At Newlands Junior school, we respect and value the fundamental British values of democracy and ensure the views and opinions of our pupils are expressed. At the beginning of September, the children elect school council members from each year group. All pupils are invited to stand as School Council representatives and are voted for fairly and democratically by their peers. The Chair and Vice Chair are then voted for by the elected members of the School Council.

The School Council meets every week to discuss issues raised by the children and ideas to help improve our school even further. We believe our School Council are very effective in helping bring about positive changes in the life of our school!

Meet Our School Council

2023-24

Chair

 

Vice Chair

 

   

Year 6

 

   

Year 5

 

   

Year 4 

 

   

Year 3

 

Autumn Term 2023

School council got off to a super start this year and settled really well into their roles producing school council promises and introducing themselves for our school council display. They have already shown themselves to be responsible and hard working role models.

 

November 2023

School Council and Kindness Crew joined together to plan Anti-Bullying Week and present the assembly to the whole school and parents. The theme for Anti-Bullying Week was 'MAKE A NOISE ABOUT BULLYING!'

December 23

School Council and Kindness Crew joined together again in the autumn term to plan, make posters and help out at the Christmas fayre and carols around the tree. These events were a great success!

Spring Term

At the beginning of the spring term, school council presented a healthy eating initiative in assembly. Fruit tokens are given to everyone who brings a healthy fruit snack to school. The class with the most tokens each week will win a fruit hamper to enjoy.

January 24

The school council spent time looking at the rewards children across the school can earn when they spend their dojos. They went back to their classes and asked for their opinions. We then considered these as a council and came up with new dojo rewards. We made posters to go in the classrooms.