School Council 2024-2025
Autumn Term
The focus for the school council during the Autumn term has been Pupil Safety. The school councillors have been learning about what our children know regarding Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its role in their everyday lives. This has been integrated with our online safety programme, which highlights the safe use of AI and digital devices.
The school councillors have also met with a representative from the Diabetes Research and Wellness Foundation to discuss organising a Diabetes Awareness Day in school. Further details will be confirmed soon.
Additionally, the school council has been investigating the provision of after-school clubs at Warren Park. They conducted a survey to find out which clubs the children would like to participate in. The survey results have been posted on the School Council noticeboard, and they will also be shared with the Senior Leadership Team to explore options for offering more diverse after-school activities.
School Elections 2024
The school elections have taken place, and we had over 90 applicants from across the school, which is fantastic! The school councillors from last year reviewed all the applications anonymously. Each class then voted for their new school councillors. Information about the entire voting process was displayed on the wall in the hall during breakfast and lunchtimes, allowing all the children to see who made it to the final and how the voting was decided.
I am delighted to announce the new school council for 2024-2025:
Year 6 |
Year 5 |
Year 4 |
Year 3 |
Year 2 |
| Riley | Freddie M | Penny | Bella | Jackson |
| Mollie | Romi | Piper | Anaya | Damia |
School Council 2023-2024
Spring Term Update
Online Safety
This term the school council explored Online Safety throughout the school. The School Council asked some questions to the whole school:
– How many hours do you spend in front of a screen per day?
Less than one hour, 1-2 hours, 3 or more hours
– Which services do you use the most when you’re online?
Gaming, Social Media, Entertainment
– Have you met all your online friends in person? How do you know who they really are?
The school council found out that the majority of children used a screen for 1-2 hours a day, mostly for gaming. When asked how they know who they play with online, most children had obtained usernames from friends at school in person or through parents.
Easter Egg Competition
Leading up to Easter, the school council ran a ‘design your own Easter egg’ competition. There were a lot of fantastic entries across all year groups which made the school councils job to pick a winner really tough. Congratulations to those who won!
JRSO – Design Your Own Helmet
The School Council supported the Junior Road Safety Officers over the Spring Term to design a helmet for using skateboards, scooters and bikes etc. The School Council helped the JRSO hand out sheets, collect entries in from their own year groups and helped vote for the winners. Again, there were a lot of entries across each year group. Congratulations to those who won the competition, they received prizes to help keep them safe on the road!
Red Nose Day
On Red Nose Day the school council, along with Mr Jones, held a competition for the teachers to take part in. They had to place a Jaffa Cake on their forehead and without using their hands they had to get it to their mouth and eat it! In front of the whole school, Mr Rugge emerged victorious!
The whole school was challenged by the School Council to do something funny. Year 4 were a particular highlight, walking around the school telling us facts about… poo!
There was also a whole school conga line and the children came in wearing red, raising money for Red Nose Day as well.
What do we do?
A school council is a group of students who are elected to represent the views of all pupils and to improve their school.
The objective of an effective School Council is to help children and young people to:
- Enjoy and feel empowered by their education.
- Feel that their school responds to their needs and views.
- Have the opportunity to let adults know their feelings and opinions about things that affect them.
- Have a say about decisions, and to play an active role in making their school a better place.
The School Council Vision Statement is as follows:
- Our school council works together as a team to ensure we can be the best school possible by discussing ideas and making decisions.
- We aim to make pupils feel comfortable, happy and safe at school
- We aim to listen to others and discuss comments and suggestions that would make our school an even more wonderful place