The School Council is an important forum for children. It enables them to voice their opinions and become actively involved in school decision making, such as school rewards and sanctions. Each year School Council is elected from Year 2 and all KS2 classes. There are currently 20 members, a girl and boy from each of the 10 classes. Council meets every 4 weeks. School Council members all wear badges so that children know who to talk to about their school. The School Council meetings are led and run by the elected Year 6 councillors.
Rudston School Councilors 2018-19
Year 2 – Jessica , Matthew, Anya and Daisy
Year 3 – Adam, Freya, Axel and Millie
Year 4 – Harry, Emily, Alex and Ela
Year 5 – Wiliam, Ava, Lucy and Alex L
Year 6 – Niamh, Aaron.P, Annabel and Aaron J
Items discussed in our last meeting:
School Council Meeting 20th November 2018
Click link to see what we discussed in our first meeting:
Foodbank – We took a vote that the best way forward is ongoing collections that will be taken to the foodbank at the end of each month.
Your class councillors will update you of the current items needed and bring any items to the meeting room each morning.
Please keep donating for this worthy cause, thanks.
Library project – The designs have now been finalised and agreed with Mr Newby and work on the library will begin towards the end of the year. Thanks to everyone who have supported or input to the project.
Lunchtime committee (school lunch volunteers) meeting will be tomorrow (05/06/18) in the meeting room – They must go straight to lunch (12:15) and then wait on the junior playground until collected.
Each class needs a school council suggestion box. Please ensure that everyone has somewhere they can make suggestions for the school council. This should be ongoing and not just following feedback.
Date for school council assembly – a date is TBA for the school council to present their work to the rest of the school in the coming weeks.
Please remember that it is your school council and we need ideas and suggestions to discuss in the next meeting. Write it down or tell your councillors, that’s what they are there for.
Summer fair school council stall suggestions – School council would like a stall at the summer fair to generate money for next year, any suggestions welcome.
For progress on the library project and ideas look at our library padlet:
You can even add some of your own ideas here:
Lunchtime comittee meet every other Tuesday to discuss issues and arrangements for school dinner times.
Next meeting Tuesday 5th June 2018
School council will be having a KS2 assembly in a couple of weeks.
Listen out for future school council news in the Rudston Radio broadcasts.
As one of the first iniatives undertaken by the school council the library project is now underway. From the last meeting children have been asked about ideas for improving the Junior library.
Following a meeting with Liverpool Learning Partnership the School Council have set up a padlet with initial ideas on how to organise and fund the improvements. Click below to keep up to date with the latest news –
Rudston Library Project Organisation and Funding
You can also add your own ideas using the link below –
Collections will now be ongoing. All donations should be taken to class where the councillors will collect them. Thank you once again for your generousity in supporting this worthwhile charity.
The school council took suggestions about improving playtimes and one of the ideas they came up with was pupils who could help resolve friendship issues. As a result a group of Year 6 pupils have been selected, following an interview process, and are currently being trained to help on the playground. The children expressed a wish to also continue with Young Leaders at lunchtime. These children will set up and help run playground games and activities. These will be selected and trained in January 2018.
The School council have agreed to a meeting cycle which will allow all pupils in school to have their say on what happens in meetings. Remember it is your school council, so have your say.
Main School Council Meeting Cycle
Current meeting Cycle:
Week beginning 04/06/18 – School council meeting
Week beginning 11/06/18 – Councillors feedback to class and Y6 councillors collect feedback and set new agenda
Week beginning 18/06/18 – Councillors feedback new agenda to class and collect views for next meeting
Week beginning 25/06/18 – Y6 councillors finalise agenda and organise meeting
Week beginning 02/07/18 – School council meeting
Main School Council Meeting Cycle
School council minutes 19/03/18
School council minutes 19/02/18
School-council-minutes-11/12/17
Library Sub Committee Meeting 20th November 2017
School council minutes 07/11/17
Monday 18th September – Newly elected School Council meets for first time:
The new school council has met for the first time and has been consulted on the things that they would like to address this year. They have also proposed that the council has sub-committees in order to include as many children as possible in decision making processes.
Click on the link to see their ideas: School council proposal 17-18
Also make sure you have your say by posting on the school council padlet: Rudston School Council Padlet
(Check your browser settings are compatible to use the padlet)
2016-17 ARCHIVE NEWS:
Rudston School Councilors 2016-17
Year 2
Scarlett Jevons
John-Paul Feerick
Annabella Dolan
Conor Moran
Year 3
Ava Jennings
Joe Gouldbourne
Phoebe Aspinal
Luke Moorcroft
Year 4
Lois Makepeace
Andrew Jones
Juliet Whelen-Oakley
Aaron Potter
Year 5
Sadie Hall
Harry Woodcock
Ella Morrey
Lucas Dooley
Year 6 – Lead Councillors
Hollie O’Brien
Nathan Haskayne
Elena Peake
Coen Douglas
Meetings
School Council Meeting 19/10/16 –Minutes
Meeting Chair: Hollie O’Brien
Feedback from classes / Items discussed
Cake sale, shoebox appeal, continue with food banks, respecting our neighbours (noise levels), Random Acts of Kindness in the community, Litter awareness around school, charity fundraising.
Food Banks
The council decided that they would like to collect regularly for the food banks. A vote was taken and it was agreed to collect every half term in the first week back after holidays.
Year 2 enjoyed working together and using textbooks to help.
Year 3 enjoy using equipment. It’s brilliant. Love to work in groups to support each other and share ideas.
Year 4 like using the workbooks and enjoy journaling to show their learning.
Fantastic Mr Fox vote: 21 children like the new approach, 2 do not
Year 5 like the way it teaches hard things in an easy to understand way, enjoy working in mixed ability groups and think it is fun.
Year 6 say that the activities help them to remember their learning and particularly enjoy working in guided groups.
Selling Easter eggs, coffee mornings, sponsored dance off, wellie walk, bake off, school play, bake sales, teacher/parent football match, sponsored sports week events, toy day, picnic mornings, school council magazine.
To be discussed in class for next meeting
What else can your school councillor do for you?
What could be done to make behaviour and safety around school even better?
Would you buy a school council or school magazine?
How many children in class have school dinner? What do you like about them? What could be better?
Please ensure you have your say by sharing your ideas with your school councillors before the next meeting, Monday 14th November.
School Council meeting Minutes 26/09/16
The school council had their first meeting on Monday 26th September.
The items put forward for class discussion were:
1. The community beyond school (Food banks, being good neighbours, helping in the community)
2. Maths No Problem – Do you enjoy the new approach to Maths? Does it help you to understand Maths better?
3. Fundraising for school – suggestions for raising school funds
Please ensure you have your say by sharing your ideas with your school councillors before the next meeting, Monday 17th October.
Food Banks
Last Christmas the school council organised collection of items for the local food bank to be collected. The response was beyond our expectations, with 2 cars full of food being delivered to the local food bank.
Thank-you everyone and well done to the school council.
