Pupil Voice

The school council is made up from two children from each of the classes, from Year 3 to Year 6. Children wishing to stand for election are given an opportunity to carry out a presentation to their class at the beginning of each year, before being elected by their peers.

Across an academic school year, the school council focus upon different initiatives based upon our school motto; caring for ourselves; caring for others and caring for our planet.

Initiatives linked to ‘caring for ourselves’ have involved projects to do with improving our quality and enjoyment of breaktimes through developing our school grounds. The school council often canvas opinions from their classes in order to help staff to understand the children’s point of view. Equally, they  feedback key information about new proposals from our Senior Leadership Team to the children.

Over the years, the children on the school council actively  promote ‘ caring for others’ by spearheading charity events within school; helping to raise money and awareness for charities through money raising activities such as bake sales.

‘Caring for the planet’ is an aspect of the school council which the children feel very passionate about. This can involve recycling initiatives such as recycling batteries or encouraging all our children to be more responsible about the disposal of used stationery. For several years, the school council members have delighted in helping to improve our immediate environment by participating in a Woodland Trust programme of planting hedging saplings.