School Council

Our School Council is elected in the Autumn Term, through in-class elections, each year.

At our first meeting we agree a mission statement and our priorities for the year. Our mission statement, action plan, meeting minutes and any upcoming projects are displayed in the hall on our School Council Notice Board. Our Action Planning is informed by the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.

On the board you will also find our elected officials, their roles and their photos. Each year we elect a Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, Secretary and Treasurer, all of whom have specific roles to fulfil at meetings and between them.

Class representatives from Kingfishers, Badgers, Owls and Otters hold regular Class Councils and conduct playground surveys as agreed by the Council, to ensure all pupils have a voice.

Since September 2019, the Council have allocated themselves the following advocacy roles:

STEM Champions
Digital Leaders
Learner Well-being Leads
Eco Councillors
Team English Leads
Creative Curriculum & Charity Councillors
Special Educational Needs Inclusion Champions

Our Special Educational Needs Councillor has historically been part of Cumbria's 'All of Us' Special Educational Needs Advocacy group and works with the SENCO (Mrs Love) and SEND Governor to ensure Inclusion is evident; representing pupil voice and holding to account. Over the last 3 years, our Inclusion Champion has arranged Autism Aceeptance Day, Dyslexia and Stammer Awareness Days and 3 annual Festivals of Inclusion.

School Council takes its responsibilities to our school, community and the world very seriously and holds regular fundraisers in the name of the charities we elect to support as well as working to improve school life.

We work with other School Councils as part of the SCONE network and- where available- our representatives attend meetings with other School Councillors from the North East. In 2016, we were fortunate enough to send two of our Councillors to London on a visit to the Houses of Parliament to learn more about democratic rule, representation and advocacy.

Previous School Council Events:

May Day Chocolate Tombolas
Fair Trade Tuck Shops
Stand Up To Cancer Community Coffee Mornings
Macmillan Community Coffee Mornings
Annual Children in Need Fundraising Days and associated competitions
Fair Trade Fortnight awareness-raising activities and applications for Fair Aware Status
Red Nose Day Big Red Bun Sale & Go Red & Soak the Staff fundraisers
Wateraid Fundraising activities
Bake a Difference- Gingerbread competitions
Crisis- Help the Homeless Fundraising events
Refuge- Bring Your Toy to School Days- fundraising for toys for children who are vulnerable or displaced over Christmas
Elf Day for Alzhiemers
Save the Children Christmas Jumper Days
Wateraid- Jars of Change Initiatives
Annual International Women and Men's Day Events
Autism Acceptance Weeks
Annual Festivals of Inclusion
NSPCC Number Days
Social Enterprise Projects for the betterment of the School
Aspirational Curricular enrichment: e.g. Poems inspired by Science, Sustainable Home and 'What is Home' reflective activities
Monitoring Days to ensure and evidence the community are Living Our Values.

Upcoming Events:

Children in Need- Pudsey's Ears Fundraiser and Non-Uniform Day

Cookies for Crisis- Christmas Charity Event

Save the Children Christmas Jumper Day

Get Britain Reading- Motivational Event

Read for Change Readathon

Inclusion Enquiry and Celebration

Current Funding Projects:

In recent years, School Council have considered how we can make school more eco-friendly and reduce our paper waste; worked together to make more of our playground plastic-free and purchased hedgehog homes and graphic novels to enrich the lives and studies of peers. They have fundraised to send book donations to Ankoma Library and are currently planning to enhance in-class libraries throughout the building.

Meeting Structure:

Review of Actions from previous meetings

Evaluation of Action PLAN events & planning

Financial Review by Treasurer

Feedback from class councils

Matters Arising

AOB

Next SCONE meeting:

TBD

Previous Meeting Agenda Items: