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school council

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rummum · 14/10/2005 18:09

Son has come home today dead chuffed that he is on the school council...
But neither of us is sure of what he has to do!
so please could someone enlighten us...
I have tried to search the messages but nothing comes up...

Thanks

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Blandmum · 14/10/2005 18:14

Our school council discusses things like provision of facitities....so getting lockers, benches in the play ground. What to do about the school litter problem. Organising discos for year 7 and year 6. Raising money for charities that the school supports. Lots of things.

They also had a school activity week that also raised money for charity (over £2500) by running things like drama workshops, clown classes etc in the last week of term. To go to them kids had to buy a ticket, all the moneu went to charity. Staff gave up their free periods to help run it etc but it was all driven by the school council.

Kids are dead chuffed to be voted on. Well done your ds!

FauxVampire · 14/10/2005 18:16

If it's like ours, he'll just have to give his opinions - so the school will consult the school council on things like, should we have more play equipment in the playground? If so, what? etc. He should really try to represent other people's views as well. It's an honour, congrats! Was he elected to it? If so, even more congrats!

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rummum · 14/10/2005 18:16

Oh God... this sounds a bit beyond him (and me) .... he's only 7....

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FauxVampire · 14/10/2005 18:18

No, I'm sure they'll make it easy for him - eg at meetings they could ask him: would you prefer a climbing frame or a set of basketball hoops? etc

Blandmum · 14/10/2005 18:22

Ours is in secondary so they do discuss more complicated things. In dds school they talk about getting more footballs or more skipping ropes, that sort of thing!

Still a great thing for him to do!

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rummum · 14/10/2005 18:24

Bless him... I'm feeling very proud that he was chosen by the class ...
I'll give him an extra sausage for tea

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homemama · 14/10/2005 18:51

That's lovely
Get him one of those little cheap notebooks that he can keep his ideas in. He can also jot down any ideas his classmates have before he goes off to a meeting. That should keep us his popularity!

Gobbledispook · 14/10/2005 19:16

All I know is that at the request of our school council, there is a non-uniform day on Tuesday to raise money for the Pakistan earthquake.

Gobbledispook · 14/10/2005 19:16

LOL at an extra sausage!!

bigdonna · 14/10/2005 21:16

he will love it my dd is 6yrs old and she is on the school council.

roisin · 14/10/2005 21:25

DS1 was on school council last year (yr3) and ds2 is on his this year (yr2) ... they both love it! They have a box in the classroom where classmates can put items to be discussed at school council. Then after the meetings they have to feedback to the whole class.

I was a bit concerned when ds1 was voted on last year, as he wasn't very good at shutting up and listening to other people. But the Head (who runs it) is incredibly skilled and experienced, and I think it was a hugely beneficial experience for him.

nelly0706 · 14/10/2005 23:07

rummum, it may be part of a drive to develop the class's Personal, Social, Health and Emotional Skills (PSHE). It's a way of getting them to think about issues that affect them. It will be at a level appropriate to the age of your son. It could be something like what they think about play time but it would be extended to get the children to think about the wider issues, e.g. what games they would like to play; is there anything they don't like about play time, if so, what could they do to solve that problem; what equipment could they have out and how practical is it, etc. It could be a questin like, do you think we should be allowed to eat a snack at play time, why, why not, what should be allowed, what about the rubbish, etc. etc. It empowers the children to take responsibility for their own actions. They're usually very proud of the decisions that they make.

RTKMonherBROOMSTICK · 14/10/2005 23:14

DEFFO BRILL

DS told the representatives on school council last week that 2 of the boys in the class were bullying him and so they would bring it up at council meeting

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