Our Pupil Council meets every Friday as part of ‘Committees’ time to plan and carry out school improvements. Below is a summary of what Pupil Council have led on so far this session:

Gathering Views

·         Created an online questionnaire to gather views of pupils as to what they would like to see for school improvement

·         Launched the ‘Bucas Beachdan’ at assembly for pupil views – checked weekly at pupil groups and actioned

Decider Skills

·         Worked with Maggie Drummond (alongside Play Monitors) to receive intensive training on Decider Skills.

·         ‘Launched’ Decider Skills through information session at assembly (for pupils) and at Family Learning Event (for parents/family members)

Playground Improvements

·         Wrote letter to the Parent Council asking for support to improve school playground – improved markings and trim trail requested

·         Community partnership made with OMac to lay new Playground Markings purchased by  the Parent Council

·         Allocated available budget to be spent on new playground resources

Playground Behaviour

·         Wrote simple Playground Expectations to ensure clarity for all.

·         Introduced the ‘Red and Yellow Card’ system to work alongside the Playground Expectations & launched both at assembly.

STEM Area

– Worked with Angela MacAskill, UHI STEM Lead, to carry out an audit of all our STEM resources and created a ‘wish list’ of new resources to be purchased.

– Created a STEM/Outdoor Learning Area with lots of resources pupils can use independently and to support teachers.

Self Evaluation for School Improvement

– Used hgiOURs Theme 2 – Teaching and Learning to conduct self evaluation – read over all the statements and categorised them by ‘What we do well’ and ‘What we need to improve on’.