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
Flowers are Blooming – Spring is Sprung!
We are thrilled that so much of the children's hard work around our different outdoor spaces has suddenly come to life! Marsh Marigolds (sometimes called Kingcup) have lit up the raised pond in our [...]
Playground Reading Lodge
The School Council Curriculum Sub-Committee decided to create a space in our playground for children from Reception to Year 6 to relax and read during lunchtimes. Thanks to our families who donated cushions and more [...]
Ace of Clubs visit
School Councillors visited the Ace of Clubs today, in order to see first-hand the work that the volunteers do to provide some comfort and respite for the Clapham homeless. Councillors saw the room full of [...]
Composting in the Playground
The Conversation Sub-Committee of school councillors have been busy making decisions about how we can do more composting in school. They were given some composting bins by Lambeth and wanted to help all the children [...]
Arranging our Poppy Appeal
For over a week our school councillors have been inviting families to donate to the poppy appeal at our gates. Today they planned an assembly which included listening to the last post and a minute's [...]
School Councillors visit Parliament
A group of excited School Councillors were invited to the Houses of Parliament to find out about the history behind our parliamentary democracy. They found out lots of interesting facts including that the word 'parliament' [...]