NEILSTON PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPIL COUNCIL – CONSTITUTION
Neilston Primary School Pupil Council has a constitution to:
- Provide everyone with a clear idea of our purpose.
- Set out the rules which help the Pupil Council run effectively.
- Provide clear guidelines for new members and people who would like to join.
Name of organisation:
Neilston Primary School Pupil Council
Purpose:
- To give pupils the chance to tell teachers and staff their ideas.
- To represent each class in the school.
- To help improve learning at Neilston Primary School.
Members:
- The Pupil Council is made up of one representative from each class from Primary 1-7 (Primary 1 pupils join later in the school year).
- Names and photographs of representatives will be displayed on Pupil Council wall display.
- Members will be chosen through a class election and will be responsible for attending meetings and feeding back to their class after meetings.
- Once you have been on the pupil council for two consecutive years, you will be unable to represent your class for the next year to allow a fair opportunity for all pupils who would like to be on the council.
- Members wear badges.
Elections:
- Anyone who would like to be on the Pupil Council is entitled to run for the position.
- Elections take place once a year.
- Children wishing to be considered for the Pupil Council should present a speech to their class giving clear reasons and examples of why they are the best person for the role.
- Classes should vote for their chosen Pupil Council representative through a secret vote.
Officers:
- Once you have been elected as a member of the Pupil Council you will have the opportunity to apply for a specific role.
The roles are:
- Chairperson: Responsible for running the meetings. It is their job to open and close meetings and decide who speaks and when. The chairperson must also arrange meetings and hand out a letter with the agenda to each member before the next meeting.
- Secretary: Responsible for all of the paperwork of the Pupil Council. It is their job to record the minutes of the meeting and make sure everyone has a copy of these before the next meeting.
Leaving the Pupil Council:
- If any member would like to leave their post then they should write a letter explaining why to the chairperson. A new election should then be held in the appropriate class to replace the member.
- A representative may be asked to leave the Pupil Council if they break the agreed rules. Everyone has three chances.
Pupil Council Rules:
All Pupil Council members must:
- Not refer to specific people during discussions.
- Support and develop life and work of school.
- Be good role models to all pupils by following school rules.
- Be polite and respectful to everyone’s ideas.
- Take turns to speak and put your hand up so you don’t shout out in meetings.
Meetings:
- Meetings will take place at least once a month.
- Meeting will last for at least 40 minutes.
- Dates, times and place of meetings will be agreed by the Chairperson and the Teacher Supporter.
- A letter containing details of the next meeting will be given to each member by the chairperson.
- Decisions will be made through a ‘show of hands’ vote where majority rules.
Information from meetings will be shared on Pupil Council wall display, Pupil Council space on website and through a monthly Pupil Council newsletter.
if you wish to down load a copy of the constitution : NEILSTON PRIMARY SCHOOL CONSTITUTION
Minutes of Meetings
Minutes 27 04 16
