We have recently set up a school council. The aim of this is to allow the children to have a say on what goes on in school and to help them improve school life. As teachers we always want to do what is best for the children and it is very useful to get their opinions on school matters.
When we set the school council up we spoke to the children about what they thought a council’s role was. We talked through some areas that they would like to develop and how the council was going to work. The children were then asked to think about whether they would like to apply for the posts.
It was decided that we would have two school councillors from each class and that each class would vote as to who they would like to represent them.
Each Class was given a suggestion box and a note pad which they were encouraged to write down any ideas on and place in their box. These were to be discussed at our first meeting on November 13th.
The meeting was a huge success with over 60 suggestions. The group worked very hard debating each suggestion and were incredibly mature with their thinking.
School councillors: Maisie, Joseph, Harry, Cain, Hannah, Brandon(away), Olivia and Elizabeth.
When the meeting had finished Mr Moss typed up the meetings minutes and the children gave them to Miss Sargent. She then looked through them and gave the children feedback as to what she thought was possible. She was very impressed with all the suggestions and the council’s responses.
The school council were then given a list of areas that we can work so that they could feedback to their classes and gain further insight into exactly what the children want.
So far the school council has been a great success and we look forward to working with them in the future.
The school councillors get their special badges.
To look at a copy of the minutes please click on the link below.
File Attachment: Minutes for School Council meeting.doc (37 KB)
