At Old Heath the school council is made up with two nominated representatives from each year group. Every pupil in the school has an opportunity to stand for elections and vote for who they wish to represent them on the council. The representatives act as liaison officers between the council and their peers.
The children discuss ideas as a class prior to meetings and the reps take these ideas to the council where all collective ideas are discussed and decisions made about how to take these ideas forward. The outcomes are then fed back to the classes.
As a direct result of the school council the following has been achieved:
- Survey and decide on the summer theme week
- Interview and inform the head teacher of the school
development plan
- Includes the ‘princess Diana Anti-Bullying Ambassador’ to actively include anti-bullying issues with the school council
- winning £10000 towards playground improvements in the Playground Partnership National Competition
- designing and reviewing the current school menu
- deciding on the theme for various discos and special days
- raising money for playground equipment and various charities
- giving advice and suggestions to various policies and
areas of the curriculum