Our school council is a group of pupils elected by their friends and peers to represent their classmates and help make decisions about school life. It gives children a voice and promotes teamwork and responsibility.
Keep an eye on this page for regular updates about what our school council has been up to!
- REDUCE,RECYCLE, REUSE!
Our School Council has decided to help make our school more sustainable. One of their ideas is to improve the ways we recycle in school. We already collect waste paper in separate recycling bins, but they believe there is more we can do!
The School Council has noticed a missed opportunity for recycling during lunchtimes. They observed that many plastic bottles are being placed in the general waste bins instead of being recycled.
To address this, they have created a plan to place recycling bins in the dining hall. This will allow children who bring packed lunches to dispose of their empty plastic bottles correctly so they can be recycled.
The School Council has also designed and created posters and will introduce this new project during Golden Book Assembly. This will help everyone in the school understand how they can contribute to improving our recycling efforts.
Here are some of their amazing posters.
- Our Reading Shed
The school council have helped to organise our new outdoor reading shed. They listened carefully to what the children had asked for in order to improve their outdoor area.
The school council really want to help develop children’s love for reading and by installing a reading shed they hope to encourage children to read for pleasure during their outdoor breaks.
Their campaign to collected pre-loved books has been a great success with lots of families and staff donating books. These books have been added to our reading shed for others to enjoy.
The reading shed is open during break times and lunchtimes and children are welcome to take any books they are enjoying home.
Our School Council Elections
Our school councillors, as voted by the children across the school, are:
Year 3 – Emily and Robbie
Year 3/4 – Amber and Vinnie
Year 4 – Riley and Laura
Year 5 -Mitchell and Keziah
Year 5/6 – Gracie and Alfie
Year 6 – Laura, Thomas O and Chelsea
CONGRATULATIONS!
These councillors will help to make decisions about how the school is run and take on projects that support the children’s learning and development, such as organising charity events, representing the school at outside events, or ensuring the school is environmentally friendly.
Our School Council Members
Why we wanted to be School Councillors ……..
| Robbie | I wanted to make sure that our school is clean and tidy and all the rubbish is picked up. I want to make our school even better . I want to listen to other peoples ideas and do my best to help. |
| Emily | I wanted to be a school councillor because I am kind and friendly and I want to try and help my friends |
| Vinnie | I wanted to be a school councillor because I love to help everyone . I am always nice to everyone and I am a good talker and listener. I promise to help when I am needed and will help look after the other pupils in school. |
| Amber | I wanted to be a school councillor to make our school an even better place. I wish school was open every day of the week. I want to help organise fun things for us to do and to help make our learning even better. |
| Laura | I wanted to be a school councillor because I think I can help organise more events and help children become even more clever. I promise to listen and help the teachers. |
| Riley | I wanted to be a school councillor because I have lots of good ideas . I am a brilliant listener . I am kind to others and like to listen to others and share ideas. |
| Mitchell | I would like to be a school councillor to help share peoples ideas and opinions . I want to show teachers that we care about them and I would like to help organise events such as our non-uniform days for charity. |
| Keziah | I wanted to be a school councillor so that I can help make everything fair . I think about others and will ask for their opinions about what they want to see in school. I have good ideas and want to help improve our outside areas. |
| Alfie | |
| Gracie | |
| Laura | |
| Thomas | |
| Chelsea |
School Council Projects
Staff Wellbeing Gifts
Our School councillors decided that they wanted to show the wonderful staff who look after them in school so well how much they are appreciated.
Every Friday the school council chooses two members of staff who deserve a little treat to brighten up their day. They deliver the thank you parcels with a hand written personalised note to let staff know how loved and appreciated they are.
Key Stage Two Playground Equipment
We have used a grant that we have secured from ‘Groundworks’ to help improve our outdoor area within school. The School Council asked their classmates for their input on what they would like to see in our outdoor area. They decided that some seating options in our bottom yard would be really useful for table top activities and packed lunches.
They also decided that a reading shed would be a great idea to allow children to have access to books they can take home and share with their grown ups.
Our Book Appeal
We have put out an appeal for donations of good quality books so that we can stock our outdoor reading shed. We spoke to the whole school during a Golden Book assembly and asked children if they could donate any books they have finished with or no longer read.
We made posters to advertise our appeal and displayed them around school. We have had a great response so far and will keep you posted with our progress!
