School Council
What is the School Council?
The school council works to make improvements to the school and the way we do things at Birchfield Primary. We look around for things that could be better and discuss what to do. Everyone gets a chance to speak and when we’ve finished we vote on the best ideas and then start working on changing things. Sometimes we have to talk to teachers and sometimes we have to make phone calls to people outside of the school.
Who are the School Councillors?
Every year we run an election campaign to vote for two new representatives for each class. A good representative will speak at the council meetings about things that their class is interested in. They will also tell their class about what is going on in the council meetings and put the minutes up in the classroom.
Glossary
We try to be very professional in the council so we use a lot of business words. Hopefully this will help.
Agenda - a list of things to talk about
Councillor - someone who has been voted for to work for their class mates on the school council
Minutes - the notes taken during a meeting so people can see what goes on
Motion - an idea for the council to discuss
ROAD SAFETY AWARENESSAs part of Road Safety Week, and with the ongoing parking/ driving issues around school, Birchfield pupils have completed a road safety patrol of the local streets.Recently, School Council completed a road safety questionnaire which generated some staggering statistics:- 70% of Year 1 pupils feel unsafe walking to school- More children would walk, cycle or scoot to school if the roads near school were safer- 78% of Year 3 children worry that they might be hit by traffic near school.In order to remind drivers to be respectful, our dedicated pupils popped on their high vis jackets, arrived early and shared the posters they had created. Despite the weather, the children were eager to share their thoughts and expectations.Feedback was positive and we struggled to find any irresponsible driving. It appears that our tactic worked (if only we could do this every day).
Cluster Council
Year 6 school council representatives join the Cluster Council - this involves the children attending a meeting each term with all schools in the Morley area. The focus of this meeting is to get together to identify issues in Morley that we need to work on and develop an action plan to make a difference to our community. The children often come back to school with tasks that they share with the school council and their classes. By working together, we can be responsible citizens and really make a true difference.
