School Council
Welcome to our School Council page
Our School Council is fair, democratic and friendly. We work together to promote the school’s values of love, friendship, forgiveness, trust, honesty and faith and to make sure everyone in school feels part of our community.
Our aim is to make our school a place where each child has a voice, and their opinions and suggestions are heard.
Our School Councillors
Why do we have a School Council?
The School’s council is an ideal opportunity for children to get more involved in the way the school is run. It benefits the whole school, pupils and teachers, because it provides opportunities for children to communicate their feelings as well as influence decisions that are made.
Each class, from Reception to year 5 has two school council representatives. In year 6 there are three school councillors in each class. School councillors are elected by their classmates at the beginning of September and then at the first meeting the roles of chair, vice chair, Secretary and publicity are elected from year 6.
Councillors develop skills such as communication, confidence and negotiation.
What does the School Council do?
The School Council meets once a fortnight on a Friday. Our meetings are quite formal with an agenda and minutes which are displayed on our own notice boards in school. School councillors share the views of their class and feedback important information. We work to make improvements to the school; we look around for things that could be better and discuss what to do. Everyone gets a chance to speak and we vote on the best ideas and then start working on changing things. We also think of ways to contribute to our local environment and how we can fundraise.
Who helps us to run the School Council?
Mr Brown and Mrs Russell are the teachers who help us to run the council.
News and Updates - May 2025
In the autumn term it is Children in Need and we always raise money for this cause. This time we held a non-uniform day and a raffle with a selection of Pudsey prizes. On Children in Need day we had a whole school worship time with a presentation by the School Councillors and a teacher challenge ‘What’s in the box’. The teachers taking part were voted for by the children. Six teachers volunteered and the children gave donations – the three teachers with the most money were chosen. It is always great fun! We also held the raffle with the prizes being a selection of Pudsey merchandise. We raised just over £500 – amazing!
We raised a lot of money in 2023/2024 so, as well as the ‘roll n rope’ for the adventure trail we were able to buy basketball nets, basket balls, small outdoor play equipment, chalk and sand for the Key Stage 1 sandpit. We also bought two microphones to use in the hall and a mud kitchen for the Early Years playground.
In the spring term the school councillors decided not to raise money for Sports Relief but, support local animal charities instead. From a vote the two animal charities that came out on top were the RSPCA and Animal Rescue Cumbria. We decided to hold a non-uniform day and do an animal quiz costing 50p. There was a prize for each class, a WH Smith gift card. Both the non-uniform day and the quiz were well supported and we raised a total of £434.90 which included a £50 donation to go specifically to the RSPCA. Again, another amazing total.
This term we are concentrating on a fundraiser for items we need outside or inside school.