School Council
What is a school council?
A school council is group of students who are elected to represent the views of all pupils and to improve their school.
What are the aims of the school council?
- To make sure that our school is a safe and happy place for children.
- To make sure that children have a place to voice their concerns.
- To encourage all children in the school to suggest improvements.
- To make sure any suggestions or concerns are listened to and acted upon.
What does the school council do?
The school council will meet with Miss Goldstraw once a month to discuss and sort out problems. They then share council ideas and decisions with their class. Members of the school council along with staff members will be responsible for carrying out the ideas that have been agreed.
Who are the school council?
Each year, every class will elect one child from each year group to be members of the school council. The children run it and are all expected to have a job. They will elect the following:
- Chair: Leads the meeting.
- Vice-chair: Takes turn with the Chair to lead the meetings.
- Secretary: Writes minutes in the meeting and types them up afterwards.
- Attendance Officer: Collects all School Council members for meetings and takes the register
- Ideas Box Officers: Collects the idea box for each meeting.
How can we make our school council a good one?
A good school council is one that represents the views of all students and gets things done. We will have regular meetings and good communication between the council and the rest of the school.
The School Council is made up of representatives comprising children from Year 1 – Year 6.
The School Council’s job is to involve everyone
– Providing a link between children and adults working in school
– Finding out about things children want to change
– Coming up with ways to make things better
– Putting those ideas into action
– Seeing what works (evaluating)
School Council Ideas Box
The school council has an ‘ideas box’ in the library area. It will be available for anyone to pop their ideas on a note and put it in the box. At every school council meeting the box will be emptied, the notes will be read out and the members will discuss the ideas to see if there is anything they can do to bring them to life. We regularly conduct pupil voice surveys and the results feed into our school decision making.