School Councillors
We believe School Councillors play a vital part in ongoing school improvement and within our community. They represent the views of all pupils and make decisions on their behalf.
Decisions are made about the curriculum and learning, supporting good attitudes to learning, the school environment and community events. In addition councillors have identified a range of charities that the school supports during the year. Their three sub-committees reflect these areas of involvement.
Every September children in Years 4, 5 and 6 vote for two girls and two boys in their year groups. They visit the Houses of Parliament (in addition to a class trip) to further explore democracy and representation. The roles and responsibilities of school councillors (as agreed by councillors themselves) are:
- Listen to others
- Respect different views
- Set an example using our Be the Best you can Be! values
- Help to make the school even better
- Represent the school well.
School Councillor News
School Councillors first meeting
School Councillors elected this week were straight to work with their first meeting today with our headteacher, Ben Roberts. They created three sub-committees, with four councillors from different year groups in each, to enable quicker [...]
Voting for School Councillors
What a lot of democracy! At the beginning of every academic year, pupils in Years 4, 5 and 6 elect new school councillors to represent their views. Following assemblies about democracy and the rule of [...]
Even more plants in our playground!
The School Council sub-committee responsible for the learning environment have been considering ways to further improve our 'exceptional environment' (Ofsted 2016). In response to the huge amount of sowing and planting, particularly of flowers this [...]
Spring Bulbs around Tyre Island
As part of their outdoor learning Year 5s have been learning about planting and displaying spring bulbs. This week they created this stunning arrangement around tyre island in our playground for everyone to enjoy at [...]
Festive Jumpers for WaterAid
On same day as our Christmas Lunch this year, children (and adults) were invited by school councillors to wear a festive jumper and support a charity. Year 5 have been learning about the importance of [...]
Whole school vote to decide fundraising project!
Following their decision to ask all children from Reception to Year 6 to vote for the next PTA fundraising project, school councillors have been working extremely hard to gather all their voting slips and count [...]