WELCOME TO OUR SCHOOL COUNCIL/ GLOBAL NEIGHBOURS PAGE

Our School Council Leader is Miss Keating

What is a children’s school council?

Our School Council are a group of children, elected by their class, who meet termly to discuss issues within the school and the world. There are two school councillors from each class in KS1 and KS2. 

Why do we have School Council?

We have a school council to listen to children’s views. We work in partnership with pupils to improve the school. We work in partnership with pupils to improve life experiences for others less fortunate than ourselves either within the school community itself or on a national/ global level. This year we are hoping to develop the role of our councillors so that they have more responsibility around the school and wider community. 

Our School Council are leaders

Since their roles as Councillors commenced, they have produced and presented termly worships to teach their peers in the entire school about being good Global Neighbours, 

What are global neighbours?

Christian Aid offer an accreditation to become a recognised Global Neighbour school. Their scheme aims to increase pupils’ understanding of the root causes of poverty and injustice, as well as engage and empower pupils as agents of change in the transformation of our world. The scheme supports  the Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural (SMSC) development of pupils, strengthens the ‘promotion of fundamental British Values’, promotes critical thinking across the curriculum and strengthens links with the local community. Global Neighbours can also enhance Religious Education provision by increasing pupils’ knowledge and understanding about why and how Christians, along with people of other faiths and those of no faith, want to change the world to one where everyone can live a full life, free from poverty where everyone can flourish.

By helping pupils to claim their voice as global citizens, participation in the scheme  helps  pupils to become active global citizens and courageous advocates for change in the world, from a local to global and international level.

What have our School Council done to be good Global Neighbours so far?

Last year in term 1 our school council supervised the food donations for Harvest and gave all we collected to the Chatham homeless charity Caring Hands. In term 2 they taught us about child abuse and arranged to collect funds to eradicate this on Red Nose Day. They also went down to the local shopping centre and collected money in tins for Remembrance Day. In term 3 they taught the school about World Health Day and in term 4 they raised our awareness of Fairtrade. In the summer term our global neighbours team led our enterprise week in which every class raised money for a charity of their choice and the GN Team counted all the money collected and took it to the benefactors personally.

What do YOU think the school council should concentrate on improving next at our school?

Do you have something you would like the school council to do next year? Do you have a suggestion for making our school, our area and our world a better place and want to do something about it? Contact us and tell us what is on your mind and we will do our best to try and help you.