Reminder: Christmas School Disco! Tuesday 17th December 2024. 

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School Council

Welcome to St Paul's School Council

A school council provides a meaningful way in which pupils can voice their opinions and have their views taken into account in decisions that impact upon them.

At St Paul's Primary School, our School Council is a group of children that represents the views of all our pupils. It gives our children the opportunity to have their voices heard and be part of the whole school community. They help to makes decisions about school life and organise projects that support learning and development, such as organising charity events, theme days or representing the school at outside events.

We value the opinions of our pupils and our School Council gives pupils a forum to share these opinions with our school council teacher representative, Headteacher and other members of staff.

4 pupils from each year group make up an energetic group of pupils represent student voice at our school by regularly meeting up with Miss Stephens and Miss Wilson. Year R through Year 6 are the different year groupings. Every student in Classes R through 6 have the chance to run for school council and represent their class.

At the beginning of the school year, there are elections for each class , and all students are eligible to participate. As part of our school focus on British values, pupils are voted for by their peers for the role (democracy). In the school council, the students with the most votes represent their respective classes. 

British Value Links 

Democracy: 

Democracy is an important value at our school. Pupils have the opportunity to have their voices heard through our School Council, Worship Council, Eco-Council and Pupil Leadership Team. The elections of members of the School Council are based on pupil votes. Each class elects two people to represent their views.  Pupils nominated for the other councils are through teacher nomination of pupils who have shown flare or an interest in the councils main aims.

Rule of Law: 

The importance of laws and rules, whether they are those that govern the class, the school or the country, are consistently reinforced throughout regular school days. Pupils are taught the value and reasons behind laws, that they govern and protect us, the responsibilities that this involves and the consequences when laws are broken. Visits from authorities such as the police, fire service etc. are regular parts of our calendar and help reinforce this message. 

Impact of School Council at St Paul's 

Last year, School Council members played a vital role in organising and planning the School Disco. The children were able to support ordering sweets to sell at the disco along with organising a 'DJ suggestion box' to support the smooth running of the night. Due to their effort and hard work, we were able to raise over £500 to go towards our School Mini Bus. 

We have improved playtime by providing sponge footballs, rearranged seating, been pro-active at checking the playground for litter and provided a rota for football and for visiting the memorial garden.

We have instigated a name check for PE kit to help stop kit getting lost. We are proud to be involved in planting a tree to celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee. 

Supporting Locally/Globally 

We also lead our school in supporting our community. This has included organizing a vote to enable children to decide which charities we would like to support this year: St Michael’s Hospice and our link school of New Rock Foundation School in Kampala, Uganda. We all enjoyed raising money for a mini bus for New Rock Foundation School.