School Council
Our School Council enable the children here at Carlton Hill to have a say in the running of their own school. In this way, our children have a greater sense of belonging, become more confident when putting forward ideas and develop a greater understanding of the need to work co-operatively for the good of others.
Our school council is made up of two representatives from Y1 to Y6. These members have to give election speeches to their class before voting takes place each October and February. This helps children to understand how a democratic system works.
The elected members then represent the views of their classes at school council meetings, which are held every three weeks.
We make an action plan in the Autumn term,which is based on the areas pupils said could be improved on our annual pupil surveys. We decide which things we could change and think about who could help us make these changes.
Minutes are taken at each meeting and shared with the whoel school community and actions clearly outlined.
Each class has a School council time in class so that other children can tell us about other areas they would like us to work on improving.
After each meeting we have time to talk through the minutes of the meeting with our classes. We also organise events like the talent show and take assembly sometimes.
What will we be doing this year?
This year we will be working on some areas from our pupil questionnaires that the children said need improving . These inlcuded:
- continuing to work on improved the lunch hall ( noise and food waste)
- revising the Behaviour Handbook
- Sharing ideas on OPAL playground equipment and use of different areas
- Growing our understand of Climate change and what we can do at school to reduce waste
- Talking with teachers about trips and visitors
As well as any areas we plan to improve over the year, we will be making sure that Golden time clubs change regularly and include the ideas from pupils, running some assemblies and taking part in fund raising over the year.
