The girls organize themselves into teams of
10 ranging in age from the youngest to the oldest, and select a leader.
* The entire home of 200 girls is divided into 4 “homes”
of 50 girls each. Each home has 5 team of 10 girls each. From among
the 5 leaders of the teams in each house a House Captain and an Assistant
is elected who takes responsibility for :
* The good behaviour of their House
* All inter house activities e.g. family hour, interhouse
contests etc.
* A house meeting once a week to deal with any ongoing
problems, to organize activities, to get to know each other, find
talents, listen to what the younger ones say, settle disagreements
etc.
* The House Captains and Vice Captains form the Girls
Home Council which meets once a week to discuss any points which need
to be taken to the Staff.
* Each month the Captain and Vice Captain carries
out an evaluation of each child’s performance. This evaluation
is discussed with the child and reasons for the grade given explained.
* These evaluations are submitted to the House in
Charge for filing in the girls’ files.
* The aim is to develop leadership and responsibility
in the children so the performance of the House is reviewed once every
6 months and the Captains are changed at that time to give more leadership
opportunity in each House.