Find out all about our School Council and let them know what you want them to do to make the school even better - use your class pupil voice box!

Hello from our School Council!

2024/25

School Council Discussions and Meetings:

Children in Need: our biggest event to date! Dressing up and lunchtime crafts were incredibly popular.

Working closely with Miss Lowrey to update Dojos to become class rewards - more beneficial to all pupils and far more sustainable.

The school councillors worked hard to encourage more thoughtful and realistic contributions to class suggestion boxes.

The end of the year saw Year 6 trialling sitting on benches in the hall, as a result of work by the school council.

Our Upper Base councillors took part in VE Day celebrations at St John's Church.

2023/24

School Council Discussions and Meetings:

Children in Need fundraising, Dojo shop stock.

School Council for their feedback on PSHE lessons.

Dojo shop order: everyone was happy to order the same stock as last year. Discussions were had as to how we could fund the dojo shop given that prices are rising and we want to reduce plastic, which brings the cost up.

School Council ran an Easter craft event for whole school.

2022/23

School Council Discussions and Meetings:

Dojo shop, discussed different ways of rewarding children that involved less single-use plastic, and that would be within our budget.

New books for the library using the funds raised from last year’s book sale.

Tipi overview investigated with classes, checking the list of things to do before you are 11.

Pupil voice class boxes raising awareness of thoughts around the school: Picking up litter, sharing of class balls, outdoor activities put on Google Classroom for people to take part in if they wish - stickers or home-made badges for those who complete tasks.

2021/22

School Council Discussions and Meetings:

Supporting the Southbourne Parish Council Jubilee picnic.

Library book sale.

Dojo stock to change - ask all children what new items they would like to see in the shop

Queen's Platinum Jubilee - Southbourne Parish Councillor David James met with the school council regarding the 'Picnic in the Park' event on Sunday 5th June. Discussed games and advertising and how the whole school community can support the event.

2020/21

In 2021 we met when we could, although sometimes this was difficult because we were in year group bubbles! We held minutes outside, socially distanced, sharing our ideas and those of our friends in our class. We continued with our fundraising and sharing our thoughts and ideas with the staff.

2019/20

We’ve been busy this year! Here are the highlights…

We researched inspirational quotes to update the ones we already had, then created a shortlist for adults in school to vote for. Take a walk around school and read them.

Be the change you wish to see in the world. (Gandhi)

We organised a dressing up day and collection for Children in Need, raising over £200.

We were the first to see the suggestions for the new adventure playground, and it was our preferred designs that the rest of the school then voted for.

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We created questions that could be asked if people wanted to apply to be a teacher at our school.

We organised the new 4-square balls that last year’s School Council bought, making sure all year groups had a fair chance to play.

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We made sure that our classes were listened to in our meetings, by using our School Council suggestion boxes - we even managed to stop people moaning about the cloakrooms!

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