Aiming High, Working Together
It was great to welcome the children to our first meeting of our Digital Learning Pupil Group. The children were fantastic at being able to discuss what technology helps their learning and how we can use it effectively.
The children identified a range of projects that we will be working on over this school session.
Pupil Council children met to discuss plans to develop our woodlands in our school as well as in our community at Meikle Burn.
Group: Pupil Council
Date: 30th March 2022
| Points from previous meeting:
· After meeting Chatelherault Rangers, we are going to look at developing out own woodlands within the school grounds. · We will still aim to organise litter pick and site visit to Meikle Burn site to contribute to our community. |
| Main discussion points from today:
· Mr Gilligan fed back main points from meeting with Mike (Chatelherault Park Ranger). · Due to amount of work involved we would need multiple visits to Meikle Burn site, we are going to begin focussing on our own woodlands on school grounds to develop within our immediate community. · We will look at our woods to see what issues we have and generate ideas on how to develop our woodlands. · These ideas will be discussed at next meeting and we will begin to look at costs. |
| Focus Article:
Article 29: A child or young person’s education should help their mind, body and talents be the best they can. It should also build their respect for other people and the world around them. |
| Action Points:
Children to go back to class and ask classmates for ideas on how to further develop our woodlands. |
Minute Taker: Mr Gilligan
The pupil council were working hard to prepare Christmas cards to share with our neighbours as part of our Christmas wishes program.
A google form will be used to collect names of people in our local community who will be receiving a special delivery from the children.
Group: Pupil Council
Date: 24/11/21
| Points from previous meeting:
Mr Gilligan has spoken to the park rangers at Chatelherault Country Park and they will be coming to speak to us in January. |
| Main discussion points from today:
· We reviewed the different members of our community with a focus on neighbours in the wider community. · We launched our campaign of Christmas wishes were we deliver kind messages to different people in our local school community. · We agreed that we would make Christmas cards to deliver before the Christmas holidays. · We discussed the idea of a small gift such as a Christmas decorations. · The children will make these as part of Christmas crafts. |
| Focus Article:
Article 15 You have the right to be with friends and join or set up clubs, unless this breaks the rights of others |
| Action Points:
· Christmas cards and gifts to be completed · Date of delivery to be set at next meeting. |
Minute Taker: G Gilligan
Points from previous meeting:
• Our rights ambassadors told us about their meeting with the RRS group this month.
Main discussion points from today:
• In today’s meeting we talked about what ‘Community’ means and how we are all part of the Chatelherault Primary School community.
• The children talked about the different groups that make up our community – in school, out of school and the different groups or clubs that the children attend.
• We discussed the importance of showing good qualities to represent ourselves in the community. The children identified kindness, respect, being polite, and caring for others.
• The children created artwork to promote these positive qualities within our school.
Focus Article:
Article 12 (respect for the views of the child)
• Every child has the right to express their views, feelings and wishes in all matters affecting them, and to have their views considered and taken seriously.
Action Points:
• Children will have a think about what groups in our community might need some support and what we could do to help them. We will discuss this at our next meeting.
Our Pupil Council had their first meeting and talked about how great it was to be part of the Chatelherault Primary School community.
