School Council
Within our school curriculum, one of the key areas making up the ‘Learning for Life and Work’ theme, is active participation. The curriculum requires that young people are provided with opportunities to participate in school and society. Our school council is an excellent way in which we can teach children about democracy, local and global citizenship and accountability.
Our school council is a group of children who act as representatives for their classmates in discussing school issues with school staff, including the Head Teacher. It’s a brilliant way of representing and contributing to pupil voice and having an impact within our school. The children are elected to embody the views of all pupils across many different topics of discussion, as well as working hard to improve our school and the facilities it offers. The school council 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 days, representing the school at various events or ensuring the school is as environmentally friendly as possible.
Our school council meet on a regular basis and discuss a variety of different hot topics, including items such as school lunchtimes, rewards or ideas for fundraising events to support different charities. Our school council are responsible for carrying out the ideas which have been agreed upon, such as planning discos, shopping for plants or improving play equipmen
This is what our school council has achieved this year to help the school and wider community:
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Food Bank Collection: Every class collected food to support our local food bank and help families in our community. Our school council made posters to tell the children and parents which types of food we wanted. They helped collect the food an box it up ready for collection.
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Poppy Appeal: All children had the opportunity to make a donation and support this years appeal. The school council went to each class daily over a two week period selling poppies and other merchandise..
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Christmas Performances: The school council welcomed parents and family members by helping them find their seats in our hall. They also helped set the hall up ready for the performance to start.
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School Fayres: The school council ran fun stalls during both the Christmas and Summer fayres. All the money we make goes back into our school.
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Red Nose Day: We wowed everyone by wearing red and holding a school-wide joke competition with an overall winner. The school council told their class what our fundraising idea was and how they could support it.
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Litter Pick: The school council looked after our local environment by picking up litter around the school grounds. We were amazed by how much rubbish we found!
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KS1 Sports Day: The children helped out and supported the younger children during their Sports Day. They were all incredibly patient with the children while they scored and showed them what to do.
- Children in Need: We raised money for Children in Need. We had a meeting and decided to "Challenge yourself to 25".We encouraged the school to wear 25 things or do something 25 times!
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Role Models: The school council need to consistently set a great example for the whole school by always remembering and showing our Barleyhurst values.