Our school council has been running since 2016 and is embedded within the school culture at Delamere
There are representatives from every class in school and the chosen children have been given a partner from a different class in order to make sure that the needs of all groups, including those with very limited means of expressive communication are thought about & given a voice.
Our school council is one of the vehicles for developing Spiritual, moral, social and cultural awareness. Being part of the Delamere School Council helps children develop personal qualities, which are valued in a civilised society; for example, thoughtfulness, honesty, respect for difference, moral principles, independence, and self-respect. At Delamere School we seek to teach these qualities across the curriculum and throughout school life.
In addition, Delamere School Council forms part of children’s’ learning about British Values. We actively support, guide and encourage our pupils to become active citizens in our world by encouraging positive contributions to the school community, local community and to wider society.
The school council meet every half term and contribute to the decision making at school. The school council have decided on the names for the new intervention rooms, planned literacy and science week. More recently they have decided which magazines the school should subscribe to.
We had the second school council meeting of the year recently. The school council is a group of pupils from all classes across school. They represent their views and help improve the school. Council members meet half termly to share ideas, discuss concerns, and work on projects that make the school a better place for everyone. It gives pupils a voice, builds leadership skills, and encourages collaboration. During this meeting we discussed ideas for the upcoming arts week, the children were given their school council badges and we created images of ourselves using play dough.
In our most recent meeting the school council had a tour of our amazing new specialist rooms. Cupboards and white goods were checked and deemed fit for purpose.
The children made thank you posters ready for the grand opening
Delamere school council met . Ellis and Cole shared their personal stories.
The members then examined the ways that we celebrate learning at Delamere. We looked at floor books, individual work books and learning journey displays.
Ellis felt that the wall learning journeys were “OK” because they showed what children had been doing. However, he felt that some of the floor books did not have enough work in them.
Edward Tyler and Cole preferred the individual work books.
Xander felt that they were all amazing.
Kye enjoyed looking at individual workbooks especially
Thank you to the school council for their input which will be shared with our teachers.
Delamere school council conducted a site visit to the new pool yesterday. They are very pleased with the progression. They inspected the changing rooms and the pool itself. Ellis reported it to be “AWESOME!” and many members of the council were impressed by the roof.
Xander asked about the colour of the pool and Glen explained that the tiles will be white but when filled with water it will look blue. Max thought it would be like a river.
Everyone is looking forward to swimming in the new pool. At the next school council meeting the school council will be making decisions about equipment needed for the pool such as toys and woggles.
Thank you to Glen for organising our visit and answering all our questions.
