a. Celebrating achievements within your house through assemblies that demonstrate the House values
b. Preparing for and contributing to fortnightly House Captain meetings to shape the future of the House System
c. Making effective use of the House Notice Board, updating it regularly and highlighting this in each assembly
d. Providing information from your House for the newsletter
2. Embodying House Values
a. Demonstrating and role modelling, explicitly and implicitly, the school and house values
b. Ensuring that each tutor group knows their House Captains and feels supported
c. Wearing your House tie with pride!
3. Assemblies
a. Planning, preparing and delivering relevant and effective assemblies to the rest of your house each half-term
b. Presenting House totals to inform the rest of the house about their (and others’) successes
c. Recognising achievement and effort within their House
4. Charity Events
a. Selecting the charity for their House to support through events each year and creating links between the charity and the school where possible
b. Assisting Kindness Representatives with their planning, advertising and implementation of charity events
c. Updating the House on monies raised and Charity events
5. Taking a leading role in the planning and implementation of House Prize Giving
a. Preparing for and contributing to House Prize Giving meetings
b. Liaising with Head of House to audition suitable performances for House Prize Giving
c. Writing and delivering an inspiring speech at Prize Giving
d. Assisting with welcome and refreshments
6. Raising the profile of the House System
a. Seeking opportunities to develop the House system
b. Attending extra-curricular events to support the wider school community, such as: Year 11 House breakfast, Sports Day, Year 11 celebration evenings, Year 9 Options Evening, Open Evenings and performing arts careers events
"Not only do you gain valuable skills such as time management and commitment by taking up a leadership position in Townley, but you also have the opportunity to actively represent other students and be a voice of change. I would strongly recommend applying for house captain as it has allowed me to fulfil my goal of spreading more positivity within our house of Aphrodite and the school community."
"Being one of the House Captains of Hera has been an amazing experience this year, I have had so much fun organising events, trying to raise money for charities and interacting with other year groups. It is a great opportunity to make an difference in school and be a role model to help and guide others in the school and I have loved every minute of it."