School Council

What is a 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.

Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) -Respect for views of the child.

At BHPS, 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 make 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 (Mrs White – Deputy Headteacher), the Headteacher and other members of staff.

Who are the School Council Representatives?

A new school council is elected each year and is made up of 2 representatives from each class from Year 2 to Year 6. All school council representatives are elected by their peers at the beginning of each academic year.

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School Council Aims:

To make sure our school is a happy and safe place for all of our children
To make sure children have a place to voice their concerns, opinions and thoughts
To encourage all children in school to suggest ideas and improvements
To meet regularly to discuss their views and be heard.
To ensure all suggestions or concerns are listened to and acted upon.]
To help organise whole school and class events
To help organise charity days

School Council Constitution

How has the school council impacted school?

Birthdays – children can wear non-uniform should they wish to when it is their birthday.
Operation Clean Cloakrooms (O.C.C) – Daily cloakroom checks carried out by school council are helping to keep the busy cloakrooms tidier. Each week, classes record a total score for the cloakroom checks. Each month, the KS1 & KS2 classes with the most points are awarded with an additional playtime. The most improved class is also praised.
Trim Trail – Coordinating the design for the new trim trial, which included meeting with Mr Taylor to discuss the class votes on design ideas.
Behaviour Review – School Council members undertook a review of the current behaviour system, focussing on the following questions. These were shared with the Headteacher and other staff members.
Remembrance – School council members helped to support the selling of poppies and other items
Supporting Charities – School council members have supported in fundraising efforts for a number of charities including Children in Need, BFTS – Brighter Futures Through Sport and Young Minds.