​School Council

​The School Council was first established in 1987. At first the children were only from key stage two, but in January 2008 children from key stage one were invited to hold elections and join.

There are always two representatives per class- one boy and one girl. To be elected children have to give a speech in front of their class to tell them why they believe they would be a good school councillor. Every child in the school has a vote in the school council elections.

School Council meetings are held regularly in the library and Mrs Martin is the link teacher present. Issues that arise in class are discussed and the link teacher then represents the school council to report back to the head teacher or at staff meetings. Feedback and further action plans are always given at the next school council meeting.

We uphold British Values by:

• We get to meet with other children from all classes.
• By listening to others we help to make the school a better place for us all to be in.
• We learn how to respect other people’s opinions and understand that everyone has a right to be heard.
• We learn how to accept that sometimes we cannot have all the changes we want and that things do not happen overnight!

We may have to wait. It gives us the opportunity to meet with other people who work in our school e.g. Cook and we can share our thoughts and ideas.
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• We know that our views and thoughts are presented to the staff and the governors.
• We think about our school environment and how we can make it better but we also think about our local environment.
• We think about others through fundraising, this year we are raising money for the Lord Mayors chosen charity "Birmingham Children's Hospital".