School Council
School Council
Our School Council is made up of 8 democratically elected pupils from year 3 to year 6.
They are thoughtful, innovative and kind individuals who want to make a real difference to the school.
The school council meets once every half term to discuss upcoming charity events, pupil suggestions and potential whole school activities.
Why have a school council?
Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) says that children and young people should have a say in decisions that affect their lives. Our school council provides a meaningful way in which pupils can voice their opinions and have their views taken into account in decisions which impact upon them.
The curriculum requires that young people are provided with opportunities to participate in school and society. School councils are an excellent way in which to increase participation, teaching young people about democracy, local and global citizenship and accountability.
International Day of Democracy
On the 11th September all children in Key Stage 2 took part in a Democratic Vote for all pupil leadership roles in school. Children that wanted to be part of School Council had to prepare a speech outlining why they thought they were suitable for the role. Their names were then put on ballot papers and the children in class voted for who they would like as their class representative. The ballot papers were then posted in a ballot box in the hall and counted up when all the votes from every class were in.
The Role of School Council
Our School Council Representatives for the academic year 2024-2025
Member of Staff representative - Mrs J Eastham
Year 3
I am in Year 3. I think I will be an excellent school council representative because I am willing to put myself forward and help others. I will listen to the people in my class and share all our ideas in meetings.
Year 3
I am in Year 3 at OLSG. In my spare time I love to go horse riding. I think I will be a good school council representative because I am really kind and helpful and I always show respect to those around me. I will be a good listener and am here to help.
Year 4
I am in Year 4. I love to play football in my spare time. I will be a good school council representative because I like to make sure that everyone's voices and opinions are heard. I want to make sure that our school is a place where everyone can be happy.
Year 4
I am in year 4. In my spare time I love to play football. I think I will be a good school council representative because I always follow our Behaviour Charter. I have some excellent ideas for making our school an even better place than what it is now.
Year 5
I am nine years of age. I am in Year 5 and my favourite subject is computing. I will be a great school council representative because I like to talk to people and help them. I will be good at sorting out friendship issues at playtime as I am kind and respectful. I believe I can make a difference in this school.
Year 5
I am 10 years old and I am in Year 5. I enjoy playing football in my spare time and my favourite subject in school is English. I think I will be a great school council representative because I follow the behaviour charter and am a good role model to everyone. I love to help people and make sure everyone is happy. I am respectful and polite. I believe as a team, our school council will do a fantastic job this year!
Year 6
Year 6
I am 10 years old and am in Year 6. I only moved to OLSG last year and have been on the school council before in my last school. I think I will be an excellent school council member because I always follow the Behaviour Charter, try my best in all my work and I respect everyone's choices and opinions.
We met for the first time on the 16th September, whereby we introduced ourselves, received our School Council Badges and had our photographs taken for the website. Mrs Eastham gave us books to record notes and minutes from meetings in. We discussed the different roles we might want to take on this year and also any ideas that we had. We spoke about what we thought went well last year in school and what we could improve on. We are going to share this with the rest of our classes so that everyone gets to have a say. We are really looking forward to getting involved and making positive changes in our school!
We prepared an assembly on British Values and delivered it to Key Stage 2 on Friday 4th October. We also created a display showing how we promote British Values in our school.
School council introduced Anti-bullying week by presenting an assembly called ‘Choose Respect’ which is the theme for 2024. They asked each class to complete an Anti-bullying pledge and a poster with the theme ‘Choose Respect’. School council chose one poster from each class to be displayed around school and gave a prize for each winner. We completed our work on Anti-bullying by enjoying a visit from Rock Kidz today. Well done everybody!
A fantastic end to Anti-Bullying week with the Rock Kidz crew!
Our Anti-Bullying Poster winners.
School Council enjoyed creating a Family Christmas Quiz in order to raise funds for some new playground equipment. They have been discussing other ideas for fundraising which they will sort in the New Year.
They gave a prize for Key Stage winners.
Well done to Lucy and Harrison for winning the prizes in our Christmas Quiz!
School Council will be working with our Play Leaders during the spring and summer terms to ensure dinnertimes run smoothly and everyone has an activity to participate in that they enjoy.