Pupil Parliament

We actively promote pupil leadership opportunities, enabling your child to develop valuable communication, organisation and debating skills.

We believe that providing these key roles of responsibility are paramount to their development and learning experience.

Pupils relish the opportunity to become a greater part of school life and enjoy making their voices heard.

Our successful Pupil Parliament is a well-respected body within the school and consists of pupils between Years 3 and 6 (with each of these classes having at least two representatives who are elected by their peers). Children involved in our Pupil Parliament meet regularly to discuss topics, issues and initiatives that affect them and their learning environment.

As part of their responsibilities, the team organise their own meetings, decide on an agenda, share new ideas and vote on a number of school-related issues. Actions from each meeting are shared with the rest of the school through regular slots during Collective Worship and are also accessible on the school website. Pupils relish the opportunity to become a greater part of school life and enjoy making their voices heard.

The Pupil Parliament is run by a Junior Leadership Team (JLT) which consists of a Chair, Vice Chair and Secretary. This ensures that it is run by our children and for our children.

What have we done so far?

We have helped organise special event fundraising days (such as Children in Need, Poppy Appeal, Christmas Shoebox Appeal & Sports Relief) and we have also helped generate produce to be sold at the Christmas Fayre. We have worked with teachers to plan World Book Day. We have also worked alongside the kitchen staff to develop special themed healthy lunches and with teachers in planning for new play equipment. We have helped the environment by establishing recycling bins in school. We are also vigilant to ensure teachers turn their whiteboards/screens off when they're not using them. We also help evaluate Collective Worship and feedback to our Head teacher and have encouraged all children to write about a Christian value. We have been involved with the interviewing of new members of staff. Our PE/Sports Committee are working closely with Miss Bowles (PE Leader) and the Playground Leaders to increase physical activity in school and make lunchtimes more active and we are supporting 'Active Time' in the afternoons. With our House Captains, we are organising and preparing intra-house competitions (the first half term was a whole school cross county event).

What are we currently doing?

Most recently, we persuaded parents to reduce their exhaust fumes outside our school; we’ve organised mindfulness activities to help promote mental wellbeing and we have worked with teachers to plan World Book Day.

We are meeting as a committee next week to discuss our next focuses. We are a very busy Pupil Parliament and take our work seriously.