Committee The Communications Committee has had an unprecedented year in 2020, due to COVID-19 and the ensuing challenges which it brought us. Our goal this year was to encourage and provide exposure to our talented students and their voices, while simultaneously creating an atmosphere of inclusivity of all students who take a potential interest in writing. We faced a year of intermittency, and trial and error. Valentine's Day was an experience we were all very grateful was able to take place. We beautified the Atrium in streamers and wrote pick-up lines on post-it notes and stuck these on lockers
to spread our love. Our planned speed-dating event had to be cancelled, sadly, as were visits from writers. Despite the adversities of 2020, we managed to end the year on an excellent note with the annual Writers Night, a showcase and celebration of some of our creative talent within St Cuthbert’s. It was a beautiful night of sharing stories and memories – and feasting of course.
band of writers across the Senior School; interest and commitment was strong. Special thanks to the librarian, Cait Kneller, for all her inspiration, support and guidance with ‘Margin’, and for revamping the ‘Margin’ website. This can be accessed through the FC Library website. There are exciting plans for further development of written and visual stories i n 2021.
Comm Comm has a key role in the ongoing management and organisation of the student publication, ‘Margin’, that was started by members of 2018 Comms. The ‘Margin’ sub-committee worked closely with a growing
Overall, we had an amazing but challenging year and we all very much enjoyed growing closer as a committee.
— Willow Handy and Rosalind McCallum
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HOUSE REPORTS – YEAR 8 | COMMITTEES
SENIOR SCHOOL
COMMUNICATIONS
