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 with the following advocacy roles:

STEM Champion
Digital Leader
Learner Well-being Lead
Eco Councillor
Team English Lead
Creative Curriculum Councillor
Special Educational Needs Inclusion Champion

Our Special Educational Needs Councillor is also 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.

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 are part of the SCONE network and our representatives attend regular 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.

Previous School Council Events:

May Day Chocolate Tombola
Fair Trade Tuck Shop
Stand Up To Cancer Community Coffee Morning
Macmillan Community Coffee Morning
Children in Need Fundraising Day and Design a Pudsey Competition
Fair Trade Fortnight 2019
Red Nose Day's Big Red Bun Sale & Go Red for RND
Children in Need- Wild N'Wacky Fancy Dress & PJ Days
Bake a Difference- Gingerbread competition and Tuck Shop for FairTrade- December 10th 2019
Crisis- Help the Homeless Non-Uniform Day- Friday 20th December 2019
Refuge- Bring Your Toy to School Day- fundraising for toys for children who are vulnerable or displaced over Christmas
Elf Day for Alzhiemers
Save the Children Christmas Jumper Day
Wateraid- Jars of Change
IWD
Autism Acceptance Week

Upcoming Events:

Number Day NSPCC

Read for Change- Readerthon

Current Funding Projects:

School Council are currently considering how we can make school more eco-friendly and reduce our plastic use. We have a sub-committee investigating recycling provision and one looking in to how we can make our playground plastic-free!

A request has been made to School Council for funding for Graphic Novels & Lime Level Reading Books

Owl Class Reading Area development

Next Meeting Focus:

Review of Actions from previous meetings

Evaluation of Action PLAN events & Council-Lead Autism Acceptance Week

Financial Review by Treasurer

Feedback from Owl & Otter Councillors on Owl Class Library project

Pupil Voice Project- Phase 2

Next SCONE meeting:

TBD

Previous Meeting Agenda Items:

Revisiting Sustainable Development Goals action planning
Role Review
Playground provision Project
Class Requests: Forest School Veg patch & more wood for den building outside FS
Class Council Feedback- Pupil Voice surveys
Summer Term Action Planning
Fundraising Priorities and Role Allocation
AOB

School Council in London:

In the past members of our School Council Team had a wonderful time exploring Westminster, riding the London Eye and touring Parliament as Cumbrian Representatives. The chosen pupils represented us at a very special SCONE meeting in the capital!