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Hello from our School Council!

2024/25

January 2025 - We started the new year by following up a suggestion from a Year 6 class that Year 6 children should be allowed to sit on benches in assembly.

We also began to plan how we can encourage more gardening without costing the school or parents any money - we are going to create a questionnaire to take back to our classes to gather further ideas, as this is something that we are very passionate about.

December 2024 - This month, our discussions have been about how to change the Dojo shop to make it more sustainable. We are exploring ways in which we can change our dojos into contributions to our community.

We have also discussed suggestions that have been placed into our suggestion boxes, which have included adding to the plants grown in our school grounds.

November 2024 - This month we have focused on organising and raising money for Children in Need. We held a very successful non-uniform day, and at lunchtime children paid an extra donation to take part in some Pudsey-themed arts and crafts. We raised £230.

October 2024 - Congratulations to our newly-elected school councillors! This year, our classes will be represented by:

Agy and Annabelle in Year 3, Lacey and Elizabeth in Year 4, Layla and Esmae in Year 5, Amy, Olivia, Seth and Esmae in Year 6

We are looking forward to a busy year of working together! This has already begun, with the Year 6 school councillors organising our harvest donations to Chichester Food Bank.

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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