What is a Pupil Council?
A pupil council:
- gives our children the chance to tell teachers, staff parents and other children their ideas and views
- represents each class in the school
- meets regularly to talk about important school issues and projects
- puts forward the class views at council meetings
- take forward the views of the very young classes, who may find it difficult to put forward other’s opinions.
The pupil council must have:
- a constitution, which is a list of rules clearly setting out roles and responsibilities
- a chairperson, who leads the meetings by following the agenda, which is a list of items to be discussed – we all take turns of this role
- a secretary, who takes notes of what is said at the meeting – these notes are called the minutes of the meeting – we allow pupils to volunteer for this role at the meetings
- a link teacher, to give guidance and support – our link teacher is Mrs Davis – Principal Teacher
- a representative, who takes the key messages from each meeting back to the whole class to keep them involved.
Langbank’s Pupil Council Action Plan
- Represent the voice of pupils in Langbank
- Continue charity fundraising
- Contribute to making our school a safe and happy place for all!
- Act as role models for others by demonstrating the school values.
Langbank’s Pupil Council Roles and Responsibilities
- Elected to represent their class.
- Respect others and their ideas.
- Responsible for improving our school.
- Our Pupil Council organise activities for all children to be involved.
- Our Pupil Council meet regularly with the Principal Teacher.
- Our Pupil Council communicate their achievements to the whole school community
- Our Pupil Council make a difference to our school!!!
