Smart School Council

Hi

We are your new Smart School Council Action Team!  Here is little about ourselves and why we wanted to become School Councillors! 

Hello - my name is Harlow and I was delighted to be elected as a School Councillor!  I'm looking forward to working hard for the good of the school and I think my confidence, imagination and organisational skills will help me to support the work of the council.  Let's hope this school year is a happy and succesful one for everyone involved in our amazing school!  

Hi there!  My name is April and I'm looking forward to helping to make Chapel End the best it can be all areas, to making it a place where we all belong, achieve and thrive. I think my confidence and ability to communicate will help me to be an effective member of the council.  

Hello everyone!  I'm Ella and I'm hopeful that my listening skills and my ability to help to organise things will help me to help everyone in our school!  

Hello - my name is Zac and I was elected to become one of the Year 5 council members.  I feel I will be able to help because I am helpful and confident.  I have good listening skills and I also have somne really good ideas about how to make our school even better!

Hi, I'm Luna and I think I'll be able to make good contributions to the council because I'm a good listener, I have good ideas and I am good at helping other people.  

Hi there!  My name is Alfie and I will be able to talk to people and get their ideas about how our school can be even better.  I am a good listener and I am confident when talking to adults and visitors - I thnk this will help me be a good council member. 

Hello there!  My name is Ivy and I'd like to help our school become an even better place by talking to children, staff and parents.  I'm also able to give my own opinions.  I have lots of hobbies and interests and I think that will help me a good council member.  

My name is Jessica and I am looking forward to helping our school.  I will do my best to make sure we do our best to help everyone!  I am confident I can help make important decisions for our school.  

We are all from Year 5 and 6 and we are proud of the work we do around school. 

How do we work?

We meet with the Smart School Council Leader (Mr Montrose) every week to look at the answers to last week’s question and decide on any actions. We then set a new question for the week and we also talk about anything else important.  Sometimes, there is no question but we are still busy!  We're currently looking at regenerating the nature garden with a view to providing some den building activities.  Watch this space! 

We come to your class on a Friday afternoon to introduce this week’s question to you all. We talk about the question and then give you time to decide on an answer that all of your group (or the majority of your group) agree on. Sometimes we might ask you to vote individually.

We are proud that organising ourselves in this way ensures that everybody in the school gets a voice and a chance to vote. 

Last Year year we: 

• arranged for a wild animal (a panda) to be sponsored through a WWF scheme.
• organised a collection so we could make a donation to a local food bank
• organised Children in Need day
• priced and researched large play equipment for 2 playgrounds.  These have now been installed!
• talked about how we can increase the amount of recycling we do in school

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